Ambitious Missions Plan Reveals Global Outreach
Religious leaders discuss a 100 year foreign mission program by Missions Unlimited with a target of 6 million members pledging 17 annually to fund a 102 million dollar yearly effort. Other notes cover a Japan Christian University campaign and growth of missionary aviation and literacy initiatives amid Communist challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist
Dallas
Texas
Missions Unlimited, Incorporated
Southern Baptist Convention
Marshall D. Barnett
Missions Unlimited
Catholic Journal Lauds Protestant Reform Spirit in Germany
A Roman Catholic periodical Hochland praises German Protestantism for a postwar spiritual awakening led by Religion and Life Academies. Evangelical Academies foster open discussion of social issues through Christian faith to reconnect the church with secular society and modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Meditation Chapel Honors World War II Dead in Utah
Nearly 10 000 people attend the dedication of Memory Park’s Meditation Chapel in Salt Lake City. The pink Georgia marble sanctuary honors Utah residents killed in World War II with unrecovered bodies. Donors Ross Benson and his late wife funded the memorial. their son Lt. Ross Benson Jr. died in 1944 off Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memory Park
Salt Lake City
Utah
Graveless
Ross Benson
Los Angeles
Ross Benson, Jr
Italy
Week End Editorial On Britain and America’s New Look
Gertrude Lawrence reports Britain’s new look and new outlook with more women workers and social progress. She notes refugees, German labor, youth clubs, and rising social conscience, while America shows liberalism at conventions and labor shifts. The piece warns old poll taxes and segregation endure but science and organization may shape a better world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Lawrence
Britain
Miss Lawrence
America
How Funny Are Comic Books A Doctor Blames Delinquency
A physician of standing in Queens General Hospital argues that comic books fuel juvenile crime. He cites numerous cases of youths aged 11 to 17 who committed violent acts after reading comics, claiming widespread distribution and parental indifference worsen the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Review of Literature
Queens General Hospital
New York
Wertham
Lafargue Clinic
Heifer Shipment to Italy From Baltimore Group
A shipment of 160 heifers was sent to Italy by the Heifer Project Committee of Baltimore Maryland. The interdenominational agency has shipped animals overseas since 1944. Twenty three heifers were donated by the Northern Baptist Convention, with the rest donated by individuals in sixteen states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Heifer Project Committee
Baltimore
Interfaith
Northern Baptist Convention
Can the Churches Give a Moral Lead
The piece argues that churches face divisions across geography race and politics and cannot claim a absolute political certainty. It urges moral humility and charity born of contrition while recognizing the fragmentary nature of human morality and the limits of religious authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
God
Rebuild Kagawa Settlement Fund Drive Launched
A committee launches the Toyohiko Kagawa 60th Birthday 40th Anniversary Fund to raise 60000 for rebuilding the Shinkawa settlement in Kobe. The drive honors Dr Toyohiko Kagawa born 1888 who began ministry in Kobe in 1908 in a tiny shed and built a major church institution. Prominent American Protestant leaders back the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinkawa
Kobe
Toyohiko Kagawa
Kagawa
Japan
United States
Protestant Episcopal
William Scarlett
E. Stanley Jones
Walter van Kirk
Federal Council of Churches
Lumen Shafer
Foreign Mission Conference of North America
Paul Hutchinson
The
Christian Century
Chicago
Communists Warn Against Molesting Missionaries Near Fengchow
Communist forces withdrew from Fengchow and posters warned against harming American missionary workers. Four Congregational women missionaries reported safe, sending word to the American Board of Foreign Missions in Peiping. Victims named include Mary Dewar, Gladys Williams, Louise Mebold, and Emma Norene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fengchow
American Board of Foreign Missions
Peiping
Mary Dewar
East Orange
N. J
Gladys Williams
Oberlin
Ohio
Louise Mebold
Chicago
Emma Norene
Wadena
Minnesota
Ten Thousand Gospels Sent to Dutch Sunday Schoolers
American youngsters donated ten thousand Dutch Gospel copies to Sunday school children in Amsterdam through the First Assembly of the World Council of Churches. Herbert Wing, six, presented his personalized Gospel to Charles Taft aboard the Queen Elizabeth, urging a reply from Amsterdam children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Assembly
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Charles P. Taft
Federal Council of Churches
Board of Education
Protestant Council of
City of New York
New York
Mariner’s Temple
Herbert Wing
Taft
Mr. Taft
Herbert
American Churches Lead Japan Relief Shipments
Tokyo reports show nearly 7,000 tons of private relief from American church groups to Japan since V-J Day. LARA records Sept 1 1946 to July 15 1948 account for 13,624,527 pounds valued at $3,826,639 with shipping and losses modest. Church World Service led with $2,155,023, followed by American Friends Service Committee and War Relief Services of the NCWC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
G. Ernest Bott
Church World Service
Lara
Asia
L.A.R.A
Protestant Relief Agency
America
American Friends Service Committee
War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Printing of Scriptures Stepped Up in Japan
In Tokyo the first Japanese language New Testaments in about a decade have just been printed. A 20,000 copy run arrived for the Japanese Bible Society with another 30,000 underway. Publication of 20,000 parallel Japanese and English Testaments has begun, with a 30,000 copy second issue planned. Paper came from the American Bible Society. The demand in Japan is described as greater than ever, with 2,500,000 texts since the war exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
Japanese Bible Society
American Bible Society
T. Tanaka
American Society
Life Span Lengthens Across Centuries
The article notes rising life expectancy from 40 in the past to 70 plus for white females and 65 for white males at birth. It cites the Federal Security Agency and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company findings, contrasting ancient Rome under Augustus with the slow rise to 1800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Security Agency
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Italy
Augustus Caesar
American Soldiers Spread Christianity on Okinawa
Rev Yoshio Higa head of interdenominational youth activities on Okinawa says American servicemen’s kindness paved the way for religion. He notes about 3000 Protestants on Okinawa, up from 800 prewar, with educated middle class most engaged. He observes most natives had no religion beyond minor ancestor worship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Yoshio Higa
Higa
San Francisco
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
Holland
Lutherans Reach Halfway in 1948 Relief Campaign
Lutherans report July gifts bring the 1948 appeal to 2,084,602 dollars, 52.1 percent of the four million goal for overseas relief and reconstruction. The American Lutheran Church has 543,898 dollars and the United Lutheran Church 1,018,330 dollars toward the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran World Action
Paul C. Empie
National Lutheran Council
American Lutheran Church
United Lutheran Church
Anti Vatican Campaign Grows in Poland
In Warsaw the anti Vatican outcry impacts millions of Poles as the government exploits Pope letters for political gain. The state promotes Marxist ideals while youth attendance drops, and other faiths grow. yet the Catholic Church remains a major force, with many predicting it will ultimately prevail against the Marxist-Leninist system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Holy See
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Vatican
Catholic Church
Moral Force in World Affairs Advocated by Christian View
In a Presbyterian Life piece, the author recalls the 1937 Oxford Conference resolve to wield Christendom’s moral force in shaping national conduct. He argues individuals can influence policy when they sponsor moral principles, noting America’s founders molded institutions through Christian belief and the nation’s mission to promote righteousness abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Soviet Propaganda Decrees Support Materialist Science
The Kremlin issues decrees pushing propaganda toward materialistic explanations of natural phenomena and the origin of humanity while promoting anti religious campaigns within scientific and social organizations. Churchill is cited as saying internal stresses affect the Soviet Union, aligning with these statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Kremlin
Central Committee
Stalin
Winston Churchill
Soviet Union
Interracialism in Los Angeles Church Embraces All Races
James W. Fifield Jr writes in The Meeting House that the First Church of Los Angeles is a church of all races and nations. The article lists members and staff from Chinese to Armenian and American Indian, praising assimilation and Christian Brotherhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Fifield, Jr
Meeting House
First Church of Los Angeles
Christian Brotherhood
Cleaning Up the Comics In Self Policing Move
American publishers of a large share of comic books adopt a six point code to reduce lurid content. Civic groups and educators push for safeguards while some cities ban the worst issues. Canada maintains a blacklist and Australia weighs action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Australia
He Followed the Bottles Home at J. E. Webb Drug Store
The J. E. Webb Drug Store in St. Petersburg Florida halted liquor sales. The store had a two million dollar gross last year with a hundred thousand dollars in profit. Owner Mr Webb said he followed the bottles mentally to their destination and chose to exit the liquor business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Webb
Florida
St. Petersburg
The
South Bend Tribune
Church must transform itself before transforming society
Henry R. Luce argues Time and Life editorials show segregation remains high in congregations. He urges pastors sessions and all church groups to actively welcome and integrate Negro Christians within every church to foster genuine inter racial fellowship and strengthen the church’s moral mission.
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Japan Christian University
Mitaka
Committee For A Christian University of Japan
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Congregational Christian Churches
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Protestant Episcopal Church
Reformed Church
Winona Lake
Ind
World Missionary Aviation Conference
Laubach
Frank C. Laubach
Committee On World Literacy
Firestone Rubber Company
Liberia
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Farouk
Egypt
China
Manchuria
United Church of Canada
Lutheran Church
Church of the Brethren
Southern Presbyterians
Church of England
Catholic Journal
Religion and Life
Connie Mack
Mister Mack
Germany
RNS
Bob Considine
Life
Cornelius McGillicuddy
U.S
Benjamin Shibe Macfarland
Reinhold Niebuhr
Christianity and Crisis
Mirror of
John Foster Dulles
Presbyterian Life
Christian Science Monitor
Henry R. Luce
Time and Life
Presbyterian Tribune
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