---
title: 'The Church and Municipal Government'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Charles Henry Parkhurst'
date: 1894-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'United States'
scriptures:
- 'Revelation 21'
- 'Acts 17'
- 'Luke 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parkhurst-1894-the-church-and-municipal-government
---

# The Church and Municipal Government

Charles H. Parkhurst urges churches to engage directly in municipal government to reform corrupt urban politics, renewing society through personal contact and moral firmness.

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