{"id":24540,"date":"2015-06-05T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=24540"},"modified":"2015-06-05T12:20:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:20:04","slug":"november-7-2014-john-unger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/","title":{"rendered":" John Unger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently serving as the pastor of three small West Virginia churches affiliated with three different Mainline Protestant denominations, John Unger believes he may be the first minister to hold such a position. He is also a politician, serving as a senator in the West Virginia legislature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John Unger is simultaneously the pastor for three churches of three different mainline Protestant denominations, and a state senator in West Virginia. \u201cI\u2019ll tell you that I can\u2019t do it, not alone,\u201d says Unger. \u201cI recognize my limitations, but I believe that with God all things are possible.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1075,6081,1303,984,4150,2220,6472],"class_list":["post-24540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-democrat","tag-lutheran","tag-pastor","tag-politics","tag-senate","tag-separation-of-church-and-state","tag-west-virginia","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-politics","faith-christian","faith-episcopal"],"yoast_head":"\nJohn Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anton Vidale\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anton Vidale\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anton Vidale\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\"},\"headline\":\"John Unger\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\"},\"wordCount\":49,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Democrat\",\"Lutheran\",\"pastor\",\"Politics\",\"Senate\",\"Separation of Church and State\",\"West Virginia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\",\"name\":\"John Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\"},\"description\":\"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35\",\"name\":\"Anton Vidale\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/vidalea\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"John Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"John Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","og_description":"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anton Vidale","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anton Vidale"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/"},"author":{"name":"Anton Vidale","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35"},"headline":"John Unger","datePublished":"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/"},"wordCount":49,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg","keywords":["Democrat","Lutheran","pastor","Politics","Senate","Separation of Church and State","West Virginia"],"articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/","name":"John Unger | November 7, 2014 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg","datePublished":"2015-06-05T15:00:22+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-05T16:20:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35"},"description":"John Unger is both politician and pastor, serving simultaneously in the West Virginia legislature and at three small churches.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2015\/06\/05\/november-7-2014-john-unger\/24540\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2014\/11\/Profile_John_Unger_v1-FEAT.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/7934894dc9327c3417d742be58518a35","name":"Anton Vidale","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/vidalea\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}