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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
6
The Hummelstown press and fire department join in a community invitation for church services across the area. Local reports note multiple Sunday services, factory expansions, and civic projects in Hershey, Harrisburg, and surrounding towns.
Rev George Snavely Rent discusses growing church cooperation in America highlighting the Federal Council of Churches and world outreach. He notes denominational diversity stems from medieval authority and cites the January Foreign Mission Conference in Garden City Long Island and the Japan visit by council leaders as steps toward unity.
In Lancaster county a new sect calling themselves Progressive Mennonites forms after a revival at Quarryville and Mechanics Grove. They resemble Mennonites but abandon dress restrictions and have decided to build a new church at Mechanics Grove.
The Home Mission Council met in New York City to establish headquarters on the 19th floor of a new Madison Avenue skyscraper to coordinate interdenominational foreign missions. The Council of Church Boards of Education, with 13 denominations, met in Chicago to plan a nationwide campaign for Christian education spanning years.
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