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Editorial describes Beaver Island Christian Church as an open community, 1985

Also A Good Little Church · 1985 Beaver Island Christian Church editorial

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Date1985-12
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Summary

David Gladish’s December 1985 editorial portrays Beaver Island Christian Church as an open, non-denominational place focused on communication among worshipers, neighbors, and God.

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This is a reflective editorial, not a church history, membership register, or formal doctrinal statement.

Sources

  1. Describes the Beaver Island Non-Denominational Christian Church as welcoming and centered on communication between individuals, neighbors, and God, while recounting the writer's invitation by Bea and Sheldon Parker and his own mixed experiences of worship and preaching. It is a reflective editorial, not a church history, membership register, or doctrinal statement. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-12_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held eleven-page December issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the church editorial.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Editorial describes Beaver Island Christian Church as an open community, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-christian-church-editorial-1985/, accessed [date], citing David Gladish, “A Good Little Church,” Beaver Beacon, December 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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