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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1969
Page
2
In the new administration and 91st Congress, Protestant groups lead in numbers, with Roman Catholics and Jews present, while Eastern Orthodoxy gains a small foothold. Notable shifts show three Orthodox members and continued dominance by Presbyterians and Episcopalians, reflecting demographic realities and Church ties in politics.
In Capernaum Jesus confronts a demon endowing a man with a miracle that terrifies onlookers. He then heals Simon Peter's mother-in-law of a fever, restoring her to service. The crowd nearby marvels at these rapid, dramatic acts as evidence of his divine power.
In Capernum Jesus teaches in the synagogue with authority. A demon-possessed man reacts as Jesus heals many at his mother in law’s home. A leper is cleansed after Jesus touches him, prompting large crowds and increasing demand for his teaching and healing. The narrative follows Jesus preaching in Galilee and drawing crowds.
Calvary Baptist Church at 808 Hilltop Street will hold an installation of church officers tomorrow. Deacons Benjamin Chestnut and Roosevelt Bennett will be installed as Rev. Benjamin C. McCaskill presides and Dr. W. M. Wyatt moderator of the Rowan Baptist Association will preach. A fellowship supper follows in the church dining room.
Dr Owen Weatherly of High Point College will lead the annual mission study series at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. The 7 30 p m sessions tomorrow and Sunday January 19 explore the theme Mandate For Mission and discuss new forms of church mission in the Peacock Bible Class room. Sessions are open to the public.
In THOMASVILLE the documentary What About the World Council of Churches will be shown tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Oakhill Memorial Baptist Church Fairgrove. Rev James Bolick pastor says the film by the American League of Christian Churches Wheaton IL was made in Raleigh and features Maj Edgar Bundy answering questions from a Raleigh Durham ministers panel and attorney Chub Sewell of Carthage. Maj Bandy is director of the Church League of America.
The concept envisions education acting as the guiding track for an elevated railway system where intellectual exploration and reasoning advance the journey of ideas. Supporters argue it would elevate learning, linking schools, research centers, and transit to foster innovative, cross disciplinary thinking.
Dr W L Surbrook dean of theology at Southern Pilgrim College in Kernsersville will be guest speaker at the 11 am worship service at Mount Zion Wesleyan Church. He formerly served 14 years as general superintendent of the Pilgrim Holiness Church and is a former college president and author. Mount Zion Wesleyan Men will lead the 7 20 pm Sunday service.
The 115 members of the General Board of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina will meet in Raleigh January 28 29. The January session starts 7 p.m. at Meredith College and ends after Wednesday morning at the Baptist Building. Rev Gilmer Cross of First Baptist Goldsboro will preside as officers and committees are organized.
The January meeting of the Piedmont N C Chapter, Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship will feature Rev W G Brafford Jr of China Grove delivering the address at the & W Cafeteria Greensboro. Dinner starts at 6 30 p m and the meeting at 7 20 p m.
The statewide Conference on Evangelism for Baptists of North Carolina will convene at War Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh February 3 to 5. Sponsored by the Baptist State Convention and the General Baptist State Convention, the event features leaders from across the south and includes an all night prayer service starting 10 p.m. Monday. The Immanuel Baptist Church in Greensboro hosts the sessions with a half hour schedule, and Otis Hairston, C. M. Creecy, and Ernest Holt chair sessions and enroll about 2,500 lay leaders and pastors.
Dr. Anne Scott at Duke University conference argues Southern wives shared the slave’s subservient role and were driven by temperance to seek political voice. She notes women’s missionary work and WCTU leadership transformed public action beyond prohibition. The event concluded today.
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