Church removes crosses and covers up windows to accommodate Islamic school [Charlotte, NC]

The Layman Online ^ | May 26, 2004 | The Layman

[SquirrelKing]

This is an older article [2004] but it did not turn up in search.

I am amazed at this - but hardly surprised. As far as I can tell [from making phone inquiries and talking with friends of mine from Charlotte, this relationship still exists. I'm sure it is touted as "progressive" and the picture of tolerance - but it boggles my mind to think of this occurring. Especially when I can only imagine the reaction of the local Imam would be to me requesting to establish a Christian school in the basement of their mosque.

[Vaquero]

Sleeping with the enemy alert!

[originalbuckeye]

The Left.......giving our country away with both hands.

[Tax-chick]

According to congregational data posted by the Presbyterian Church (USA), Caldwell Memorial had 129 members at the end of 2002, an average worship attendance of 27 and an average Sunday school enrollment of 10 that year.

Islam is not the real problem for these folks.

[dead]

You want to sell your church identity for some islamic coin, you do what they tell you to do.

Give unto Allah that which is Allah's.

[SquirrelKing]

It was always frustrating to deal with churches with the wrd "Memorial" in their name. Very hard to get that changed.

It looks like in this case their own name is soon to be ironically descriptive.

[2banana]

A whole 27 people attending? Is this one of the Presbyterian Churches that is gay happy and socialist happy?

[Nancee]

This infuriates me!

How have we come to this??

Nancee

[meandog]

At the insistence of the Islamic school and with the acquiescence of Caldwell's leaders, two large crosses were removed and stained glass windows with Christian symbols were covered up.

So much for the stated Islamic notion that Christians "are people of the book"~LOL!

[Obadiah]

Islam is not the real problem for these folks.

Better headline:

A dead church exposes reason for its demise

[george76]

The ACLU fights for the separation of Christianity and the state.

But Islam and the state together is okay.

[Edgerunner]

"McDonald told readers that the Arabic name of the God of Islam is Allah, and that Allah is 'basically the same God of Judaism and the God and Father of Christianity.'"

If this is true, why the cover up of the crosses? Isn't this the denial of Christ?

[kerryusama04]

I thought the Protestants took the crosses down a few hundred years ago. My, how time flies.

[Tax-chick]

It's probably related to neighborhood demographics, too. African Methodist Episcopal may be flourishing in the area, or Korean Baptists, or Iglesia Pentecostalia.

[concerned about politics]

With membership and contributions plummeting, the session of Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church voted unanimously in April to lease the congregation's largely unused gymnasium and education building to the Charlotte Islamic School

Man cannot love both God and money. Choose thou. Whom will you serve?

The collection plate has liberalized churches all over the world. Even the Catholic church has gone pro-sodomite. They're selling the souls of their congregations to the devil in exchange for cankered silver and gold.

[ichabod1]

It would be interesting to see what happens if the church decides not to renew the lease. At any rate, it's a dead church.

[pandoraou812]

I would rather sell the Church or donate it to the town for something other then an Islamic school. In my eyes they don't belong in a Church. Now I have this thing going on with myself about Muslims. I happen to think they are not this religion of peace and I don't trust them. It just bothers me that they are in a Church and have had the windows and crossed removed. I would think it would be distasteful for them as well to be in a Church. I can not see them letting Christians use one of their mosques for a Christian school.

[Young Scholar]

Nope, just crucifixes.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Hide it under a bushel