Tag: William Willimon

Willimon: Mainline is going to be sidelined

Mar 12, 2012

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by

mwkruse

in Christian Life, Ecclesia, Presbyterian Church, USA, Religion

Salisbury Post: Willimon: Mainline is going to be sidelined … It’s not that people are leaving mainline churches to join these other churches. Instead, they typically drop out of church-going altogether, Willimon said. “Mainline Protestantism was the last stop.” Why? Mainline churches “had unknowingly given people a theology of godlessness,” Willimon said. “We adjusted so…
Empowering The Laity Through Preaching

Nov 4, 2005

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by

mwkruse

in Christian Life, Clergy and Laity Dualism, Vocation

Empowering The Laity Through Preaching is a post by William Willimon, a bishop in the United Methodist Church. (If you have been with me for a while, you know I dislike the word "laity." Come to think of it, being Presbyterian, I am none too fond of "bishop." But I digress.) Here are the closing…