St. Paul's Episcopal Church
224 N East Avenue
P.O. Box 1190
Fayetteville
Arkansas
72701
Senior Pastor:
Lowell Grisham
Denomination:
Episcopal
Welcoming and Loving Liberal Episcopal Church
Unlike the unfortunate multitude of churches who choose to hate people for who they are, St. Paul's is a beacon of light, love, warmth, friendship, community, and ministry. St. Paul's does not discriminate against anyone for any reason - be it race, gender, ethnicity, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Furthermore, unlike the many billions who blindly believe what their parents taught them to believe, St. Paul's encourages intelligent inquiry. The Rector and Associate Rector are themselves deists, and true priests in the mold of Bishop John Shelby Spong.
A boon to its local community through its tireless acts of selfless ministry, a beacon to the intellectually curious of Fayetteville through its atmosphere of shared skepticism, and a banner for model Christian behavior the world over, St. Paul's is truly a blessed place.
Come, and be enlightened.
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Enlightenment is guaranteed, yes? That's quite the promise! ;) This church sounds wonderful, but for me personally, I am always a bit wary of people who come at me saying they have the answers/the truth/the "enlightenmentability" whereas others don't... didn't Jesus say some stuff about humility and all that...? What's your take?
Im with Casper - sounds a little over the top
tell us why you like this place so much
1) Enlightenment is not guaranteed. The only thing that is guaranteed is acceptance, which is universally granted.
2) St. Paul's doesn't have "the answers/the truth" etc. My original post was short enough to fit onto a single square of toilet paper, and yet the message that this church encourages intelligent inquiry and skepticism seems to have been lost in the bulk anyway.
3) My take is this: Jesus said lots of things, many of which contradict other things he said.
4) And I like this place for the reasons I have now mentioned twice.
really great reply, elstevero... encouraging inquiry is central, IMO. I was only curious about your take on "come and be enlightened" sounded pretty strong/orthodox, but then context and tone are so hard to capture online... that's why we do things like this :) and this ;) and whatever the smilicon is for "thank you for coming by and being part of our site"