Do Evangelical Churches Need to Reconsider "Parish"?
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As a young lad growing up in the west of Scotland, I became familiar with the local parish church. The minister would be a regular visitor to my primary school and at the end of every academic year, the school would walk in procession to the local parish church for an end of year thanksgiving service. So because the parish church was a "fixture" of life, while I didn't much like church, it was safe. I'm not sure I knew about any other kind of church, except the ones my mother was suspicious and critical of, for which she would substitute the word "cult".
Do Evangelical Churches Need to Reconsider "Parish"?
Do Evangelical Churches Need to Reconsider…
Do Evangelical Churches Need to Reconsider "Parish"?
As a young lad growing up in the west of Scotland, I became familiar with the local parish church. The minister would be a regular visitor to my primary school and at the end of every academic year, the school would walk in procession to the local parish church for an end of year thanksgiving service. So because the parish church was a "fixture" of life, while I didn't much like church, it was safe. I'm not sure I knew about any other kind of church, except the ones my mother was suspicious and critical of, for which she would substitute the word "cult".