Posted on Sep 26, 2022
Fights over slavery once divided this Brookside church. Now it's closing
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Central United Methodist Church will become a satellite for the Leawood-based Church of the Resurrection. Its history says much about Kansas City's, and it's own, past ties to slavery.
The first sermon for what would become Central United Methodist Church likely rolled off the preacher’s tongue more easily than the last will today.
Back then, in 1844, ministers rode a circuit. They offered redemption to those who might have strayed from virtue, often preaching outdoors.
What later became Kansas City was still an unincorporated township. The Civil War was nearly 20 years in the future.
The first sermon for what would become Central United Methodist Church likely rolled off the preacher’s tongue more easily than the last will today.
Back then, in 1844, ministers rode a circuit. They offered redemption to those who might have strayed from virtue, often preaching outdoors.
What later became Kansas City was still an unincorporated township. The Civil War was nearly 20 years in the future.
Fights over slavery once divided this Brookside church. Now it's closing
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Kansas City
Slavery
American History
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Christianity
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."For now, she just hopes that she can make it through the last service of Central United Methodist without too much emotion.
“I think this is going to be one of their most popular and successful sites,” she said of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Brookside.
New signage and branding for the church is planned to include the words “at historic Central.”
..."For now, she just hopes that she can make it through the last service of Central United Methodist without too much emotion.
“I think this is going to be one of their most popular and successful sites,” she said of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, Brookside.
New signage and branding for the church is planned to include the words “at historic Central.”
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The church is 154 years old and beautiful inside and outside, but unless they no longer have a large congregation, they should keep using the church.
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