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America’s founding motto was “E Pluribus Unum” (out of one many) but in the 1950s religious zealots changed that to “in God we trust” and inserted “under God” into the secular Pledge ...
Since the late 19th century, some right-wing Christians have argued that the United States of America is essentially Christian in origin. They preach American exceptionalism, oppose liberal scholars, and emphasize the Christian identity of many Founding Fathers. Critics argue that many of these Christian founders actually supported the ...
The first Christian worship service held in the current United States was a Catholic Mass celebrated in Pensacola, Florida (St. Michael records). [ citation needed ] The Spanish spread Roman Catholicism through Spanish Florida by way of its mission system ; these missions extended into Georgia and the Carolinas .
Today, the NCC is a joint venture of 35 Christian denominations in the United States with 100,000 local congregations and 45,000,000 adherents. Its member communions include Mainline Protestant , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , African-American, Evangelical and historic Peace churches.
Today we remember the product of this Christian nationalist movement as Jim Crow, the brutal and repressive set of laws and practices that structured American life from the 1890s through the 1960s ...
Sadly, the days of a homogenous “Christian” culture are long past. Let Christians put Bibles in classrooms, and you can be sure that Muslims and other faiths will demand equal treatment.
Billy James Hargis (August 3, 1925 – November 27, 2004) was an American Christian evangelist.At the height of his popularity in the 1950s and 1960s, his Christian Crusade ministry was broadcast on over 500 radio stations and 250 television stations.
The Disciples of Christ (Campbell Movement) were a group arising during the Second Great Awakening of the early 19th century. The most prominent leaders were Thomas and Alexander Campbell . The group was committed to restoring primitive Christianity .