Set in a small town, Schroder portrays a pastor of an all-white Methodist church who tries to get his congregation to live harmoniously with the black community.
However, even though there are thousands of Christians who are LGBT that does not translate into fear of or hatred of all Methodists, or Baptists, or Lutherans, or Roman Catholics.
The Reverend Stephen Poxon, Chair of the Lancashire District of Methodists, said: "We are very sad to see him go".
A pious man, he was a staunch supporter of the Church of England but tolerant of Methodists and Quakers less so of Roman Catholics.
Topics covered by the materials include the life and training of Methodist clergy; the religious life of women; biography and portraiture of Methodists; spirituality; Protestantism in art; and the debate between Arminianism and Calvinism in the early church.
This reproach, however, was as little in keeping with the social-ethical activities of the Inner Mission and of Methodists and Baptists as it was with the selfless courage of the Quakers, who fought against social demoralization, against the catastrophic situation in the prisons, against war, and, most of all, against slavery.
She made sure I learned the words of our Methodist faith: "Do all the good you can, for all the people you can, in all the ways you can, as long as ever you can".
The Uniting Church, formed by congregations of Presbyterians, Methodists, and Congregationalists, also has a large adherence.
There are also a number of Moravians, Methodists, and Roman Catholics.
The church government is similar to that of the Methodists, but local congregations have more autonomy.
Nevertheless, camp meetings were an important part of the frontier ministries of the Methodists, Baptists, Shakers, Disciples, and Cumberland Presbyterians.
