More than 100 years ago, Methodist missionaries set up Indian Mission churches in northern Michigan. The goal was to bring Christianity and to do away with traditional American Indian beliefs.
Today the missions blend those traditions. But they serve small congregations that can’t afford to pay their pastors.
The United Methodist missions have survived with lots of financial help from the denomination, but now leaders say they have to scale back.
For one mission pastor, it feels like a broken promise.
Interlochen Public Radio’s Linda Stephan reported this story.
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