What’s
New?
Note
that the Updates have become so numerous that notes on older updates have been
moved to a What Was New page.
I am aware there
is still some weird linking problem for some URLs. Many URLs on the pages seem
to have shifted down one entry. I am trying to fix this. Please report errors.
Meanwhile, if you get a URL you were not expecting, look at the entry directly
below it.
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December
8, 2007
● On the international Presbyterian page: added URL for Free Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland (note this is a cross-listing, since the denomination is already listed in the North America page but the denomination was founded in Northern Ireland.) Also added the Associated Presbyterian Churches, and the United Free Church of Scotland to the international Presbyterian page, and updated the URL for the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church of Mexico [Iglesia Presbiteriana Asociada Reformada de México]. Deleted the entry for the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa based on information that it merged in September 1999 with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa to form the Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa.
● On
the international Reformed Churches page, updated the URL for the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar
[Fiangonan'i Jesoa Kristy eto Madagasikara]. Added the New
Protestant Church
in Madagascar
● On
the page Amish, Brethren, Mennonite, and Quaker churches, added an entry for the
Brethren Church of Nigeria [Ekklesiyar Yan` uwa a Nigeria
● On the Protestant page: deleted the entry for the Second Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the United States based on information that it was simply the former name of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America. Updated the URL for the Korean American Presbyterian Church [미주한인예수교장로회]. Added the International Fellowship of Bible Churches, including it under the Methodist tradition entries. Added the United Full Gospel Churches to the Unclassified portion of the page, and the URLs for the Bible Missionary Church, Independent Conservative Holiness Churches, and Pilgrim Nazarene Church to the Holiness section.
November
24, 2007
● Revised introductory page.
October
8, 2006
● The Diocese of Rumney Marsh has changed its URL. The new URL is now www.themissionparish.com. However, Bishop David Dismas also reports having some problems with it, and so suggests that his personal website may be a more reliable link. My thanks to him for the update.
May
26, 2006
● Updated URL for the Pastor Zip’s Lutheran Web Links on the Protestant page. My thanks to the Rev. Steven P. Tibbetts, “Pastor Zip”, for the update.
May
21, 2006
● Corrected
links on the Eastern Orthodox page for the Russian Orthodox Autonomous Church (Catacomb Church
April
10, 2006
● Added a URL for the Independent Celtic Church International in the Celtic stream section of the Apostolic-succession independent churches portion of the Protestant page.. My thanks to Bishop Alban for the information.
January
16, 2006
● Fixed URL for the Diocese of Oxford in the Church of England entries on the Anglican page.
December10,
2005
● I am aware there is still some weird linking problem for some URLs. Many URLs on the pages seem to have shifted down one entry. I am trying to fix this. Please report errors. Meanwhile, if you get a URL you were not expecting, look at the entry directly below it.
● Your Webmaster has a new email address: wade_hinkle@verizon.net. All email links on this site have been updated (I hope).
September
3, 2005
●
Entered
new URLs for the following churches on the Protestant page: Christian
Churches of God; Church of God General Conference (Morrow, Georgia); International
Lutheran Fellowship; and, the Lutheran Confessional Synod.
●
Arrgh!
Discovered and fixed yet more formatting errors on the Protestant page that
caused the URLs to shift down one entry. Hope I have now caught all of them.
●
Added
to the Humanist, ethicist, agnostic, and similar groups page the
following: Agnostic Church and Church of Virus.
July
17, 2005
●
Created
a new page, Protestant ecumenical and mixed-tradition churches, for
denominations such as the Union of the Waldensian and
Methodist Churches [Unione delle Chiese Metodiste e Valdese] in
●
Created
a new category, “Missionary-founded churches with Reformed involvement,” on the
page Reformed
tradition churches outside North America. This category is for churches,
such as the Evangelical
Church of Lesotho [Église évangélique du Lesotho], that have formed with
assistance from Protestant evangelical missionaries, many of which were
supported by European Reformed churches. Many are members of the CEVAA
— Communauté d'Eglises en Mission.
● Sovereign Grace Baptist Association of Churches
now has a Website. Entered URL for the headquarters church of the Southwide Baptist Fellowship.
Entered URL for the Indian Bottom
Association of Old Regular Baptist Churches.
● In the section on Old Regular Baptists, have added entries (but no URLs) for: Mud River Old Regular Baptist Association [no online site], Northern New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptists [no online site], Old Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptist of Jesus Christ [no online site], Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ [no online site], Friendship Association of Old Regular Baptists [no online site], Little Dove Old Regular Baptist Association [no online site], Mountain #1 Old Regular Baptist Association [no online site], Mountain #2 Old Regular Baptist Association [no online site], Original Mountain Liberty Old Regular Baptist Association [no online site], Thornton Union Association of Old Regular Baptists of Jesus Christ [no online site].
● Are you a specialist on Baptist associations? I am considering switching this site from using Melton’s taxonomy of Baptist groupings to Albert W. Wardin’s grouping in Baptists Around the World. Comments or missing URLs greatly appreciated.
July
16, 2005
●
Corrected
some format errors on nearly all pages having to do with their bulleting.
●
Updated
the URL for the Diocese
of Rumney Marsh, an autocephalous (independent) “Old Catholic” jurisdiction
on the Catholic page. My thanks to Bishop David
Dismas for pointing out the new URL.
●
Added
URLs for the worldwide churches within the Rhema
Ministries movement to the “Fundamentalist/Bible churches” section of the Protestant page.
● Added the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association [no online site], the Original Upper Canoochee Primitive Baptist Association [no online site], the Sandusky Association Primitive Baptists [no online site], and the Senter District Primitive Baptist Association [no online site] to the Primitive Baptists section of the Baptist page. Included URL for Old School Primitive Baptists website in the “Primitive Baptists generally” section.
● Added a link to the official site of the Lusitanian Episcopal Church [Portuguese Episcopal Church] and the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church [Iglesia Española Reformada Episcopal] in the Anglican page.
● Updated
the URL for Sovereign Grace
Ministries, the William
Branham Evangelistic Association,
and the Apostolic Church of
Australia on the
Pentecostal page. The following branches of the Apostolic
Church were also added to the same
page: Apostolic Church in Belgium
[Eglise Apostolique en Belgique],Apostolic Church in Canada, and Ascension Fellowships International (the U.S.