Paul in Athens and Corinth in the Acts narrative
The article traces Paul’s missional moves from Berea to Athens, then Corinth, noting his encounter at Mars Hill, his debates with Jews and philosophers, his tentmaking partnership with Aquila and Priscilla, and his shift to preaching to Gentiles. It highlights Gallio’s ruling, and recalls Paul’s Corinthian letters stressing unity, wisdom versus signs, and steadfast labor for the Lord.
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Paul
Athena
Corinth
Greece
Silas
Timothy
Berea
Athens
Jesus
Areopagus
Mars’ Hill
Aquila
Priscilla
Rome
Claudius
Gallio
Achaia
Corinthians
I Corinthians
Baptist Convention Reverses Segregation Stance in Asheville
The North Carolina Baptist convention adjourned in Asheville after reversing its Tuesday approval of ending racial segregation. It kept a federal anti lynching law and equality measures, elected Dr Casper Co Warren as president, and chose Winston Salem for the 1947 meeting.
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Asheville
North Carolina State Baptist Convention
Casper Co. Warren
Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Committee On Social Service and Civic Righteousness
Services At The Churches CHURCH OF CHRIST
North Hamilton Street Church of Christ announces Sunday schedule led by W E McGilvrey Bible school at 9 45 a m morning worship at 11 with a sermon He Thanked God and Took Courage Christians Endeavor at 6 30 p m teacher training at 6 30 and evening worship at 7 30 with I Am the Vine Ye are the Branches Prayer Meeting Wednesday features a Life of Christ study
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
Hamilton Street
W. E. McGilvrey
Christ
Pentecostal Holiness Church Service Times
On Highland Avenue the Pentecostal Holiness church led by Rev. L. H. Fortson lists Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. with Michell Davies as superintendent. P Ely S service at 6:30 p.m. Evening worship at 7:30 and Wednesday prayer at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentecostal Holiness
Highland Avenue
L. H. Fortson
Michell Davies
All
P.ely
S. Servied
Christian Science Services at North Main Street
The Christian Science society at 319 North Main invites the public to Sunday services at 11 o clock with the subject Soul and Body. Sunday school begins at 9 45 The reading room opens Wednesday and Friday 10 am to 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Christian Science Society
North Main Street
First Congregational Church Services and Schedule
First Congregational Christian church on West Green Street at Try On. Rev. G. C. Crutchfield, pastor. Sunday school 9 45 a.m. Supt. W. R. Jones. Services 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Prayer service Wednesday p.m.
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First Congregational
First Congregational Christian Church
West Green Street
Tryon
G. C. Crutchfield
W. R. Jones
Springfield speaker Samuel Lethering to address Brotherhood class
Samuel R. Lethering of Ararat Virginia will speak to the Brotherhood class at 10 o clock and deliver the 11 o clock message at Springfield church on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Samuel R. Lethering
Ararat
Virginia
Springfield Church
Lebanon Methodist Church Plans Thanksgiving Theme Services
The Lebanon Methodist Church announces a 9 45 a m Sunday school and an 11 a m morning worship with Rev W Bates delivering A Thanksgiving Question. A 5 30 pm Youth Fellowship reorganizing meeting and a 7 pm evening service follow, with The Beauty of the Lord as sermon topic. Midweek service led by Lewis Huff on Wednesday at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Union Tabernacle Service Times and Meetings
Pastor Clay J. Childress leads at Union Tabernacle with Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 7 30 Sunday evening youth meeting at 6 30 and midweek prayer Thursday at 7 30.
First Presbyterian Church Announces Thanksgiving Services
Church school classes gather at 9 45 at First Presbyterian Church. Sermon by Rev Paul Tudor Jones at 11. Junior Intermediate and Senior Fellowships meet at 5 for a family supper. dinner served at six in the church dining room.
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First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church Sunne Ee
Paul Tudor Jones
Pala
Crestwood Chapel Sunday School and Worship Leaders
Sunday school classes begin at nine forty five with Ernest McCall teaching the adult class and Mrs. Alex Murray leading the worship service at Crestwood Chapel.
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Crestwood Chapel
Ernest McCall
Alex Murray
Randolph Chapel Sunday School and council meeting
Sunday school classes begin at 9 30 with Mr F Logan Porter Sr leading the worship and teaching the adult class. The Sunday school council meets Friday night November 29 at 7 30 o'clock.
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Randolph Chapel
F. Logan Porter
Emmanuel Lutheran Sermon and Missionary Event
The 11 o'clock sermon at Emmanuel Lutheran will explore "Lord When" from St. Matthew on Judgment. At 7:30 p.m. Miss Clara Sullivan, a missionary to China imprisoned during the Japanese invasion, will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmanuel Lutheran
Clara Sullivan
China
NC General Assembly Moves to Legalize Alcohol Sales
North Carolina measures passed without a popular vote, enabling beer wine and ale sales and allowing counties to run ABC stores. Officers elected at the convention include Dr Hoyt Blackwell, Mars Hill, first vice president, Dr Robert C Humble, Greenville, second vice president, and Dr F Orion Mixon, Raleigh, third vice president. The group urged study of divorce issues and support for a southeastern theological seminary, Wake Forest expansion, Gardner-Webb College inclusion, a $1.5 million Wake Forest project, and amnesty for imprisoned conscientious objectors.
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Tion
North Carolina
General Assembly
ABC Liquor
Dr& Warren
Hoyt Blackwell
Mars Hill
Robert C. Humble
Greenville
F. Orion Mixon
Raleigh
Wake Forest College
Southern Baptist Convention
Southeastern Theological Seminary
Ake Forest
Gardner-Webb Junior College
Boiling Springs
Wake Forest
Winston-Salem
World of Religion Highlights Pilgrim Roots and Mission Work
A church columnist notes Thanksgiving origins in Plymouth and contrasts modern secular celebration with turkey and football. The piece surveys global Bible translation efforts, CELMOSA’s missionary growth in South America, and a Minneapolis pastor’s report on ten years of Colombian outreach amid persecution and growing local trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Colombia
Evangelical Lutheran Church
United Evangelical Lutheran Church
A. S. Burgess
Minneapolis
Minn
Columbia
Churches Aid China Public Health Drive On Yellow River Dyke
U S church groups aided by Church World Service deploy medical and engineering teams in the Yellow River region. Ten thousand workers, including coolies and engineers, tackle cholera typhoid and other epidemics while building a new dyke. They drill wells disinfect habitats inspect dormitories kitchens and toilets inoculate against disease and treat about 125 men daily in clinics reducing disease prevalence in this famine and disease prone area.
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Churches
United States
China
Church World Service
Yellow River
Union of Churches Plans Student Exchange Program
The committee on Friendly Relations Among Foreign Students organized by American Protestant churches will send 100,000 Americans overseas for study and bring 50,000 European African and Asiatic students to America for higher education. Students have already arrived in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On
America
United
Church Women Seek Pledges At Afternoon Session
Notice requests all church members to return to their post and speak at the church afternoon hours between 2 and 5 to pledge support for the congregation. Officers will be present to take the pledges as the service is under the sponsorship of the women of the church.
Rankin Memorial Sunday Services and Youth Meeting
Sunday school convenes at 9 45 with Superintendent Frank Ring in charge. Morning worship at 11 features Rev John Cagle with a Thanksgiving message on Gratitude. Evening worship at 7 30 discusses What Of Your Future. Youth Fellowship meets at 6 with Let Us Give Thanks. Wednesday prayer and Bible study at 7 30.
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Frank Ring
John Cagle
Parish Events Schedule At Holy Trinity Church
Celebration of the Holy Communion at eight a.m. with morning prayer and sermon at eleven a.m. The St Dunstan choristers will sing offertory pieces including With A Voice of Singing Shaw Te Deum and Jubilate Deo Schubert. Young People Service League supper at six p.m. and parish supper Monday November 25 at 6 15. Rectory men to be elected for three years. Thanksgiving Day service at 9 30 a.m.
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St. Dunstan
Shaw
William
Schubert
Young People’s Service League
First Church of God Service Schedule
Louis F. Gough pastor welcomes parishioners with Sunday school at 9 45 led by Mrs Charles Wiesner superintendent Guy J Kinney Morning worship at 11 with The Lord Has Need of it Youth Fellowship at 6 30 led by Mrs Roy York Evening evangelistic service at 7 30 with Sanctification Wednesday prayer meeting led by the church official remains unknown
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First Church OF God
Louis F. Gough
Charles Wiesner
Guy J. Kinney
Roy York
Kobe Central Church Marks Sixty Years of Mission to Japan
Sixty years after its founding the Kobe Central Church in Japan, started by Dr O A Dukes and Dr J W Lambeth, remains active as the mother church of American Methodism in Japan. Missionary John B Cobb and Chaplain W N Stockburger preached during anniversary ceremonies. Stockburger serves two Sunday services for American troops and families, while Japanese pastors hold two more.
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Japan
Kobe Central
Eiko
O. A. Dukes
J. W. Lambeth
Macon
W. N. Stockburger
United States Army
Kobe
Women's Mission Society Named Leader Mrs Fisher
The Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society declares Mrs Taylor Fisher as president, leading the church group in its charitable and outreach work.
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Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Taylor Fisher
Society
Say It With Deeds and High Time at First Methodist
First Methodist Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by superintendent L F Ferree. Morning Worship at 11 with Rev Wilson O Weldon preaching Say It With Deeds. Choir sings Praise the Lord O Jerusalem and Marjorie Seay of High Point College sings Give Thanks and Sing. Evening Worship 7 30 subject High Time. Children and youth fellowships schedule with a Thanksgiving program and debate on Christmas Four Times a Year by the Forensic Club of High Point College. Wednesday services include a Thanksgiving Service and Mid-Week Chapel Hour broadcast by Weldon.
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First Methodist
L. F. Ferree
Wilson O. Weldon
Smith
Co Chapel
Forensic Club
High Point College
Weldon
Lindsay Memorial Church Services Plan for Sunday
Lindsay Memorial conducts Sunday school at 9 45 with W R B desk and Rev Thomas E Strickland delivering the 11 o’clock sermon Something To Be Thankful For. At 6 15 Rev Don Payne speaks on Evangelism with J B Ridge leading, followed by 7 30 Holy Communion during a candlelight service assisted by the young people. Wednesday in service opens six week lessons on Christian Stewardship.
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Lindsay Memorial
W. RB
Thomas E. Strickland
Don Payne
Wesley Memorial
J. B. Ridge
Bris tol Pastor Rose to Speak on Presbyterian Hour
Rev Ben L Rose pastor of Central Presbyterian Church Bristol Va will speak Sunday 8 30 EST over Southeastern radio stations including WSIS The North Carolinian graduate of Davidson 1935 trained at Union Seminary Richmond served as a chaplain in 1941 and after the war met Martin Niemoeller The address title is The Bravest Thing In Life.
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Ben L. Rose
Central Presbyterian Church
Bristol
WSIS
Rose
Davidson College
Union Seminary
Richmond
Wilmington
Martin Niemoeller
Christian Century
Ministers Talk and Thanksgiving Services Planned
The minister Cecil E. Haworth will discuss Mirrors or Windows at 6 30 in the evening followed byTwo Men Who Served God Well. A candlelight Thanksgiving service for young people is set for 6 30 Sunday evening. The November Workers council convenes Tuesday night. Friends meetings in High Point area gather at Springfield on Thanksgiving morning at 10 o'clock for a special service.
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Cecil E. Haworth
Workers Council
Friends
High Point
Springfield
Welch Methodist Church School and Services Schedule
Welch Memorial and Mangum Lake Street churches plan a 9 45 a m church school led by Walter L Voncannon with Rev H E Bolick preaching at 11 a m on Victory Through Thanksgiving Youth fellowship at 630 p m and evening worship at 730 p m Mid week prayer service is set for Wednesday at 730 p m
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Welch Methodist Church
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Mangum
Lake Street
Walter L. Voncannon
H. E. Bolick
Revy Church Announces Weeklong Special Services
Carl A. Grimm, pastor, leads Sunday school at 9 45 with classes for all ages and worship at 11. The sermon titled The Strange Wisdom of God. Choir sings The King of Love My Shepherd Is. Youth fellowship at 6 30 and evening worship at 7 30. Special service each night Monday through Friday with inspirational messages and music. Thanksgiving services on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
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Carl A. Grimm
God
King of
Shelley
First Pilgrim Holiness Church Schedule for Sunday
The First Pilgrim Holiness church announces a 9 45 Sunday school led by superintendent John Lain. Worship at 11 a m features pastor J A Grout on The sealing of the Spirit. Evening service at 7 p m follows. Children’s story hour at 5 p m led by Mrs Carrol. Young People’s Society at 6 p m. Midweek pent er and praise service Wednesday at 7 30 p m emphasizes praise and thanksgiving.
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First Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness Church
John Lain
J. A. Grout
Carrol
Young People’s Society
Main Street Methodist Church Sunday program
Main Street Methodist Church school opens at 9 45 with Rev E M Jones speaking on The Earth Is the Lords. The 11 oclock service features the sermon The Responsibility of Hearing and a choir anthem The Heavens Are Declaring. Miss Zellen Allen presides and the Young People octet sings Now Thank We All Our God. Youth Fellowship at 6 with Miss Helen White in charge. W S C S meeting follows the 7 oclock service.
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Main Street Methodist Church
E. M. Jones
Beethoven
Zellen Allen
Cruger
Helen White
W.S.C.S
Central Friends Invite to This Week Religious Activities
A cordial invitation extends to all to attend this week’s religious events. Bible school for all ages begins at 9 45 Sunday with Horace S Haworth as superintendent. Morning worship follows at 11. More churches on page 4.
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Central Friends
Bible School
Horace S. Haworth
Churches appoint field representative for overseas relief
The North Carolina Council of Churches appoints Rev. Archie R. Martin as state field representative, organizing community drives for shoes, clothing, bedding, and canned foods for overseas shipment via New Windsor, Maryland. The plan coords with Church World Service and denominational channels for cash and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Council OF Churches
Durham
CNS
Church World Service, Incorporated
Protestant Churches of North America
North Carolina Council of Churches
Archie R. Martin
North Carolina
Martin
College Station
Clarkson
Charlotte
Council
Ernest J. Arnold
New Windsor
Maryland
United Lutherans of
Mr. Martin
China
Germany
Europe
Austria
Athens
America
Philippines
Asia
UNRRA
AIDS IN ORGANIZING DURHAM AT FLORIDA CONFERENCE
Regional church leaders from Florida and North Carolina gathered in Winter Haven to study uniting church resources for broader service. Rev. Ernest J. Arnold discussed how North Carolina organized to meet its needs as a model for interchurch cooperation across the state.
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State Council
Aids IN
Durham
CNS
Florida Council of Churches
Ernest J. Arnold
North Caroli Council of Churches
Winter Haven
Florida
North Carolina
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Earth
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Justus
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Galerio
W. Ww. Reid
Bradford
Plymouth
The
American Bible Society
New York
Peru
Totonac
Mexico
Guatemala
Africa
Bolivia
India
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News of the Churches
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Brentwood
G. E. Shumake
N. C
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