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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1974
Page
3
A 12 year old Jesus remains in the Jerusalem temple after Passover and discusses weighty matters with the rabbis. Joseph and Mary seek him before finding him in the temple. Jesus declares he must be about his Father’s business and is not understood by them.
Donald I. MacInnes of the National Council of Churches reports from five Chinese cities that Protestant services continue in Peking with a small congregation and a functioning mosque in Hangchow. He notes China’s church is being de institutionalized and de clericalized with clergy and laity sharing secular work. Ting estimates Protestants at 700,000 to 800,000, about one per thousand of the population, and bishops say underground churches are not the norm while constitutional religious freedom exists.
Dedication ceremonies for the Miracle Temple Holy Church of God new building begin Sunday at 3 p.m. at 234 New Street. Senior Bishop B. McKinney and Vice Bishop O.M. Gray preach the dedicatory sermons. The church, organized in 1966 from consolidations, has grown from 15 to 46 members. The sanctuary seats about 120 in a 3 by 68 foot heated and air conditioned space. Pastor James E. Compton, a Greensboro native and Marine veteran, has led the church since its inception after studies at Moody Bible Institute. Other visitors and pastors from Galax Virginia and High Point participate in the Sunday services.
A crowded church calendar lists a New Sanctuary consecration at Lexington's Cid Methodist Church with Rev. George Rudisill, plus worships, guest speakers, and musical events across First Baptist, Missionary Methodist, Foster Grove Baptist, College Heights Baptist, Hilliard Memorial Baptist, Shady Grove United Methodist, Mount Vernon United Methodist, Wesley Memorial, Nazarene churches, Prospect United Methodist, and the Church of God of Prophecy. Notable items include a 1973 sanctuary ground breaking, a Christmas pageant, and a Vaughan Williams cantata performed by Wesley Memorial’s Chancel Choir. The Harvesters Quartet and a South Africa related talk by Dr. T Harold Jones are also on the docket.
The report argues that the lessons of the Chinese experience for Christian faith have not been understood but evaded and that there has been no genuine repentance. The remark highlights ongoing concerns about interpreting historical events within faith contexts.
Vaclovas Sevrukas a Marxist atheist philosopher, freed from the Soviet Union, conducts a long hunger strike in New York to protest religious oppression in Lithuania. He began in Rome 23 days prior, has lost 32 pounds, now weakened, and plans to continue until December end with limited citrus intake under doctors’ caution. He came to New York mid November and stays with Lithuanian friends in Jamaica, Queens.
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