Monthly Archives: June 2023

What is Juneteenth, and Why Should Christians Care?

What is Juneteenth, and Why Should Christians Care? “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly”  -Jesus (John 10:10). President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January, 1863, which declared all slaves in Confederate States “shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” It took two more years of fighting before…

Affiliation

Epworth Affiliated Epworth Chapel has officially affiliated with the Free Methodist Church. What does that mean? I’m glad you asked! First, a little history lesson. As originally conceived, Epworth was going to be a Nazarene church, but the District Superintendent at the time wasn’t interested in having a liturgical Nazarene church (now College Church, a…