Description
The
book tells the story of the congregation of the First Presbyterian
Church, Edmonton and the people who made it such a fascinating religious
community. The colourful characters, the saints and sinners, the good and
the worthy, the weak and the domineering, and portrayed in a very caring
fashion. The dignity and worth of the human spirit along with the foibles
of human nature are laid bare in this portrayal of a congregation's
struggle to assert a dominant role within the Presbyterian, and Edmonton,
communities. With the arrival of the Presbyterian Church in Canada in what
latter became the province of Alberta and the formation of the congregation
in 1881, the influence and prestige of members of the congregation ensured
Presbyterians played a vibrant role over the religious and public affairs
of the national Church and throughout northern Alberta until the disruption
of 1925. The hemorrhage of members of First Presbyterian Church, Edmonton,
to the new United Church of Canada left a weakened congregation with a
diminished presence in the Presbyterian Church and provincial society. This
book examines how this struggling congregation has attempted to rise to
prominence again and move out of the shadow of humanism and play a credible
Christian role within our twenty-first century secular environment.
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