Category Archives: Mainline Protestants

When zero-tolerance Christianity goes horribly wrong

Posted on February 19, 2013 by John Hilton

But whoever has the world’s goods, and beholds his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? – John 3:17 From the blog file: I came across a couple news … Continue reading →

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Can megachurches partner with York mainline churches?

Posted on January 15, 2013 by John Hilton

Our editor, Jim McClure, made an interesting point at the end of his blog post on major religion developments last week: The megachurches should consider planting smaller churches in York city and in more heavily populated areas of York County. … Continue reading →

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Pew: how religion helped decide the Barack Obama/Mitt Romney election

Posted on November 8, 2012 by John Hilton

The election analysis continues today and my inbox is flooded with various studies of the role religion played in Tuesday’s results. Let’s get right to it. * The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life analyzed results from … Continue reading →

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ELCA youth gathering in New Orleans

Posted on July 2, 2012 by John Hilton

St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in York is among several area churches sending youth to the Lutheran National Youth Gathering in New Orleans later this month. Is your church among them? If so, I’d like to hear from you. I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Survey: church attendance down in York County

Posted on June 12, 2012 by John Hilton

I’m embarking on an interesting story this week about the steep drop in people who belong to organized religion in York County. The statistics come via a national survey comparing religious affiliations in 2010 with those in 2000. The Catholic … Continue reading →

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Mormonism gaining; Catholics, Protestants losing in new survey

Posted on May 2, 2012 by John Hilton

Interesting bit of news in my inbox this morning: Mormonism is the fastest-growing religion in more than half of the states and moving into many parts of the country where it had no presence previously. Check out the stats here. … Continue reading →

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Roe v Wade turns 39

Posted on January 18, 2012 by John Hilton

Some Roe v Wade news came across my desk this week as Sunday marks the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. First, in local news, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg is sending several busloads of parishioners to join … Continue reading →

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Church volunteers distribute bag lunches in city

Posted on July 5, 2011 by melissa nann burke

Two churches have paired up to make lunches for York children this summer. The Brown Bag Lunch Program provides a healthy bagged lunch for children once a week. The lunches will be handed out from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Lutheran bishop ordained a rabbi

Posted on May 31, 2011 by melissa nann burke

A local “pastor’s kid” was recently ordained at a Bronx rabbinical school. She now leads a 100-family congregation at a synagogue in Brooklyn. A NYT profile Monday guesses Heidi Hoover is a first — a Jewish convert, now rabbi, with … Continue reading →

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More county churches hope to leave ELCA

Posted on April 27, 2011 by melissa nann burke

At least two more York County churches are on their way to quitting the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. If members affirm the departures in coming months, they’ll be the fourth and fifth county congregations to leave the country’s largest … Continue reading →

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