Posts Tagged ‘Columbia University’
The Power of Mormon Education
The general feeling within the Mormon Church is that education never stops. Seventh in our series “The Power of the Mormons in New York City”
Welcome to NYC, Cheng Guangcheng!
Friday, human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived on United Airlines Flight 88 from Beijing to Newark to begin a new life after fleeing house arrest in China. On Saturday he held a press conference in front of his new home in Washington Square Village in New York City. The self-taught legal activist, who campaigned [...]
God’s Row, Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn: Charity Baptist Church
First of a series on the religious sites of the longest street in Brooklyn, measuring 10.2 miles long encompassing 132 blocks.
Part 8: The Making of the Postsecular City. The West Side story
What evangelical church options does Tammy have today?[1] There are now over 200 options for an evangelical looking for a church home in Manhattan Center City. Over half of these churches cater to English-speaking professionals. This number is over ten times the number of options that Tammy had in 1975. And the number seems to [...]
The Making of the Postsecular City. The Manhattan Evangelicals, Part 1
On November 11th Tammy Wong attended a brand new evangelical church, Hillsong NYC, in Manhattan, one of over 200 evangelical churches in the lower and middle of the island. The co-pastors Carl and Laura Lentz were trained at Hillsong, a charismatic church in Australia famous for its music and worldwide outreach. Co-pastor Joel Houston is [...]
