Beecher Bible and Rifle Church Still Active in Kansas
In Wabaunsee Kansas the Beecher Bible and Rifle Church continues regular services. Origin traces to anti slavery preaching by Rev Henry Ward Beecher in the 1850s with funds to buy rifles for settlers. The 101 year old congregation, organized 1857, meets with about 100 members led by ministers from Alma and Bellview.
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Wabaunsee
Kan
Beecher Bible and Rifle Church
Kansas
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth Congregational Church
Brooklyn
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Ized
Church of Christ
Robert H. Hoston
Alma
Irwin Stegner
Bellview
Lawrence
University of Kansas
Beecher
Prairie Guards
Dutch Professor predicts shrinking Christian share worldwide
In Motive magazine, Dr. J. C. Hoekendijk, a Dutch church history professor, warns that rapid population growth will outpace conversion, predicting Christianity will become a smaller proportion of humanity and churches of tomorrow will exist as dispersed thin minority groups.
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Nashville, Tenn
J. C. Hoekendijk
Motive
Worship and the Family Value of Often Recalling God's Deeds
The article discusses historical psalms such as Psalms 104 105 106 107 108 and 78 and their purpose in passing on religious truths to the next generation. It notes that periodic remembrance sustains meaning, explains ritual meaning for adults, and prompts questions from youths, with a rebuke to Ephraim in verses 9 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Speer Jones
Israel
David
Greece
Rome
Ephraim
Parable and Law in Psalm 78 Explored by Education Division
A church overview discusses Israel’s laws parables and testimonies as explained in Psalm 78. It notes the ark sayings and the ark capture by the Philistines, with references to Ephraim and Canaan conquest as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaan
Ephraim
Joseph
Zaan
Egypt
U.S.A
Features Syndicate
Christ
Israel
Country Store Planned Friday at St Marys Church
The Laymen's League of St Marys Episcopal Church announces the fourth annual country store to be held in the church on Friday May 17. Co chairs Herb Atkins and Jake Morel report saleable merchandise and a 5:30 to 7:30 dinner with a 3 pm hayride for children. Proceeds support Explorer Scout Troop and church projects with a bake sale accompanying the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laymen’s League
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Herb Atkins
Jake Morel
Revival Set At Oakview Methodist
The Layman's Revival moves through Oakview Methodist Church from Wednesday through Sunday. Charles Loflin kicks off the layman services at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Harry Bell speaks Thursday night. Walter Anderson of the State Bureau of Investigation headlines Friday and Saturday and leads Sunday sessions including breakfast at 8 a.m. and services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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Oakview Methodist Church
Charles Loflin
Harry Bell
Walter Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
Ministers Alliance Holds Meeting With Speaker Kenneth Fansler
Kenneth Fansler director of music and recreation at Christ's Church Greensboro spoke on The Minister's Recreational Life at the Ministers Alliance meeting held Monday. Rev N M Harrison invited ministers and families to a September steak supper on his farm, and the group planned to find anyone who declined the invitation. The spokesman predicted the September meeting would be the best attended yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Fansler
Christ's Church
Greensboro
N. M. Harrison
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Accidie blamed for modern malaise in new book
The Rev. Brian Whitlow argues in Hurcies to Heaven that three archetypes the shook up adolescent the beat generation and the self respecting middle aged man who enjoys poor health share a dull soul state called accidie or sloth. He defines accidie as a worthless, meaninglessness filled condition where nothing matters and no action seems worth taking.
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New York
Brian Whitlow
Harper & Row
Pilgrim Holiness Church to Dedicate New Building in Thomasville
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Holiness Church will dedicate its new 110000 dollar building Sunday at 2 30 p m on Mt. Zion Church Road Rt 2 Thomasville. Dr P W Thomas of Indianapolis General Superintendent will deliver the dedication message. Attending are Rev W F Page Rev G E Shaw Rev T R York and Rev C E Apple with Mayor Tom Johnson. The rural congregation averages over 300. organized May 10 1908 by Rev W R Cox. Ground broken in 1961 and brick church erected in 1931 with later additions.
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Mt. Zion
Christian Home Week Observance at Asheboro Church
Special services at First Baptist Church Asheboro mark Christian Home Week. Rev Ron Hall of West Bend leads both services with a 4 30 p m closing. Morning message by Dr J E Rawlinson discusses home life and a mothers recognition follows. Evening pageant God Give Me Christian Homes stars six church families with narrators Mr and Mrs Grier Bradshaw and church choir music.
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Asheboro
Ron Hall
West Bend
First Baptist Church
Ist
J. E. Rawlinson
Grier Bradshaw
Methodist workshop on stewardship evangelism and missions set
A workshop meeting for commissions on stewardship and evangelism education missions and social concerns will begin at First Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 30 Announcement was made by Dr Ralph Taylor district superintendent He will speak to the commissions before workshop groups Rev W A Jarrett of Spring Hill Methodist Church will lead devotion Rev Kenneth Crouse Lebanon Methodist Church district director of evangelism leads evangelism workshop with Dr C C Herbert Jr assisting Education commission led by Rev Ernest Page Archdale Methodist Church Rev Paschal Waughn Jamestown Methodist Church Miss Ann Tyler Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Rev Kelley Jones College Village Methodist Church Missions directed by Rev L E Mabry Calvary Methodist Asheboro assisted by Dr Horace McSwain Rev Worth Sweet Jordan Memorial Ramseur and Dr Charles D White First Methodist Asheboro Social concerns led by Rev N C Williams Jr Central Methodist Church.
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First Methodist Church
High Point
Ralph Taylor
Taylor
W. A. Jarrett
Spring Hill
C. C. Herbert Jr
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Education Commission
Ernest Page
Archdale Methodist Church
Paschal Waughn
Jamestown Methodist Church
Ann Tyler
Kelley Jones
College Village Methodist Church
L. E. Mabry
Calvary Methodist Church
Asheboro
Horace McSwain
Worth Sweet
Jordan Memorial ‘Methodist Church
Ramseur
Charles D. White
N. C. Williams Jr
Central Method
Emerywood Baptist Church Plans Family Focused Mother's Day
Emerywood Baptist Church will emphasize the family at the 11 a.m. service led by Rev. Thomas Haggai with a baby dedication and a sermon titled Our First Line of Defense. The evening service will feature a showing of Billy Graham's film The Heart is a Rebel.
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Emerywood Baptist Church
Thomas Haggai
Billy Graham
Haggai
Revival Services Led by Rev Guthrie at Pentecostal Holiness Church
Tarboro minister Rev Clayton Guthrie conducts revival at Pentecostal Holiness Church on S Main Street. Services started yesterday and run nightly at 7 30 p m through May 19 with pastor Rev G F Overstreet assisting.
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Clayton Guthrie
Tarboro
Pentecostal Holiness Church
S. Main Street
G. F. Overstreet
Bethel Temple to Host Revival with Luther C Moose
Evangelist Luther C Moose of Stoney Point opens revival services at Bethel Temple on Randolph Street. The program begins Monday at 7 30 p.m. and runs nightly.
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Bethel Temple
Luther C. Moose
Stoney Point
Randolph Street
Miracles Not Ground of Faith Says Boston Pastor
Rev Theodore Ferris of Boston argues in the Oxford book What Jesus Did that Jesus’ miracles are not the basis of faith. He notes gospels record other figures performing similar feats such as Joshua stopping the sun and Elijah feeding multitudes. The piece cites Peter and John healing a lame man and references Cervantes in the closing thought.
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New York
Jesus
Mozart
Christ
Son
God
Theodore Parker Ferris
Boston
Oxford
Joshua
Elijah
Elisha
Peter
John
Workshops Planned In Thomasville
The second workshop introducing the new United Church of Christ church school curriculum will be held at Heidelberg United Church of Christ in Thomasville from 3 to 8 pm. Davidson District officers and teachers from Davidson County will attend as conference leaders present the new materials for nursery through adult classes. Similar sessions will follow in China Grove Conover Winston Salem Raleigh Asheboro and Greensboro.
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Thomasville
Church Schools
United Church of Christ
Heidelberg United Church of Christ
Davidson
Davidson County
Christian Education
Heidelberg
Lela Anderson
Chicago
Ill
Alan Rohrbaugh
Winston-Salem
Melvin Moose
Pleasant
Edwin Alcorn
Conover
van Grimes
Faith
Larry Fisher
China Grove
Robert Myers
Rockwell
James Cress
Harold Myers
Burlington
Church School Administration
Robert Rosby
Raleigh
Asheboro
Greensboro
Prayers Urged in Philadelphia for Rome Vatican Council
The AP reports Protestant and Catholic leaders in Philadelphia call for united prayer for God's guidance on the Rome Second Vatican Council set to begin in October. The Rev Dr James E Wagner, retiring president of the Evangelical and Reformed Church, notes Catholics prayed for the World Council of Churches in New Delhi last year and urges ecumenical prayer to uphold the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rome
James E. Wagner
Evangelical and Reformed Church
World Council of Churches Assembly
New Delhi
Ministers to Meet United Conference at Bricks NC
The third annual United Church of Christ ministers conference will be held May 13 to 15 at the Franklinton Center at Bricks North Carolina. The event draws ministers from the Evangelical and Reformed Church Southern Synod the Southern Convention of Congregational Christian Churches and the Convention of South Congregational Christian Churches. The Rev Lawrence N Strunk of Hagestown Maryland will serve as principal speaker. He will deliver three addresses on the theme On Being a Minister In The United Church of Christ. Dr H S Hardcastle of Portsmouth Virginia a retired minister will give five Bible lectures on Romans.
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Ministers of the
United Church of Christ of North Carolina
Franklinton Center
Bricks
N. C
Evangelical and Reformed Church of the Southern Synod
Southern Convention of the
Congregational Christian Churches
Convention of the
South Congregational Christian Churches
Lawrence N. Strunk
Christ's United Church of Christ of
United Church of Christ
Strunk
Pennsylvania
Catawba College
Salisbury
Theological Seminary of
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lancaster
St. Stephen's
North Side Church Breaks Ground for New Building
The North Side Church of Christ in High Point will break ground for a new building at 1032 Old Winston Road at 2 30 p m Sunday May 12 The program includes minister A E Sims charter member Mrs W L Davis building committee chair D E Davis and church department reps Also featured are Brother Ben Hunt from First Church of Christ and Brother Wendell Parman from North Winston Church of Christ Winston-Salem
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North Side Church of Christ
West Side Church of Christ
High Point
Old Winston Road
A. E. Sims
W. L. Davis
D. E. Davis
Ben Hunt
The
First Church of Christ
Wendell Parman
North Winston Church of Christ
Growth of fish scales as they mature
The number of scales on a fish remains constant after formation, while the scales enlarge as the fish increases in size. This describes a fixed scale count with increasing scale size during growth.
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Beecher Church
National Council of Churches of Christ
Oakview Methodist
Ministers Alliance
Christian N. Bovee
Pilgrim Holiness Church
H. C. Perdue
W. R. Cox
North Carolina
Faye Marks
Emerywood Baptist
Cervantes
United
As Madren
Collie Seymore
Gibsonville
William E. Wisseman
Carl Daye
James Morrison
Graham
Melvin Palmer
Jesse Dollar
Newport News
John Lackey
United Churches of Christ
North Side
Springfield Baptist Church
Baker Road
High Point, N. C
Evangelist
James Moon
Randleman
Calvary Baptist Church
Dover Baptist Church
L. J. Mabe
Alfred J. Buescher
Asaph
Pmerywyov
Westchester
Country Club Drive
Warren Pierce
Solid Rock Baptist Church
Rev
Earlie H. Tucker
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