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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1961
Page
2
Religion writer George W Cornell notes leaders blame American Protestantism for failing to balance popular appeal with prophetic mission. Critics from Hazen Werner to Paul Tillich warn churches pursue worldly security and organizational bigness over spiritual depth.
Marse Grant former Thomasville native now editor of the Biblical Recorder in Raleigh will address First Baptist Church Sunday night in Pastor F Stan Hardy Jr s absence He will discuss The Most Powerful Army in the World Grant led Charity and Children from 1949 to 1960 and since 1960 has been editor of the Recorder under which its circulation rose to 78000 He is a former president of the Southern Baptist Public Relations Association and appears in Who s Who in the South and Southwest
Evangelist Bill Ellis will lead services at First Church of God on S Main during Oct 8 15 with nightly 730 pm services and a 1045 am Sunday start Rev Dale Grubbs announces Ellis national youth leader and Christian Brotherhood Hour promoter Also Archdale Baptist Homecoming revival to begin with Rev J W Alen speaking and lunch after service. Bishop Melton at Pentecostal Holiness Church homecoming. continuous mortgage burning and gospel singing planned.
Rev. Max G. Reece becomes pastor of Oakview Baptist Church on October 1 1961. Licensed February 23 1958 by Brentwood Baptist Church and ordained February 21 1959 at Wingate. He served at Deep Creek Baptist Anson County before this posting. Mrs. Reece, Virginia Weaver of High Point, with two sons Max Jr and Frederick Joel. Parsonage at 3408 Hillside Drive Oakview.
The 28th Annual Missionary Convention at Central Alliance Church closes Sunday after a week of talks by African Israeli and Philippine missionaries. Rally Day at 9 45 a m features Miss Frances Wolff with Philippine work and at 11 00 a m Rev Leigh F Irish on Israel. Palestine slides shown at 7 30 p m and the annual foreign missions pledge is taken. The church typically gives 7000 to 11000 dollars yearly.
The Central Baptist Association will host a four‑evening Sunday School Workshop next week at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church from 7 to 9 p.m. Four courses with named instructors cover The Book of Books, The Pull of the People, Formative Factors in Christian Character, and The Christian in the Modern World. Special features each night include remarks by Ed Kissiah.
The Brentwood Presbyterian Church on East Green Street begins a ten sermon series led by Rev. Walter H. Goodman Jr. with Sundays message God You Have Come at Last and an evening talk The Door You Open To Meet God. The program aims to enlist new members through the congregation’s visitation effort. Subsequent sermons cover trust in God, choosing Jesus, life changes, handling suffering, and the joy of being a Christian.
This lesson outlines Christ’s boyhood as recorded in Luke showing His outward growth as a normal Jewish child. It highlights parental instruction, synagogue learning, temple visit, and the first recorded words at age twelve, framed by a period voice from the Division of Christian Education.
The piece reports a moral debate sparked by H bomb shelters and civil defense. It cites Rev. L C McHugh arguing a duty to repel neighbors to save life with force if necessary, against opposing views from Rev. Dr. Ben Herbster and others.
Unity Methodist Church in Thomasville opens a revival on Sunday at 7 30 p m with Dr Daniel C Whitsett of Harvard Epworth Methodist Church Cambridge Mass preaching The first four services will be broadcast and nightly music features guest choirs and solos are planned including High Point College Concert Choir ensemble and Memorial Methodist Church choir strong organ music daily radio devotional at 10 15 a m and a Lions Club talk by Dr Whitsett Thursday
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