Presbyterians Presbyterians have been present in Indianapolis since the city’s creation. The Protestant denomination developed from the reformed movement led by… Read More »Presbyterians
Religion And Health Care For most of the 19th century, no hospital existed in Indianapolis. The city’s residents associated hospitals with facilities where people… Read More »Religion And Health Care
Religion And Politics As the home of the state capital, as well as branches of local and federal governmental agencies, religion and politics… Read More »Religion And Politics
Religion And Social Services From the earliest churches in Indianapolis religion and social services have existed in a complex and evolving relationship. As congregations… Read More »Religion And Social Services
Revivalism Indianapolis served as a center for religious revivalism from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Revivalism is a method whereby a… Read More »Revivalism
Sikhs Sikhism is a distinct religion and the fifth-largest in the world, with a following of over 35 million scattered across… Read More »Sikhs
Sunday Schools Presbyterian physician started the first Sunday school in Indianapolis in 1823. The Indianapolis Sabbath School met at Caleb Scudder’s cabinet… Read More »Sunday Schools
Temperance and Prohibition Alcohol long has been an accepted part of American life. By the early 19th century, many people and physicians believed… Read More »Temperance and Prohibition
Unitarians-Universalists In 1961, the Unitarian and Universalist churches in the United States and Canada merged to form a new body called… Read More »Unitarians-Universalists
Women in Religion As long as there have been churches in Indianapolis, there have been churchwomen involved in religious work. In 1822 an… Read More »Women in Religion