Should Houses Of Worship Display The American Flag? [View all]

Antonia Blumberg
The question of whether houses of worship should display American flags is no small matter for some believers, regardless of which side they fall on.

Some say that doing so mixes religion with American nationalism -- a slippery slope bordering on idolatry. "How is it not idolatry to place the flag on the same level of importance with, say, the cross?" evangelical writer Roger E. Olson asks.

Others, like author Lisa Velthouse, find no fault with the practice of displaying flags in church. In an op-ed for Christianity Today, Velthouse writes:

Putting the flag in our local church does not mean we have made religion bow to nation. The symbol cannot be blamed. A flag on its own cannot display a community's full point of view; it is up to the community to do that.


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