To Be a PresbyterianWestminster John Knox Press, 2010 M01 1 - 118 pages In this lay-friendly introduction to what it means to be a Presbyterian, Louis B. Weeks explains the life, history, tradition, and beliefs of the Presbyterian Church. Offering more than providing a brief overview, Weeks ties his explanations to actual congregational situations. Each chapter begins with an anecdote and then examines the theme in the following pages. It is ideal for new-member classes and for those who seek a refresher course on Presbyterianism. Originally publishing this volume in 1983, Weeks has updated many of the original anecdotes and added material to reflect decades of change in the PC(USA). |
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... tion, from those traditions. People become and remain Presbyterians for a whole range of different reasons. We like the minister. Good friends belong to the local Presbyterian church. Someone from the church helped us in a time of ...
... tion, from those traditions. People become and remain Presbyterians for a whole range of different reasons. We like the minister. Good friends belong to the local Presbyterian church. Someone from the church helped us in a time of ...
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... tion among Presbyterians in nineteenth - century America . Before that , in the eighteenth century , few Presbyterians possessed more than three books — usually the Bible , John Foxe's Book of Martyrs , which tells of Protestants who ...
... tion among Presbyterians in nineteenth - century America . Before that , in the eighteenth century , few Presbyterians possessed more than three books — usually the Bible , John Foxe's Book of Martyrs , which tells of Protestants who ...
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... tion , actively informing our lives . In the United States today , many of us are tempted simply not to claim a particular tradition . The whole heritage has merely washed over us . We define ourselves vaguely as “ Protestant Christians ...
... tion , actively informing our lives . In the United States today , many of us are tempted simply not to claim a particular tradition . The whole heritage has merely washed over us . We define ourselves vaguely as “ Protestant Christians ...
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... tion, and he became the first bishop of Rome. In the Western Church (as in the Eastern Church), believers were related to God and to the rest of the faithful primarily through the sacraments. Within the Western Church, critics such as ...
... tion, and he became the first bishop of Rome. In the Western Church (as in the Eastern Church), believers were related to God and to the rest of the faithful primarily through the sacraments. Within the Western Church, critics such as ...
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... tion for the whole church. To be a Christian meant from the very beginning that a person belonged to a community of faith. Chris- tianity began and remains for the most part a corporate religion. Presbyterians and members of many other ...
... tion for the whole church. To be a Christian meant from the very beginning that a person belonged to a community of faith. Chris- tianity began and remains for the most part a corporate religion. Presbyterians and members of many other ...
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