Extractions: The New England Conference includes 556 United Methodist and federated congregations in Eastern Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island - and one in Vermont. ® The Cross and Flame logo is a registered trademark and the use is supervised by the General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church. Permission to use the Cross and Flame must be obtained from the General Council on Finance and Administration of The UMC - Legal Department, 1200 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201. General Conference 2004 Fast Info Buttons
Extractions: Ebenezer (Ebe) is a local community church in Horfield in Bristol, England. We are a lively, family church and welcome everyone to be part of this family. There are many opportunities of meeting people and also discovering the reality of a life-transforming relationship with Jesus. Ebe is also part of the Celebration Churches Network in Bristol and so meets regularly with other churches. There are many weekday activities and events which relate to all areas of church and community life. Keep track on the online diary or by visiting different sections on this website. If you are looking for general information on the local community then visit www.horfield.org.uk or www.lockleaze.org.uk Web Updates
Temple Cowley URC Intro Also Oxford Healthy Living Centre. Contacts, events, sermons. All age worship. Brownies and Guides. Special weekly service in Punjabi. http://users.breathemail.net/temple.cowley.urc/
Extractions: Temple Cowley URC is one of eight United Reformed Churches in the Oxford area. During the 1930s it became a spiritual and social home for many who came seeking work at the nearby Morris car plant (now home to the new BMW Mini). Many of them were Welsh, and Welsh connections remain, although Cowley is now home for many different nationalities, and has a large student population.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Canterbury The Ancient Diocese of Canterbury was the Motherchurch and Primatial See of All england, from 597 till the death of the last Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1558. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03299b.htm
Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... C > Canterbury A B C D ... Z The Ancient Diocese of Canterbury was the Mother-Church and Primatial See of All England, from 597 till the death of the last Catholic Archbishop, Cardinal Pole, in 1558. FOUNDATION OF THE SEE When St. Augustine was sent to evangelize England by St. Gregory the Great Christian and a disciple of St. Gregory of Tours . This led him to Canterbury, where he converted the king and many thousands of Saxons in 597, the very year of his landing. Though St. Gregory had planned the division of England into two archbishoprics, one at London and one at York, St. Augustine's success at Canterbury explains how the southern archiepiscopal see came to be fixed there instead of at London. The first beginnings of the diocese are told by St. Bede (Hist. Eccl., I, xxxiii). "When Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, assumed the episcopal throne in that royal city, he recovered therein, by the King's assistance, a church which, as he was told, had been constructed by the original labour of Roman believers. This church he consecrated in the name of the Saviour, our God and Lord Jesus Christ , and there he established an habitation for himself and all his successors".
Reformation: Protestant England History of the church leading to and after the Gunpowder Plot. http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/REFORM/ENGLAND.HTM
Extractions: England was far distant and isolated from the rest of Europe. While Protestantism tore apart European society, it took a far different form in England, retaining much of the doctrine and the practices of Catholicism. England also experienced the greatest wavering between the two religions as the monarchs of England passed from one religion to the next. by Luke Hornbelt The adoption of Protestantism, however, was a political rather than a religious move. King Henry VIII had originally married Catherine of Aragon; since she had been previously married to his brother, though, Henry had to get special papal dispensation for the marriage. Marrying the wife of one's brother was incest; it was almost equivalent to marrying one's sister. The marriage, however, produced no male children to occupy the throne at Henry's death. Henry began to doubt both of the marriage and the spiritual validity of the marriage. In the mid-1520's, he met and fell in love with Ann Boleyn, a lady in waiting to Catherine. He wished to annul his marriage to Catherine and marry Ann; not only did he love Ann, he feared leaving the throne of England without a male heir. In order to marry Ann, the marriage with Catherine had to be annulled by the pope. Circumstances, however, were working against him. First, in order to marry Catherine, he needed special papal dispensation. Annulling the marriage would imply that the first papal dispensation was in error, something the pope was not willing to admit. Second, Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, had recently invaded Rome and captured the pope. While the pope was allowed to stay pope, he was the virtual prisoner of Charles. The answer to Henry's request, then, was no and no again.
Richard's Church Albums s and hundreds of photographs by Richard Derrick and others of churches in england and Wales, arranged by county. http://www.thirdman.ukhq.co.uk/
Extractions: CHURCH PHOTOGRAPHS + 534 Interior Photographs The photographs presented here may be copied and used for private or non-commercial purposes only may not be removed. You may wish to use a photograph on a personal website, homepage or in a family history document before doing so you must obtain the permission of the owner. If you would like to discuss commercial use, please contact the owner using the email address on the contributors page Please Note! All Churches Are Listed In Their Pre 1974 Counties Best viewed with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600 PLEASE ENTER HERE Visitors: This site is a member of WebRing.
Community Baptist Church, Bracknell church providing warmth, encouragement, accurate teaching from the Bible and genuine relief from the guilt and power of sin. Describes services, AWANA club, location and contacts. http://www.cbcb.co.uk/
Extractions: It is close to the towns of Bracknell, Ascot, Crowthorne and Wokingham. Are you searching for meaning and direction in your life? We invite you to worship, study and fellowship with us. Our hope is that you discover with us the reality of a living God and the person of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We aim to be a church that provides warmth, encouragement, accurate and helpful teaching from the Bible, and genuine relief from the guilt and power of sin in our lives. Sunday Worship Meeting in Birch Hill Community Centre, Leppington, Bracknell
Church Growth England The views of one Anglican clergyman about the need, methods and prospects for church growth. http://mysite.freeserve.com/churchgrowthengland
Holygrove.tk A Pagan ULC group in england, close to Wicca in beliefs, but with everyone welcome. Free ordination available. http://www.holygrove.tk
New Catholic Dictionary: Anglo-Saxon Church Article outlining the conversion of AngloSaxon england. From the New Catholic Dictionary. http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/ncd00563.htm
Extractions: The church of the Teutonic tribes from northwestern Germany who invaded Britain south of the Rivers Forth and Clyde in the 5th century , displacing the Celtic inhabitants towards Wales and Cornwall. The invaders set up a number of independent kingdoms, often at war with each other; they were evangelized, as the chances of peace or alliance might offer, in the following order: Kent (See of Canterbury founded ; Rochester, ); Essex (London, 604); Northumbria (including the district called Deira; York, 625); East Anglia (Dunwich, 630); Mercia (Lichfield, 656); Wessex (Winchester, 669); Sussex, the neighboring kingdom to Kent, was the last to be converted (Selsey, 708). The Christian Celts who remained in Britain were too insignificant in numbers to convert their heathen conquerors, and the Celtic Church in Wales and Scotland seems to have made no effort to preach to the Saxons. Pope Saint Gregory the Great, happening to see some fair-haired youths in the Roman slave-market, being told they were Angles from Deira, said: "Not Angles, but angels: de ira Dei (from the wrath of God) they shall be saved." On the first opportunity he sent the Roman monk Saint Augustine to convert Kent, and Augustine became the first
Page Title Includes a video showing school life, a short interview with the headmaster, examples of what the children have been learning, and information about their CDROM on the history of the school and the community of Woodchurch. http://www.woodchurch-pri.wirral.sch.uk/
Tod E. Jones Home Page Lecturer in the Department of English, University of Maryland, with a particular interest in the history and theology of the Christian church in Victorian england. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/6354/
Extractions: of Tod E. Jones Enjoying a Victorian novel and a cup of coffee in the Arabian desert, Feb. '91. Greetings visitors, and welcome to my home page! The table of contents below will lead you to sites that either tell you directly about me or reflect my work and interests. I am a Victorianist with a particular interest in the history and theology of the Christian Church in England. What There Is to See at This Web Site Curriculum Vitae (: a documentation of some of my accomplishments and experience, with links to selected course syllabi Matthew Arnold and the Jesus Seminar (: an essay written for oral presentation at a conference) Victorian Poems of Faith and Doubt (: a selection from Tennyson, C. Rossetti, Arnold, Clough, Fitzgerald, Swinburne, and Hardy) How to Excell in an Undergraduate Literature Course MLA Style and Documentation (: guidelines and examples to current MLA procedures for writers of research papers) English Grammar and Punctuation (: guidelines to identifying and correcting common errors in writing) Links to Favorite Sites Karen and Tod's Family Page (This site is designed and managed by my wife, Karen.)
First Parish Church Of Groton a spiritual diverse, friendly, and open New england congregation located on the green on Main Street built in 1755, is one of the oldest church buildings in America. The congregation serves families from the Nashoba Valley. http://www.uugroton.org/
Extractions: Offering Worship Services and Religious Education each Sunday at 10:00 AM First Parish Church of Groton is currently looking to hire a Director of Religious Education. For more information read the job description Please take a moment to sign our Guest Book We are a supportive and welcoming liberal religious community. We live and share our beliefs by: As a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we affirm and promote the principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association First Parish Church of Groton is a Welcoming Congregation consistent with the guidelines of the Unitarian Universalist Association. We actively welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people as full participants in the life of the church.
