[Magdalen] Church as Personality Billy Graham

[Grace Cangialosi]

I served at the Little Fork Church in VA a few weeks ago, and it's one of those with the very tiny altar placed at the far end and the three-level pulpit right in the middle. Built in 1776.

> On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:15 PM, "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
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> jay.weigel at gmail.com writes:
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>> I could  be wrong, but ISTM that it is more likely to happen in
>> non-eucharistic  churches where the focus is so much on preaching rather
>> than on liturgy.  Think about it....Schuller and Billy Graham both came from
>> these  traditions, and look where their offspring have got to.  Especially
>> Graham's. Franklin Graham gives me the  creeps.
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> You might want to review photos and paintings of Episcopal Church interiors in the 19th Century, where the Pulpit is central and the altar is off in a dark corner. There are still a few Virginia Churches (famous one escapes m at the moment) and perhaps others that reflect this. One of the  rancor that led to the establishment of the Reformed Episcopal Church was over the influence of American Oxford Movement followers who were busy remodeling churches.
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> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie