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Editor’s Note: This continues a series of articles on Congregational Missions (Click to see more articles on this theme!). Here we see another pioneering effort in Bible Translation by Congregational Missions and other important part of the UCC story.

(c) 2008 Rev. Phil Corr Ph.D.
In my previous article I wrote about Bible translations by Congregational missionaries [...]

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In the Provisional Liturgy of the German Reformed Church developed in the 1850’s under the guidance of Philip Schaff (image right) and John Williamson Nevin, the services of worship developed began with a statement that may seem strange to modern ears. This was not a formula reserved for communion services alone, but for all the [...]

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Editor’s Note: This article on Congregational Missions is dedicated by Phil Corr to Mr. Will Johnson one of our readers who has expressed his appreciation of Dr. Corr’s articles, especially those involving Hawaii. Read the other articles on Congregational Missions at the link Congregational Missions
“King Kamehameha I had united the islands by force of arms. [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is another installment in an interview with Gerry Charlotte Phelps (click her name to see the other articles in this series).
ReformationUCC: You’ve recently retired. What message do you want to convey to Bible Believing Christians in the mainline churches? To others?
This is my message: Don’t quit. Don’t leave. Don’t [...]

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This is the fifth installment in a series on Congregational Missions.
(c) 2008 by Dr. Phil Corr
Titus Coan lived such an amazing life that I am going to use two sources (one of which includes Coan’s own words) to describe his obedience to God and service to people.
The first source is the 1969 Hawaiian [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is another installment in an interview with Gerry Charlotte Phelps (click her name to see the other articles in this series).

ReformationUCC: What myths about the poor did you once hold that your Christian faith (and perhaps the school of hard knocks) has changed? How have these beliefs changed?
My myths about the [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is another installment in an interview with Gerry Charlotte Phelps (click her name to see the other articles in this series).
ReformationUCC: You have extensive experience starting effective ministries for the poor. What misconceptions about serving poor people do you believe that the average mainline churchgoer has that prevents effectiveness?
GCP: Our misconceptions about [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is another installment in an interview with Gerry Charlotte Phelps (click her name to see the other articles in this series).
ReformationUCC: You have extensive experience in revitalizing mainline congregations. What can your average smaller mainline church do to “get back in the game” instead of continuing to decline? What “worked” for [...]

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Editor’s Note: This is another installment in an interview with Gerry Charlotte Phelps (click her name to see the other articles in this series).
What follows in separate articles are some questions and answers directed to Rev. Gerry Phelps, a radical activist turned radical Christian by the grace of God. This is important because many in [...]

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Editor’s Note: Gerry Charlotte Phelps has a unique story. A radical leftist activist who committed armed robbery in an attempt to fund her cause, she has become known as a radical Christian. As a United Methodist Minister, she not only helped revitalize stagnant mainline churches, she started two successful charities with outstanding success rates. What [...]

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