L B Couple Bound for Zambia Mission Work
Mr and Mrs Melvin A Wells of Downey California prepare for a four year mission in Zambia Africa as missionary associates with the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board They will start as dormitory houseparents Wells a Sears veteran and current Downey appliance store worker is to consider early retirement while Mrs Wells a surgical technician at Gardena Community Hospital has long served in church work Their children Marilyn Jo Ann and Melvin Jr all work in church related roles.
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Melvin A. Wells
Caregena St
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Zambia
Africa
Wells
Sears, Roebuck, and Company
Downey
Los Angeles
Tulsa
Oklo
Gardena Community Hospital
Sears
Foreign Mission Board
Mrs. Wells
Marilyn
Henry T. Blackaby
First Southern Baptist Church
Jo Ann
John D. Hopper
Signal Hill Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Career
Baptist Theological Seminary
Ruschlikon
Switz
Long Beach
New
Southern Baptist Missionary Workers
M. Leonard
Marx
Escape and faith themes span church life across continents
Reports recount Dr Emerson Hangen’s vehicle crash in Uppsala Sweden while en route to a World Council session, his safe recovery, and the town’s discussion of faith after the incident. Reform Jews seek Israeli rights as World Council leaders debate unity and church membership types defined by Dr Richard Cain.
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Uppsala
Sweden
United Church of Christ
Emerson Hangen
Long Beach First
Hangen
Long Beach
Jerusalem
Israel
United States
Church Humor Meets Tongues Debate Across Denominations
The piece notes open worship styles and interest in varied practices while urging tasteful experimentation. It highlights speaking in tongues as prominent within Pentecostal circles and cites Rev. Larry Christiansen of San Pedro as a leading proponent. The United Presbyterian convention ordered a yearlong study of the issue.
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Cain
Dr. Cain
Larry Christiansen
San Pedro
United Presbyterian Convention
Church Leaders Denounce Interruption of Communion Service
Five Bay area church leaders condemned military police for interrupting a Marin City communion to arrest nine AWOL sailors. A St Andrew Presbyterian pastor told MPs they would not be obstructed yet hoped arrests would not occur during the service.
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San Francisco
UPI
Bay Area
Marin City
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
A History of Protestantism Volume I The Reformation
Review of Emile G Leonard's History of Protestantism Volume I The Reformation edited by H H Rowley translated by Joyce M Reid. Explores origins spread and varying explanations of the Reformation and Luther and Calvin's roles amid Church counterattacks.
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Emile G. Leonard
H. H. Rowley
Joyce M. H. Reid
Bobbs-Merrill
Emile Leonard
M. Leonard
Martin Luther
Germany
Europe
France
Inquisition
Council of Trent
Calvin
Church of Everlasting Life Lon g Beach recruitment offer
A doorstep style notice invites readers to join a new church forming in Long Beach. It promises personal God seeking, self development, and freedom from creeds, urging inquiries to 860 1169 and emphasizing a journey to peace of mind.
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Baptist Mission
Erland. Melvin, Jr
Riverside
First Church
Downey, Wells
Immanuel Baptist Church
Trinity Baptist Church
California
Signal Hill Church
Brotherhood of Long Beach Harbor Baptist Association
Dr. Hangen
Emory Tang
Hour of St. Francis Productions
United Presbyterians
World Council
Michael Ramsey
Canterbury
Council
Christian Unity
WCC
Southland Methodist Convention
Red
Richard W. Cain
Church
Las Vegas
St. Andrew's Cathedral
the Salvation Army
E. Spring ST
Frederick Gibson
Spiritual Science Church
Gas
Orange Ave
Mary C. Pirtle
Clyde J. Metz
Chapel OF Peace
Redondo Ave
Nina van Heyningen
Neil Lucas
Spea Thurs
Everlasting
NEW Left
Andor Skotnes
CSCLE
Students For A Democratic Society
Glenn Walker
Unitarian Church
Atherton
Bellflower Bivd
Science OF Mind
Joseph R. Kerr
Los Altos
Snider
Holy Land
Assembly OF God
Corner South St
Cherry Ave
Allan Snider
The
Church of Religious Science
Ernest Holmes
Crest Theatre
Atlantic Ave
Don Bertheau
E. 34Th St
Christian & Missionary Alliance
Palo Verde Ave
Alway J. Bell
Revival Crusade
T.V
Tabernacle Choir
Mis
Youth Service
PLM
D. AN Bogdan M
Calvary Temple Presents
Quanabush
E. T. Quanabush
Dynamic Gospel
Healing For
Calvary Temple
E. Wilton St
L. L. Skipley
America
Outer Space
Isabel
North Long Beach Tabernacle
Long Beach Bivd
Stanton
Buena Park
Knott's Berry
Carl R. Ambrose
Women’s City Club
East 3Rd Street
East Broadway
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