Week End Editorial on Campus Religion Reports
A Kenneth J. Brown introduction frames student reports from 20 campuses on religion. Professors and a student work secretary summarize uncertainty, vagueness, and demand for realistic religious life beyond routine church attendance. The home environment is blamed for campus indifference, urging churches to engage college youth with direct, sincere ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington University
St. Louis
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgville
Relgion
Willamette University
Salon
Ore
Duke University
Durham
N.‘C
Mary Washington College of
U. of Va. Fredericksburg
Southern Michigan University
Dallas
Texas
S.M.U
Western Michigan College
Kalarazoo
Kenneth J. Brown
Protestant Growth in Mission Fields Surges 200 Percent
The International Missionary Council reports Protestant numbers in 120 countries rose from 6.52 million in 1925 to 25.34 million in 1948, led by gains in South Africa India Pakistan Latin America and the Southwest Pacific. The study notes 192,987 workers in foreign missions with 166,998 lay personnel and 25,829 ordained clergymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Missionary Council
E. J. Bingle
London
United States
Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Europe
South Africa
India- Pakistan
India-Pakistan
Latin America
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
Southwest Pacific Islands
Solomon Islands
Micronesia
Indonesia
India
Pakistan
China
Turkey
Near East
Syria
Lebanon
Palestine
Transjordan
Egypt
Sudan
Far East
Korea
Manchuria
World Dominion Press
Friendship Press
New York City
RNS
Mrs Horton Heads China Christian Colleges Board
Mildred McAfee Horton, former Wellesley College president, elected president of the United Board for Christian Colleges In China. She succeeds Dr Henry P Van Dusen of New York. Horton, long a vice-president of the agency, commanded Waves in World War II and became the first woman elected vice-president of the Federal Council of Churches last December. She is married to Dr Douglas Horton, director of the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred McAfee Horton
Wellesley College
United Board For Christian Colleges
China
Henry P. van Dusen
New York
Horton
Waves
Federal Council of Churches
Douglas Horton
General Council
The
Congregational Christian Churches
Bible Now in 1108 Languages and Dialects
Publication of 12 new languages in 1948 raises total Bible translations to 1108 languages and dialects. The American Bible Society lists languages such as Fanti Karre Munday Nosu Panaieti and more. The Episcopal Church funds the project through the Presiding Bishop's Fund for World Relief as it nears completion of a million dollar 1949 aid fund for Europe and Asia church aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
Karre
Nosu
Panaieti
Bamileke
Barrow
Eskimo
Betua Gondi
Keripako
Terena
Episcopal Church
New York Education Dept Upheld Nation Ban on Magazine
The New York State Education Department ruled NYC officials were within rights to ban The Nation from city school libraries over Paul Blanshard articles criticizing Catholic beliefs. Commissioner Spaulding said freedom of the press does not compel purchase of any publication. The ban, tied to the 1948 Blanshard series, was extended for another year by the schools superintendent and confirmed by the Board of Superintendents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boards of Education
Blanshard
Lst
New York City
William Jansen
Board of
Dr Tulloss to Direct ULCA Education Appeal
Dr Rees Edgar Tulloss, president of Wittenberg College, Springfield Ohio, will direct the Christian Higher Education Year Appeal of the United Lutheran Church in America for 6 million dollars in 1950. Franklin Clark Fry announced. The ULCA supports 14 colleges and nine seminaries in the US and Canada and plans a Pacific Coast seminary. The campaign runs in the first four months of 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulloss
ULCA
Rees Edgar Tulloss
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Chrisan
United Lutheran Church In America
Franklin Clark
Fry
U.lc A
America
Ualc.a
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast
National Lutheran Council
Wittenberg
Southern Presbyterians Report Gains
The Presbyterian Church in the U S Southern section reported giving of 24 425 780 in the past year to the denomination up from the prior year per capita gifts rose to 52 67 and membership grew by 72 929 to 653 504 Sunday school enrollment increased to 491 552 Forty two new churches were started bringing the total to 3602 and building project spending reached 10 742 417 an increase of over 1 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Southern
General Assembly
Montreal
N.C
W S C S Gains in Year 38 651 New Members
The Womans Society of Christian Service of The Methodist Church reports a membership of 1,455,086 in 1948, a rise of 38,651 from 1947. The society raised 17,087,788 for missions and benevolences last year and aims to add 500,000 members by 1952 through 30,000 focal safets and local pilgrimages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womans Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Albert C. Hoover
Chicago
America
Scottish Church Reports Small Membership Gain
Communicant membership in the Church of Scotland increased last year by 7258 to 1,263,423, per a report submitted to the denomination's General Assembly in Edinburgh. Elderships rose by 822 and other office bearers by 291, while marriages and baptisms declined but the percentage of children baptized rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Scotland
General Assembly
Edinburgh
China and Chiang Kai-shek in Transition
This reflection notes Chiang Kai-shek’s retirement amid war and political turmoil in China. It weighs his legacy as a resilient leader and considers future governance, including Communist possibilities, regional warlordism, international aims, and the role of China’s Christian Church and foreign missionaries in shaping a peaceful, open nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph A. Ward
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
United Nations
Security Council
Reformed United Presbyterian Plan Merger Approved
Delegates to the national assemblies in Buck Hill Falls Pa approve a plan to merge the Reformed Church in America and the United Presbyterian Church. Union requires three fourths votes in both denominations with roll calls showing 241 to 9 and 147 to 6 in favor. If approved the new denomination would be the United Presbyterian Reformed Church, with about 400 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Church In America
United Presbyterian Church
Buck Hill Falls
United Presbyterian
Reformed Church
United Presbyterian Reformed Church
Local Churches Asked to Help D P s in June
Southern California churches were urged to observe June as DP Action Month by Rev Dr Stanley J Stuber Church World Service executive and national chair of the DP sponsor ships campaign. He praised local pastors for interest and noted some churches already sponsor a DP family. Church World Service, Inc, operates from 3330 West Adams Boulevard, Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern California
Stanley J. Stuber
Church World Service
Stuber
Dr. Stuber
Europe
Church World Service, Inc
Relief and Reconstruction Agency
West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles
Lie Urges Prayer at U.N. Meetings
Secretary-General Trygge Lie urged that all United Nations meetings begin with a minute of silence for prayer meditation or remembrance of those who died in U.N. service. He noted the UN includes many religions and proposed a dedicated prayer room at the New York headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Trygge Lie
United Nations
U.N
Lie
New York City
R.N.S
Unitarian Group Backs Lilienthal in Boston Resolution
The Unitarian Fellowship for Social Justice in Boston adopted a resolution praising David Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, as an able public servant and administrator. It also condemned political tests in civilian atomic research areas and urged peace through Christian ideas amid criticism after a uranium oxide disappearance at Argonne National Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Unitarian Fellowship For Social Justice
Boston
Lilienthal
Argonne
National Laboratory
Presbyterians Stand Against Segregation
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the USA approves broad social action to improve race relations housing and reduce gambling and liquor. It opposes conscription while urging nonsegregated synods and a strong U.N. backed international peace framework. It calls for housing programs education on alcoholism and shifts away from sensational crime reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Europe
United States
Our Lord
Vatican
United Nations
Asia
Congress
RYN
Episcopal Church Seeks Largest Budget for 1950
The National Council of the Episcopal Church at Seabury House adopts a 1950 budget of 5,552,005 dollars, 1,002,095 more than 1949, to be submitted to the General Convention in San Francisco. It funds broad increases in Christian education and missionary work domestically and overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
National Council of the Episcopal Church
Seabury House
San Francisco
Congregationalists Seek 4500 DP Assurances
The Congregational Christian churches are urged to secure at least 4500 assurances for displaced persons. Howard Kester, newly named to lead the committee's program, announced the call to align with Church World Service DP Action Month in June. Clergymen are asked to promote the appeal from pulpits and report results on June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Christian Churches
Service Committee
Howard Kester
Church World Service
Mirror of Opinion on Carl McIntire and the Bible Presbyterian movement
The article profiles Carl McIntire a fiery founder labeled as an outside agitator in Protestantism. It traces his path from Northern Presbyterian minister to forming the Bible Presbyterian Church and the American Council of Christian Churches, criticizing his confrontational charges against mainline bodies and his anti World Council positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Council of Churches
Carl McIntire
Ypsilanti
Mich
Northern Presbyterian Church
Pres‘byterian Church of America
Bible Presbyterian Church
American Council of Christian Churches
Federal Council
McIntire
Assembly of
World Council of Churches
Amsterdam
International Council of Christian Churches
World Council
American Council
Denver
Brotherhood of Man
Jesus Christ
Mail backs U.N. prayer room in world capital
George Barrett reports a surge of support for the United Nations plan to install a non-denominational prayer room in its Manhattan venue. Secretary General Trygve Lie received over 200 letters praising the act and urging divine guidance to aid in settling world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.N
George Barrett
New York Times
Lake Success
United Nations
World
Manhattan
Secretariat
Trygve Lie
Texas
Chicago
God
North Carolina
Harrison
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Amond Grose
Mrs. Horton
China Christian Colleges Board
N.Y. Education’. Department
Southern Presbyterians Report
W.S.C.S
Bishop Ralph A. Ward
Reformed, United Presbyterian Plan Merger
Dp’s
Unitarian
Congregationalists
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