James “Jim” Bellar, or “Jesus is Master (JiM),” a self-proclaimed minister and apostle of Dove Outreach church, tends to his flock of around eight adults at his home in Waverly, OH.At Dove Outreach church, which has been described as a cult in court documents, James Bellar is referred…
Photo: iStockEditor’s note: This article is part of The Conversation with America Media, offering diverse perspectives on important and contested issues in the life of the church. Does excluding pro-abortion rights Catholic political leaders from Communion amount to “politicizing” the Eucharist?Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco does not think so—at least…
As a relatively young Unitarian preacher and Harvard Divinity School graduate, the Rev. Tom Goldsmith knew what to expect if he lived out his ministry in New England, headquarters of the church and bastion of liberalism: more of the same predictable sermons, surrounded by the same people with…
