Pledge
Where in your Sunday morning liturgy do you place the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States? In my most recent congregation (Baton Rouge), we place it in the children's moment. Actaully, until this congregation, I had never encountered the pledge in worship. Is this something new? Is this part of the postmodern church?
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Permalink Reply by John E. Smith on -
HI, Ted - interesting.
I have been a member of three Disciples congregations and worshipped as a visitor in many others - never experienced the Pledge of Allegiance as part of worship. The only visible evidence of politics has been an American flag placed somewhere in the sanctuary, usually up by the pulpit.
Personally, I see no reason for this in a church service.
John
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Permalink Reply by Ted Michael Morgan on -
My congregation in Baton Rouge is weird to me. It is more like a Baptist church to me than a Discipls congregatoin. I refuse to attned a church that has the Pledge of Alligiance as part of worship. I complained the first time this happened and warned I would leave if it happened again. It happened a second time and I walked out--the only one to do so. I hvae been back one time since then, but now the giant national flag and something they call the Christian flags ruin worship for me.
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Permalink Reply by Diana Tyler on -
Through participation (as a member and/or visiting musician) in over 45 years of weekly church services, at roughly 20 different Disciples, UCC, Methodist, and other congregations, I've never heard of this practice being done in a worship setting. I'm familiar with the presence of the U.S. and Christian flags in some sanctuaries...but never the Pledge of Allegiance...
Even though I'm a lifelong member of the American Legion Auxiliary, as a follower of Christ, I believe we're sworn to a much higher allegiance than simple nationalism...
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