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November 14, 2006

While other churches languish, Portland's Unitarian runneth over

Despite Ann Coulter's contention that liberals are a godless contingent of church spurning heathens, it seems Portland is a hotbed of Christianity:

While most of the traditional downtown churches have plenty of available seats Sunday mornings, at the First Unitarian Church on downtown’s western edge, congregants have to come early if they want to sit up close.

First Unitarian, under the direction of Pastor Marilyn Sewell, has grown to the point where its two services Sunday morning often can’t accommodate the nearly 1,000 people who arrive. The church is enlarging its facility, and Sewell is considering a third Sunday service. But she isn’t sure she’s up to conducting three in a day.

According to Sewell, First Unitarian has the highest attendance of any Unitarian church in the country. The next largest, she says, averages about 700 worshippers Sunday mornings.

I'm curious if other blue areas of the country are seeing a renaissance in liberal churches.

Still..I'm not crazy about liberal Christians involving themselves in government any more than I like conservative Christians doing it. It crosses a boundary for me that I think should never be crossed..both for the churches and for government.

Posted by Carla at November 14, 2006 08:55 PM