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Next, seven local pastors lead prayers for different aspects of American life including those in government, those serving in the military, those in the media and the arts, local businesses, those ...
Archbishop Demetrios of America, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America led a prayer for service to others. Canon Rosemarie Logan Duncan of the Washington National Cathedral gave the Christian call to prayer. Dr. David Jeremiah, Senior Pastor, Shadow Mountain Community Church, El Cajon, California read the third reading.
The Congregational tradition has shaped both mainline and evangelical Protestantism in the United States. In the 20th century, the Congregational tradition in America fragmented into three different denominations. The largest of these is the United Church of Christ, which resulted from a 1957 merger with the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
The prayers were drawn from within the Reformed tradition and from within the Church catholic. One such example was the use of the Prayer of St. John Chrysostom, [1] a departure from the Reformed principles and a look into the pre-denominational period. Congregational participation was encouraged with the provision of responses and unison prayers.
The congregation's proprietors chose Freeman as pastor on 21 April 1783. [36] Freeman was initially content with using the 1662 prayer book as modified at Trinity Church. [37] [note 6] In the aftermath of the American Revolution, there was broad support for both a new American Anglican church and a local revision to the 1662 prayer book. [39]
Following the prayer and the singing of a song adapted from the Psalms, the pastor delivers (preaches) the sermon. After the sermon, there is a closing prayer and more singing from the Psalter. The worship service ends with the pastor pronouncing the prayer for divine blessing from God upon the congregation, usually in the words of Numbers 6:24 ...
In Philadelphia, the Rev. Robin Hynicka, pastor of Arch Street United Methodist Church, said his church is committed to being a “justice seeking, reconciling, sanctuary congregation.” During the first Trump administration, that commitment included sheltering an immigrant from deportation while he went through a successful process to obtain ...
The "Mother House" in Harlem, New York City was founded in 1920 by Bishop Grace; the congregation moved to this building after their first house burned down in 1947. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Grace traveled America preaching and establishing the United House of Prayer for all People.