American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer noted in a letter:
“There are indeed many reasons why we should go on living, and the largest one is that God really is there. He really does exist, and He made us for himself. …to know that we can speak and that there is Someone who will answer fills the vacuum of life that would otherwise be present.”
An American Baptist minister, Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), wrote the pledge in August of 1892. The original pledge read: “I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”. The pledge was first published in 1892 in the September editions of “Youth’s Companion Magazine” and “Reader’s Digest”.
Under the leadership of the American Legion and the Daughters of the American Revolution, the pledge’s words were changed slightly in 1924, when the National flag Conference decided to replace “my flag” with “to the flag of the United States of America”.
After a campaign fronted by the Knights of Columbus, the words, “under God” were added by Congress in 1954.
Come join us as we follow Moses and the people of Israel through their wilderness travels.
This year’s VBS – August 3-8 from 6:30-8:30 pm
Here at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church
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The Wichita Cooperative ABC Churches.
Birth of Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager famous for her diary, in Frankfort, Germany. At the age of four, she and her family left Germany for Amsterdam, Netherlands, to escape Nazi persecution. In July 1942 her family and four others were forced into hiding and managed to evade detection until August 1944. Taken into custody by German occupation forces, Anne died in March 1945 at the Bergen-Belson German concentration camp. Anne’s diary was later discovered in the family’s hiding place and first published in 1947.
June 5, 1967
Beginning of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. The out come of the war generates news headlines even today.
June 6, 1844
The Young Men’s Christian Association (Y.M.C.A.) was founded in London, England, by George Williams. (The first American branch was founded seven years later, 1851, in Boston). Originally, the Y.M.C.A. was a lay, interdenominational Protestant organization that sought to win young men to Christ while developing their powers of body, mind, and spirit.
Selena came to MABC in 2010
Steve came to MABC in 2010
Office hours: 9 am -3 pm every Friday
Children’s Church MinistriesSherry began her ministry at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church in January of 2024.
Rick began his ministry at Meridian Avenue Baptist Church in January of 2024.
