tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post6854085553558888171..comments2023-04-03T05:32:23.561-05:00Comments on DairyStateDad: Liberal AlternativesDairyStateDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-79362516959444472912011-05-24T19:39:14.795-05:002011-05-24T19:39:14.795-05:00Interesting to note, too, that many of the rapidly...Interesting to note, too, that many of the rapidly growing "seeker" churches and megachurches in the more fundamentalist/evangelical vein don't carry a denominational name, even when they do belong to a denomination. Up the road from our home is a place called Grace Church, used to be "Grace Baptist Church". To my knowledge it is still affiliated with the North American Baptist Churches (which as I understand it are as conservative as the SBC, if not more so)...DairyStateDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-8201800704915953582011-05-24T19:02:47.729-05:002011-05-24T19:02:47.729-05:00I would be interested in seeing David Owen-O'Q...I would be interested in seeing David Owen-O'Quill's response to Christine Robinson's assertion about sticking with the UU moniker in congregations' names. <br /><br />Micah's Porch Community Church in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood was David's brainchild and mission. He, an ordained and fellowshipped UU minister, never presented to the people of Wicker Park as UU but as progressive. His message to them has been a more universalistic message of God's universal love. The website of Micah's Porch does not use any of the capital-u words anywhere. Even is talking about Dave's former church, a UU congregation in Corpus Christi, it is referred to as a justice-oriented church without any reference to UU. <br /><br />David's opinion that we discussed various times is that the denominational label either means nothing or is a hindrance to young adults and the unchurched, who were his primary "target." I think Christine is wonderful and innovative and insightful in many ways, but I have my doubts about this opinion of hers.Paul Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426789386840488470noreply@blogger.com