Since the first step in overcoming a problem is admitting that you have a problem, let me begin by saying, “My name is Howard, and I am a tourist”; a fourteen-hours-a-day, site-mongering, camera-clicking tourist, as often as I get a chance. And, may I add, I am darn proud of it. Yet nowadays there seems to be a stigma associated with being a tourist: “Don’t be just another … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2022
HISTORIC LUTHERAN CHURCHES ACROSS AMERICA
In 2017, Lutherans and other Protestants from around the world celebrated one of the most important religious and historic anniversaries of the 21st century: the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, which kicked off the Protestant Reformation and a new age of western civilization. In honor of this event, The Complete Pilgrim is visiting some of the most historic … [Read more...]
OLDEST QUAKER MEETING HOUSES IN AMERICA
Tucked away among the many denominations that make up the tapestry of Christianity in America is a relatively small and unassuming group called the Religious Society of Friends. Better known as the Quakers, the Religious Society of Friends became known for their unusual religious meetings without leadership rather than traditional Protestant worship services with ministers or … [Read more...]
HISTORIC PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES OF THE NORTHEAST
The Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest Christian denominations in the United States. Whether you go back to the early 1700s when the first congregations were formed in the colonies, or even earlier to the 1690s when Presbyterian congregations transplanted directly from the British Isles, Presbyterians have been the dominant branch of the Reform church in America for well … [Read more...]
AMERICA’S METHODIST TRAIL
The Unites States boasts many home-grown Christian denominations; but the first true nationally organized church in America was the Methodist Church, an outgrowth of Anglican Church then dominant in the colonies of the British Empire around the world. It was founded by John Wesley, an Anglican churchman, who personally preached in the colonial city of Savannah. Although … [Read more...]