Ecumenical Spirit Drives New Bible Translation
Wheaton College hosts the General Editorial Committee assembling a diverse panel for The Holy Bible A Contemporary Translation sponsored by the New York Bible Society. Editors review Old Testament books Joshua through Micah, aiming for clarity and faithfulness while preserving dignity of language.
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Wheaton, Ill
Wheaton College
New York Bible Society
Edwin H. Palmer
Leon Morris
Australia
Ridley College
Melbourne
Glenn W. Barker
Gordon Divinity School
Roger Nicole
Gordon
Fred Kuehner
Reformed Episcopal Seminary
Philadelphia
Robert P. Roth
Northwestern Lutheran Seminary
St. Paul, Minn
Walter W. Wessel
Baptist General Conference
Bethel College
William Hendriksen
Christian Reformed Church
R. Laird Harris
Reformed Presbyterian
Covenant Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Frank E. Gaebelein
Reformed Episcopal Church
Stony Brook School
Palmer
Dr. Palmer
U S funds urged withdrawn from Smith shrine road
Bnai Brith leader Dove Schary urged President Nixon to stop a $182,000 federal grant for a road to Gerald Smith’s Eureka Springs Ozarks shrine. He cites anti Semitic material and ties to the Christian Nationalist Crusade, urging Commerce and Transportation secretaries to divert the funds. The ADL says the project funds a seven story Christ statue, a Passion Play and gallery run by Smith’s Elna M. Smith Foundation.
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Boston
Dove Schary
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith
Nixon
Gerald Smith
Eureka Springs
Ark
Schary
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Transportation
John Volpe
U.S
Smith
Elna M. Smith Foundation
Christ
United States
Robert Lee Morgan
The
Citizens Congressional Committee
Black Catholic Priests Push for Power in South Africa
Five African clergymen in South Africa demand greater black leadership in the Catholic Church. They urge a black bishop for Soweto and denounce a “glorified altar boy” image, accusing the white hierarchy of perpetuating it. The statement appeared in a New York Times service report from Johannesburg.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Sanborn Resigns as Sister to Not Run for Selectman
Shaftsbury selectmen report Lorenzo Sanborn has resigned as sister to take effect immediately, while Town Clerk Elizabeth King announces she will run again for that office. Sanborn also disclosed this.
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Sanborn
Selectman
Shaftsbury
Lorenzo Sanborn
Elizabeth King
Town Clerk Change and Troop Dues Notice
Arlington Helene Thompson is asked to bring Girl Scout Troop 26 registration dues next Tuesday morning. Sanborn resigns as town selectman after learning the dual role with sister is illegal. ending 11 years as town officer at age 72 to pursue fishing. Mrs King offers aid to the new town clerk, having been offered a local attorney job. A Johannesburg Rand Daily Mall article accuses Catholics of apartheid hypocrisy and reports bishops and priests as sympathetic to the policy. Archishop Hurley declined to sign a multiracialist Christian voters message supporting the Progressive party in the April election. census data show 193,000 white Catholics and 890,000 nonwhite Catholics in the country’s population.
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Selectman
Sanborn
Reeves Tuthill
Rand
Johannesburg
Denis Hurley
Durban
Progressive Party
Youths Sought For Ministry By Episcopal Bishop
New York report says Bishop Frederick J. Warnecke of Bethlehem urges enlightened support for church ministers. He criticizes lack of national funding for seminaries and accountability for the careers and families of about 10,000 ministers.
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New York
UPD
Frederick J. Warnecke
Bethlehem
Warnecke
Episcopal Church Foundation
Church Magazine Editor Lists Years Top 10 Religious Stories
In Saint Louis the Lutheran magazine associate editor Rev. Dr. Al Stauderman ranks 1969’s chief religious stories. The Black Manifesto leads, followed by church authority crises, ecumenical gains, Lutheran cooperation, taxation relations, youth church ties, Middle East conflict, waning membership with rising giving, wars in Biafra and Vietnam, and ongoing campus unrest.
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ST. Louis
UPI
al Stauderman
Lutheran Magazine
Stauderman
United States
Middle East
Biafra
Vietnam
Lutherans Grow Global Membership to 75 Million
The Lutheran World Federation reports 150000 baptized members added in the past year, boosting global membership to 75157352. The Lutheran Church becomes the third largest Christian denomination after Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
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New York
UPD
Lutheran World Federation
Village of Bennington Legal Voters Meeting Announcement
The legal voters of Bennington are warned to meet at the Vermont State Armory on Monday February 9 at 7 30 p m to nominate candidates for village office to be voted on March 17 1970 and to transact any other proper business Harold Griffin Francis J Hogan John H DeVito Jan 31 Feb 3 6 9
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Bennington
Vermont State Armory
Harold Griffin Francis J
Hogan John H
DeVito
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Girl Scout Troop 26
Church Magazine
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Leo’s Motors
Plymouth
Chrysler
Jeep
Manchester Center
LINUS
Steve Canyon
Milton Caniff
Steve
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W.A
Canyon
Red
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Chic Young
Heart of
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Johnny Hart
By Stan Drake
Miss Jones
Heaven Island
Thurber’s
Pleasant St
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BMW
Fiat
Peugeot — Sales & Service
Ott & Berger
N. Hoosac Rd
Williamstown
Walter L. Barber
Goodwill
Pontiac
BUICK
North Bennington Rd
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Supreme Motor
Pave Harrington
Berkshire Sports Car, Inc
M.G
State Rd
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Wilmington Auto Sales
Miner’s Garage
Harmon Road
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Patterson
Pownal
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Old Town Nursery
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