Religion in Education Foundation LA launches drive
A new Religion in Education Foundation based in Los Angeles declares its mission to unite modern education with religion. Led by Dr. J Randolph Laswell at 96714 West 30th Street, the agency seeks pure research in religion in education free of sectarian control. The brochure cites alarming crime and youth figures to argue education alone cannot ensure welfare, calling for intelligent religion as the master motive to make knowledge power for good.
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Los Angeles
Religion In Education Foundation
J. Randolph Laswell
West 30Th Street
Dr. Lasnett
Lasnett
Baird Urges Offensive Christian Faith Against Cold War
Buffalo sermon by retiring Presbyterian moderator Dr. Jesse Haya Baird frames the cold war as a spiritual battle. He calls for a vast offensive of purified Christianity, saying peace comes through faith hope and love and that Christians must win the cold war with steadfast earthly action and heavenly vision.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jesse Haya Baird
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Baird
Conversion Recalled As A Century's Personal Reckoning
Fulton Oursler reflects on a decade of spiritual shift from a secular, determinist view to Christian faith. He recalls his Baptist upbringing, embraces the Holy Trinity, and rejects Communism as a godless philosophy while urging love and faith as life's core needs.
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Fulton Oursler
First Baptist Church of
Baltimore
Christ
Presidents' Declaration Endorsed by Madison and Adams
A historical document from 1883 notes Edward C. Delavan of New York securing signatures from Presidents Madison through Johnson, excluding Harrison who died shortly after taking office. It states ardent spirits are needless and hurtful and urges total abstinence to promote health virtue and happiness. Signers include Van Buren, Adams, Taylor, Polk, Fillmore, Buchanan, Pierce, Lincoln, Jackson, Johnson and others.
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Edward C. Delavan
New York
Madison
Virginia
Delavan
Johnson
William Henry Harrison
United States
James Madison
M. van Buren
John Quincy Adams
Z. Taylor
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Franklin
Pierce Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Johnson
Church Groups Enter Television Field
Religious groups increasingly view television as essential to church work and outreach. Highlights include televised priestly consecrations in Chicago and recorded Christmas Masses in New York and Paris, with Protestant and Methodist leaders promoting TV as a faith-spreading tool beyond church walls.
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Lauriston L. Scaife
New York
Chicago
Samuel A. Stritch
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Notre Dame
Paris
Methodist Church
Harry L. Williams
Nashville, Tenn
General Board of Evangelism
Everett C. Parker
Commission
Christian Church
Christian Faith Sole Hope Against Communism
Congressman Walter H. Judd of Minnesota urged 16 000 at Madison Square Garden that Christian faith alone can prevail over Communism. The former China medical missionary said the church, as custodian of faith, persuades and uplifts rather than enslaves, and warned Asia missions hang on U S nonintervention in the China civil war.
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New York
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
World Missions
Christian Faith
Madison Square Garden
China
Christian Church
U. S
Episcopal Bishop Addresses Minister Shortage in Syracuse
The Rt. Rev. Malcolm E. Peabody told delegates at the 81st annual Episcopal Diocese of Central New York convention that about a thousand church vacancies exist in the United States. He noted growth in communicants but only a 5 percent rise in active clergy and urged parents to view the ministry as the highest calling and clergy to measure service by worthy candidates brought forward for ordination.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Malcolm EF. Peabody
Episcopal Diocese
Central New York
United States of America
Peabody
Approve North Atlantic Pact With Reservations
The United Church of Canada executive committee approved the pact in principle but rejected a clause seen as binding Canada to warn youth that duty under the pact could be demanded. It urged clergy and members to pray for peace and use the alliance to foster a peaceful democratic world.
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General Council of the United Church of Canada
Canada
North Atlantic
United Church
Protestant DPs face housing hurdles in US settlement
A Church World Service bulletin notes that Protestant displaced persons face slower intake due to fewer American Protestant groups offering housing and job assurances. It cites that about one third of nearly one million DPs in Europe are Protestant, unlike Jewish and Roman Catholic groups which have acted more actively. Lutherans lead by example, and other Protestant denominations are establishing relief offices with Church World Service coordination.
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Congress
Church World Service
United States
New World
Europe
Church World Service Bulletin
Brunner Warns Against Appeasing Communists
Swiss theologian Dr. Emil Brunner told the Congregational Union of England and Wales that appeasing the Communist challenge is deadly. He described the Soviet system as a state above law and urged the church to create communities that affirm individual freedom amid waning Western spiritual reserves.
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Brunner
London
Emil Brunner
Congregational Union of
England and Wales
Dr. Brunner
RN. S
No Freedom of Religion Seen in Eastern Europe
Oslo report quotes Bishop Eivind Berg grav asserting there is no freedom of religion in Eastern Europe. He warns pastors may preach but oppose the state, or face imprisonment, and notes Hungary’s churches under dictatorship with Bishop Ordase betrayed by colleagues, eroding Christian freedom of action.
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Eastern
Europe
Oslo
Eivind Berggrav
Lutheran Church of Norway
Norway
Ordase
Lutheran News Bureau
University students join religious groups at UW survey shows
A student activities subcommittee report from the University of Wisconsin finds more than eight thousand students participate in religious group activities across 15 groups, more than twice the participation in intramural athletics, with extracurricular involvement linked to higher grades.
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University of Wisconsin
Methodists Indorse Atlantic Pact At 163rd Session
The Philadelphia Methodist Conference endorsed the Atlantic Pact reversing its commission’s report on world peace. It supported aid to China with a proposed 500 million dollar grant to the Nationalists and condemned General Franco’s Spain and Communist Russia. The conference criticized Russia for world revolution and Berlin blockade.
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Commission On World Peace and Social Service
Philadelphia Methodist Conference
China
Spain
Russia
Berlin
Europe
Revival drives Anglican faith across England
Time reports a major revival drive organized by Bishop John Wand in London. Frank Tyler leads 15,000 lay volunteers plastering walls with 55,000 posters and distributing a million handbills to rally eight consecutive revival nights in 120 centers, costing about 100000 dollars. Catholic missions under Father John Carmel Heenan visit 1700 parishes across England and Wales, with two daily services during one to three week stays.
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England
London
John William Charles Wand
Frank Tyler
Tyler
Tall
John Carmel Heenan
Catholic Missionary Society
Wales
Century of Religion in California program draws diverse faiths
Long Beach hosts a five day centennial celebration with Protestant Roman Catholic and Jewish groups. Dr. Frank B. Fagerburg of Los Angeles led the main address as 700 singers from 21 Long Beach churches performed age-old hymns. Rabbi L. Eliot Grafman delivered the welcome and Msgr. Bernard J Dolan offered the invocation.
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Mark
California
Long Beach
Cal
Municipal Auditorium
Frank B. Fagerburg
First Baptist Church of
Los Angeles
Church Federation of
L. Eliot Grafman
Temple Ismael
Msgr
Bernard J Dolan
St. Anthony's
Christian Colleges in China to Remain Open
The United Board for Christian Colleges in China reports colleges will stay open as the country’s situation does not justify closure. Dr. Robert J. McMullen says presidents and many Chinese professors remain at their posts amid rapid Communist advance and notes faculty resolve to uphold Christian programs. The emergency fund campaign reached 83 percent of its $500,000 goal, enabling a deficit-free year and three months’ bonuses for Chinese faculty and staff. Presidents pursue religious programs despite restrictions and Communist promises of religious freedom.
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China
United Board For Christian Colleges
Robert J. McMullen
California Congregational Churches Mark Centenary
Special five day centennial observances across Northern California mark 100 years of Congregational Christian religion in the state. Pastors from 100 churches focus sermons on pioneer resolve to uphold Christian ideals amid the 1849 Gold Rush and sing a centennial hymn written in 1855 by Dr. Joseph A. Benton. Funds totaling 100000 are raised with 70000 for building new churches and 30000 for improvements at Congregational Cazadero camp and conference site along the Russian River.
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Calif
California
Northern
Congregational Conference
Joseph A. Benton
Congregational
Quakers Oppose Franco Ties Amid Global Tensions
The Friends Peace Committee of the Philadelphia Yearly Meetings opposed resuming full diplomatic relations with General Franco's Spain. The committee warned such moves would aggravate East-West tensions and place strategic military aims over principles, risking serious consequences when basic principles are needed.
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Franco
Spain
Friends’ Peace Committee
Philadelphia
Churchmen Launch National Protestant Weekly Newspaper Plan
Kansas City leaders form a corporation to start a national all-denominational weekly Protestant newspaper with local editions. About 150 religious leaders voted to establish the publication and raise two million dollars. Rev. J. Allen Watson chairs the nominating committee for a permanent board of 30 directors.
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Kansas City
J. Allen Watson
Berliners Celebrate V B Day at City Churches
Jubilant Berliners attended 52 churches to mark a city wide holiday ending the blockade. Reports say Sunday level attendance and church collections up to 20 percent higher than usual, as services honored Victory over Berlin Day.
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Berlin
Fourteen Methodist Bishops Back Atlantic Pact
Fourteen bishops of The Methodist Church issued a statement supporting the North Atlantic Pact, arguing it would advance and protect democratic ideals. Leaders labeled the move as individual views, noting the World Peace Commission withheld formal approval and urging intelligent action for world government. Named signatories include Bishops Bowen, Carson, Flint, Franklin, Harrell, Holt, Kelly, Lord, Martin, Moore, Purcell, Smith, A. J. Smith, Angie Smith, and Watkins.
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Methodist Church
Methodist Information Office
World Peace Commission
The
Chicago
J. W. E. Bowen
Atlanta
Fred P. Carson
Philadelphia
Charles W. Flint
Washington, D.C
Marvin A. Franklin
Jackson
Miss. Costen J. Harrell
Charlotte
N.C
Ivan Lee Holt
Edward W. Kelly
St. Louis
John Wesley Lord
Boston
Paul E. Martin
Little Rock
Ark
Arthur J. Moore
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Ala
A. Frank Smith
Houston
Texas
W. Angie Smith
Oklahoma City
William J. Watkins
Louisville
Methodist Union Hailed on 10th Anniversary
Ten years after three separatist Methodist bodies merged in Kansas City to form the Methodist Church the union has grown from 7,856,060 members to 8,651,062. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt notes Protestant unity achievements and cites gains in church property benevolent giving church schools and attendance while the number of churches fell from 46,255 to 40,387 due to local mergers.
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Kansas City
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Chur
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
Council of Bishops
Uniting Conference
Loral
Mennonites Lead Vast Relief Effort From Newton Center
The Mennonites, about 200,000 in the United States and Canada, raise relief funds at fifteen dollars per person yearly. Newton Kansas home to Bethel College is a hub for wheat and relief activity with orange labeled goods sent to Germany or Hungary. From Newton center alone clothes shoes and soap worth eight hundred sixty thousand have been sent in five years. The group is pacifist, abstinent, and steadfast in their convictions.
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United States
Canada
Newton
Kansas
Bethel College
Germany
Hungary
Christ
Newton Center
Protestant Strategy Urges Unified Approach Over Catholic Inroads
In a 20th century frame, Protestant leaders call for liberty of conscience and nonhostile engagement with Roman Catholics. They urge ending sectarian divisions, unifying under a competent command like the Federal Council, and pursuing a broad strategy to keep America free and respectful of religious diversity.
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Church of Rome
America
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
How Free Are Our Schools?
Bernard Iddings Bell argues that academic freedom is increasingly threatened not by the church but by the secular state. He warns that state control of education expands to dominate public schools and subsidized universities, and calls for reducing state influence to preserve freedom of thought and an open, humane society.
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America
Church
Nicholas Murray Butler
9 716 251 Scriptures Distributed in 1948
The American Bible Society distributed 9,716,251 Scriptures in 151 languages in 1948. Dr. Eric M. North reported abroad distributions totaling 5,668,336 copies and 4,047,915 copies in the United States from the group’s 133rd annual meeting in New York.
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American Bible Society
Eric.m. North
New York
Geneva
Switzerland
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