All Religions Face New Crisis in Russia
A Leon Dennen report from New York argues the Soviet Union's campaign to erase religion intensifies. It cites atheistic education, church closures, and covert worship in Central Asia, while noting religious leaders adapt to the regime and mobilize believers against Red state hostility. It also mentions the 1960 per-member gift average of $54.71 for U.S. Protestant congregations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenin
Russia
Communist Party
Moscow
Kremlin
Leonid Ilychev
Munist League
Ilychev
Soviet Central Asia
Nikita Khrushchev
Red
Vilna
U. S
Cedar Rapids Church Notices Dense Listing of Area Congregations
A dense bulletin lists numerous Cedar Rapids churches with addresses, pastors, and service times. It catalogs worship times across denominations including Assembly of God, LCA, CBA, and more, along with notable sermon topics and holiday notes.
Parish Mass Schedules At Multiple Churches Listed
All Saints Dalewood Immaculate Conception St Jude St Ludmila St Matthew St Patrick St Pius X St Wenceslaus are shown with addresses and Mass times. Names of clergy are given for each church including Msgrs and deacons and various vespers and noon masses.
Emmanuel Temple-1014 on 10th Avenue Corner
An address listing reads Emmanuel Temple-1014, 10th Ave SE, S.S. 10, Serv. 12, indicating a location detail in the community directory. The fragment provides no additional context or events.
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Emmanuel Temple
10Th Ave
S.S
Deliberate Words and Firecracker Faith Featured at Two Churches
Bethany home at 1300 6th St NW hosts Mary A White with service at 8:30 and 10:30 after S.S. at 9:30. Fair Oaks at 1243 Apache Trail NW lists Edward O’Neal with services at 9:30 and 8:30, featuring the tale Fire cracker Faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethany
6Th St. NW
Mary A. White
S.S
Fair Oaks
Apache Trail
Edward O'Neal
Church notices list weekly services and leaders
Grace-525 A avenue NE and St John’s 355 19th Street SE both show Communion at 8 and Sunday School at 10 with calls for the first Sunday each month. St Michael’s 220 40th Street NE lists James R. Gundrum and Rev. G Maurice Ottsen handling Communion at 10.
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Thomas S. Hulme
S.S
St. John’s
St. SE
D. A. Loferski
St. Michael’s
40Th St. NE
James R. Gundrum
Communion
G. Maurice Ottsen
Evangelical United Brethren Church Schedule Notes
The record lists multiple Evangelical United Brethren locations with evening services and Sunday schools. Buffalo-Blair’s Ferry road NE notes Ray C. Howland. Faith at 1000 30th St NE with Elmer C. Boom. Salem at 2251st Ave SW with A Frankhauser. Sharon at 831 18th Ave SW with A T Washington. Union Ely Road SW with Robert Hefty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Blair’s Ferry Rd
Ray C. Howland
S.S
Faith
30Th St
Elmer C. Boom
Salem
Sharon
18Th Ave
A. T. Washington
Public Talks at Center Point Road Jehovah's Witnesses
Public talks posted at East and West Center Point Road NE. Talks include How Did Man Get the Bible Watchtower 4 15 and Using Life To Serve Jehovah. Times listed: 6 PM and 7 15 PM for East unit and 3 PM and 4 15 PM for West unit.
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Center Point Rd
Watchtower
Mormon Trailridge Road Church Service Schedule
Lee M Johnson serves at 8:30 with Sunday School at 10:30 and Evening service at 6:30 at the Reorganized 19th Street NE location with Elder Walter E. Gunderson presiding.
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Trailridge Road
Lee M. Johnson
S.S
19Th St. NE
Walter E. Gunderson
Bethany and Concordia Church Schedules
In Bethany Missouri 2202 For ester SE E Waggazer and S S times 9 30 service 8 15 10 45. In Concordia Missouri 4210 Johnson Ave NW W D Marth S S 9 a.m. service 8 a.m. 10 15 a.m.
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St. Patrick’s
Ist Ave. NW
St. Pius X
Council NE
Msgr
M. S. Sheehy
Dean Walz
Bethany
Forester
Church Service Schedules for Various Congregations
A compiled list shows Sunday school times and worship services at multiple churches including Bethel AME, St. James, St. Mark's, St. Pauls, St. Peters, Trinity, and Wesleyan. Details include service times 8:30 to 11:00 and SS starts around 9:00, plus sermon topics like This Caring Gospel and To Him That Overcometh. Various pastors are noted including John K. Moore, John I. Thomas, Harold T. Rasche, Bernard G. Olson, Donald T. Caspers, Dr. Ralph J. Barron, and David Powell. Some entries mention locations such as 6th St Bethel, Lovely Lane Cedar Memorial chapel, and 3rd Ave locations.
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Church of God Prophecy
8Th Ave
Theodore Clemmens
S.S
Cedar Hills
Gordon Ave
George Kreeze
First Covenant
25Th St
Elmer F. Seagren
Covington
Hugh Orchard
5Th Ave
A. J. Stokes
Islamic Center
9Th St. NW
13Th St
Ralph James Barron, Jr
Neal B. Gail
A. H. Gerst
Seventh Day Church of God
Meridian
Prairie Dr
W. T. McMickin
Sunshine Mission
2Nd St
Henry Mensinger
Temple Judah
Washington Ave
Isaac Neuman
Peoples Unitarian
3Rd Ave
Walter E. Kellison
First United Pentecostal
Center Point Rd
Mabel Swanson
Bethel
6Th St
John I. Thomas
G Ave
Harold T. Rasche
Kenwood
33Rd St
Bernard G. Olson
Lovely Lane
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Donald T. Caspers
Ralph Barron, Jr
St. James
Ellis Blvd
Ralph J. Barron
St. Mark’s
Johnson Ave
David Powell
St. Paul’s
Jackson Burns
Glenn W. McMichael
Milton R. Vogel
St. Peter’s
30Th St
Monroe School
Thomas A. Sears
Trinity
5Th St
Warren L. Feiler
Wesleyan
Ist Ave
Churches and Ministers Schedule for Sunday Services
A list of parish names and addresses with Sunday School times and worship services. Featured speakers include Dr Alfred A Kelsey Dr Francis W Pritchard John E Wheatley Donald L Ray and Dr John P Woods among others. Themes include morality conscience and religious reflections. Local churches across Central Park Christ Church Has Memorial and Westminster provide service times including SS and Serv.
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Calvin
38Th
Alfred A. Kelsey
S.S
Central Park
Bave
Allen S
van Cleve
Keith Trembath
Christ Church
Islave
John E. Wheatley
5Th St
Francis W. Pritchard
Bob Alan Chaffee
9Th Ave
William Harnish
Kenwood
35Th St
Donald R. Jarrert
R. F. Galloway
Knox
Hollywood Blvd
James R. Hartsee
Olivet
10Th St
Roger D. Patton
Sinclair Memorial
12Th Ave
Donald L. Ray
Eden church schedules and service notes
United Church of Christ at Eden and First Congregational list Sunday times S S classes and worship. Hope-Hiawatha school and United Church of Christ locations note pastors and service details. The sermon topics include Adam's Three Sons and Memo to Americans with communion references.
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Eden
E&r
8Th Ave
Evening Church Schedule With Grace Brethren Services
The notice lists services at Grace Brethren 2905 C Ave NE with Sunday school at 9 30 and worship at 10 30 then an evening service at 7. A Baha i Center at 1810 Ridgewood Terrace SE hosts a Tuesday 8 pm gathering.
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Baha’i Center
Ridgewood Terr
Grace Brethren
Cave
Wayne Baker
S.S
Lab School training for Iowa church workers in Marion
More than 100 church school workers from across Iowa will attend a laboratory training school July 19 to 24 in Marion at the Christian church. Sponsored by the Iowa Society of Christian Churches, the event serves as the denomination’s major yearly training for 200 churches.
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Iowa
Marion Christian Church
Iowa Society of Christian Churches
John R Skar Leaves For Year in Norway
John R. Skar son of Mr and Mrs Robert Skar of 308 Thirty-eighth Street NE leaves Thursday for a year in Norway under the International Christian Youth Exchange. He will stay with a Gjovik family and attend local activities while First Lutheran church hosts a Swedish student Magdalena Thomell of Sodervindie.
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John R. Skar
Robert Skar
Thirty-eighth Street
Norway
International Christian Youth Exchange
Gjovik
First Lutheran Church
Sweden
Magdalena Thomell
Sodervidinge
Skar
Peter B. Haug
Seventh Avenue SE
Washington High School
New Pastor Arrives at Urbana Prairie Creek Churches
The Rev. Richard A. Laslo of Bethel Kentucky has taken the pastorate of Urbana and Prairie Creek Christian churches effective July 1. A 1956 Bethany College graduate, he completed the College of the Bible in Lexington June 5. He previously served in Pennsylvania West Virginia and Kentucky including Bethel. The family will live in a new parsonage in Urbana.
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Urbana
Richard A. Lasso
Bethel
Prairie Creek
Joint Catholic and Protestant Officiants Wed in St. Louis
In a landmark ceremony June 13 in a Catholic church in St. Louis, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Barker were married by the Rev. Leonard Jackson a Catholic priest and the Rev. Claudius Miller an Episcopal priest marking the first known joint religious officiation of a wedding in the area.
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St, Louis
Patrick Barker
Leonard Jackson
Claudius Miller
Ghana Teaches Religion In Government Schools
Rev. J Alfred Richard a Roman Catholic missionary says government-supported schools in Ghana Africa include religion in the curriculum. The report notes religion instruction is part of the official program across the nation.
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Washington
Ghana
Africa
J. Alfred Richard
Rights Workers United Press Seeks Chaplains and Lawyers
The National Council of Churches plans to recruit 50 ministers as chaplains for civil rights workers in Mississippi and enlist a dozen or more lawyers as volunteer advisers. Dr. Eugene C Blake noted several church leaders see the crisis as dangerous but necessary for racial justice, while a related Vatican council debate on church documents continues.
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National Council of Churches
Mississippi
Religion and Race Commission
Eugene Carson Blake
W. Clarke Wescoe
Philadelphia
University
Miss
Kansas
Blake
Vatican Council
Council Fathers
Christian Unity Movement
Protestant denominations to publish joint hymnal
The American Baptists and Disciples of Christ plan a shared hymnal for about 15 000 congregations with a five year timeline. They have cooperated on past worship materials and produced a joint hymnal in 1940. A noted educator urged Christians to declare war on the
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American Baptists
Disciples of Christ
Galilee Baptist Opens Full Schedule of Services
Galilee Baptist church in Cedar Rapids begins a full schedule with Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 30 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m The Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m continues The congregation previously held only Sunday and Wednesday services at the parsonage 1207 Twenty eighth street Se.
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Galilee Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
Twenty-eighth Street
Delegates Named for Iowa Church Conventions
Eastern Iowa delegates to the Lutheran Church in America second biennial convention in Pittsburgh July 29 include Dr. John L. Berger and Dr. George Forell of First Lutheran Cedar Rapids representing the Iowa synod. North Central Methodist jurisdictional conference in Cleveland July 8-12 lists Revs. Ackman Vernon Jackson Burns Hancock Havighurst and others, with alternates Hempstead Vernon and Clyde Sarnborn plus Mrs. Sears Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Lutheran Church In America
Pittsburgh
John L. Berger
George Forell
First Lutheran
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Synod
North Central Methodist Jurisdictional Conference
Cleveland
Fred J. Ackman
Vernon
Jackson Burns
Eugene H. Hancock
Iowa City
Lawrence D. Havigshurst
Oelwein
Robert Armstrong
Hjalmer Carlson
De‘corah
W. D. Martin
Vinton
L. C. Surfus
Fayette
Harry E. Young
Charles S. Hempstead
Clyde Sanborn
Edward E.sears
Delaware ALC Parish To Install Associate Pastor
The Rev. William R. Pape will be installed Sunday as associate pastor of the newly formed American Lutheran Church parish serving Earlville Manchester and Delaware. The 10 30 a m service is at Earlville school auditorium with a pot luck lunch and youth softball games to follow.
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Manchester
William R. Pape
American Lutheran Church
Delaware County
Earlville
Immanuel
Delaware
R. F. Grunewald
Samuel Salzman
Dubuque
Herman Siefkes
ALC
Pastor Pape
Reesburg
Wis
Evangelical Lutheran Seminary
Columbus
Maywood Seminary
Chicago
Popes
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By Leon Dennen
EW York
NEA
The
Com
Cedar Rapids Church
Assembly OF God
Central
Fave
B. P. Bell
Oakland Rd
Fred R. Gottwald
S. S
Berean
Glen V. High
Calvary
CBA
3Rd
Ave
Don L. Andersen
David Rivers
Cedar
Old Marion Rd
Robert Pick
Galilee
28Th St. SE
Ronald G. Mintke
Lewis A. Miller
Eve
Mt. Zion
NBC
8Th St. SE
Percy Burt
Noelridge
Golf
Clifton
Robert E. Shackelford
New Jerusalem
H. Bassett
Christian
Barton G. Murray
John M. Hardy
Phillip K. Sharp
Regal Ave
Marvin W. Gee
T. A. Youngquist
John W. Ried
George W. Forell
Cherry Hill St
F. Pohlmann
St. SW
Donald A. Seifert
Holy Redeemer
LCA
Eave
Wade H. Koons
God
Hope
Bowling St
Richmond Anderson
Our Savior’s
Ist
F. William Hillier
St. Andrew’s
James M. Lesher
Richard W. Engstrom
St. Stephen’s
Meadowbrook
31St
N. L.wogen
1St Ave
G. M. Hubby
Nazarene
K St. SW
Forrest E. Whitlatch
Oakland
29Th St
Charles F. Byers
St. George
Nicholas Laikley
I S.S
Alexandros George
Orthros
Gust E. Hatzidakis
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Old
Marion Rd
Milford Olson
15Th St
Christian Science
SE. S.S
Church of the Brethren
4Th Ave
David Hykes
Central Church of Christ
Bill J. Humble
Ellis Park Church of God
Lave
Earl Osnes
All Saints
Dalewood
Edmund J. Becker
Philip C. McDermott
John M. Herzog
Immaculate Conception
William A. Roach
John J. O’ Connor
David Pepper
St. Jude’s
Edgewood Rd
Masses
St. Ludmila
St. Wenceslaus
A. W. Chihak
Frank Benda
R. A. Ludwig
Church OF God IN Christ
Episcopal
Evangelical United Brethren
Union
Ely Rd
Robert Hefty
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Lutheran
Methodist
Asbury
26Th Ave
John K. Moore
Westminster
Ave. SE
John P. Woods
United Church OF Christ
Lab School of Christian Church Set
Jack Hicks
Christian Education
Frank Royce
Ihurch
Marion Church
Patricia Clark
Martha Clevenger
Oklahoma City
Hugh Gibson
John Strohbeen
Gene Bates
Des Moines
Fred Paxton
Savannah
W. W. Haverfield
St. Louis
Lewis Crase
Cedar Falls
W. T. Johnson
George H. Adkins
Mason City
John Kinnamon
Marvin Gee
Clark
Louis Cassels
United Press International
United States
Wescoe
Galilee Baptist
ST. Paul's Methodist Church
Third Avenue S.E
ALC Parish
Trinity Lutheran
1St Avenue
14Th Street
Education and Youth Center
Pastor E. Koberg
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