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Modern use. Historically, the Bereans (also called Beroeans, Barclayans or Barclayites) were a Protestant sect following former Scottish Presbyterian minister John Barclay (1734–1798). Founded in Edinburgh in 1773, the Berean Church followed a modified form of Calvinism. It had congregations in Scotland, London, and Bristol, but mainly merged ...
e. The American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) is a Baptist Christian denomination established in 1907 as the Northern Baptist Convention, and named the American Baptist Convention from 1950 to 1972. It traces its history to the First Baptist Church in America (1638) and the Baptist congregational associations which organized the Triennial ...
WPIP (880 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. It is licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, and serves the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. The station, owned by Berean Christian School (North Carolina) which is part of Berean Baptist Church, broadcasts only during daytime hours to protect WHSQ of New ...
Berean Academy was founded in 1946. [4] [5] It began with fifteen students in grades nine and ten, but quickly expanded to include grades nine through twelve. [6] The academy was established as a Mennonite school, but in 1966 it dropped its Mennonite affiliation to become an interdenominational Christian school. [6]
Calvary Baptist Church was organized 1878 to serve the growing African-American population of the city. [1] By the 1880s, there were two-dozen black families on Main Street in the shadow of the Sedgwick County Courthouse. Most had moved to Wichita from southern states after the Civil War. The city continued to attract black residents and by the ...
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On May 8, 2009, members of WBC protested at three Jewish sites in Washington, D.C., including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) offices, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the city's largest synagogue. Margie Phelps, daughter of Pastor Fred Phelps, led the protest, holding signs stating that "God Hates Israel ", "Jews Killed Jesus", "America ...
Fred Phelps. Fred Waldron Phelps Sr. (November 13, 1929 – March 19, 2014) was an American minister and disbarred lawyer who served as the pastor of the Westboro Baptist Church, worked as a civil rights attorney, and ran for statewide election in Kansas. A divisive and controversial figure, he gained national attention for his homophobic views ...