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Liberal Churches and Faith Groups in Abilene
By saying 'liberal' we mean those who do
not follow the fundamentalist views of mainstream religious thought.
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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Abilene
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The Unitarian Church is more like an
interfaith, and is very similar to the ULC. Of course,
the Unitarian
Universalist faith has been around a lot longer than the
ULC. Many famous individuals were Unitarians, such as
Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Unitarian
Believers include Christians, Buddhists, Atheists, Deists,
Gnostics, Pagans, Jews, and everyone else.
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Unity Church of Christianity of Abilene
> Unity began as a movement to
teach on the Metaphysical aspects of Christianity through the
Unity School of
Christianity. This "school" has long since developed into a
denomination that is growing across the United States.
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Church of
All Saints, AOCC
> Though this unique congregation
is a Catholic parish, they are not part of the Roman Catholic
Church. They are, however, a member congregation of the
American Orthodox
Catholic Church of the Western Rite. The Church of All
Saints is a diverse congregation which explores the Gnostic
Texts of Scripture, Essenic Theosophy, and Metaphysical thought.
This church is also very open and accepting of the gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgendered community in Abilene.
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Exodus
Metropolitan Community Church
> For more than 20 years, this
unique church has ministered to the outcast in Abilene:
primarily the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered
community. The
Metropolitan
Community Church was founded by a gay Church of God minister
in 1968, the Rev. Troy Perry. A Christian church, the MCC
takes the different denominations and rolls them up into one
nice service. You see aspects of the Baptist, Methodist,
Episcopal, Catholic, Charismatic, and Reformed traditions in
each service. While this church has ministered primarily to the
GLBT community, there are also a number of straight persons and
couples who attend this church as well.
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