October 19th Event at Union Theological Seminary in New York City to Focus On Challenges to Mainline Christianity.

PR Newswire | October 16, 2000 | Copyright

NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ --

For decades, mainline churches such as the Presbyterian Church (USA), the United Methodist Church, and the Episcopal Church, USA, have supported fundamental democratic freedoms in such areas as reproductive rights, women's equality, civil rights, and international peace and disarmament. Today, this commitment to broadening democracy is being aggressively challenged by the emergence of well-funded and well-organized conservative "renewal" movements within the churches.

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