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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1948
Page
4
Week-End Editorial lauds "The Good Road" a Moral Re-Armament Group presented musical revue in Pasadena praising its earnest cast of young people from Europe and America. It frames democracy against materialism, but critiques its vague program and calls for concrete ideas and practical platform.
The Amsterdam meeting will be the foremost Christian gathering since 1900 with delegates from 130 Protestant and Orthodox Churches. It aims to organize the World Council of Churches while preserving denominational freedom and honoring theological diversity, seen as a milestone in ecumenical history and world Christian fellowship.
Moderator Wilbur La Ro e Jr told the Presbyterian General Assembly in Seattle that only the Church can provide global leadership at this time. He warned that moral decay in society and weak civic responsibility threaten government policy and urged ministers and elders to accept sacrifice and courage, placing Christ at the center of Presbyterian life.
The Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and the Southern Church completed a joint session in Cincinnati revising the Union plan after ten years of talks. The plan goes to 356 presbyteries for approval, with potential union declared after the 1951 assemblies if two thirds approve. The U.S.A. body numbers about 2,500,000 members.
At the Northern Baptist Convention in Milwaukee May 24 30 the first 50 National Scholarship awards were announced marking the start of the $600000 program. Awards range from 200 to 2000 for up to four years as leaders expect the fund to reach a million dollars soon. In September six thousand pastors may nominate high school seniors to be named Northern Baptist Scholars of 1948.
The Churchman notes remarks by Presiding Bishop Sherrill and Bishop Oxnam at Boston's General Conference. Both leaders see shared heritage and governance. They urge cohesiveness, deeper Christian faith, and sacrificial action toward eventual reunion of Methodists and Episcopalians.
The Rev. M Dietrich reports from four weeks in Germany that intense rebuilding and reform are under way. Rooftop rubble gives way to new houses and social changes. theology, church life, and inter confessional debates surge with new ideas as Germans seek practical faith in uncertain times. Brethren worldwide are urged to stand by with patience and prayer.
A statement signed by 14 Protestant clergymen led by Rev A J Muste of the Fellowship of Reconciliation urged Christian youth to refuse to register or serve under any conscription act if enacted. It said youths are conscripted by a higher authority and urged supporters to aid signers breaking the law. notable signers included Rev Allan Knight Chalmers and Dr Henry Hitt Crane among others.
An outspoken pastoral letter by the Polish Catholic hierarchy highlights the drive in Yugoslavia Romania and Hungary to phase out church and private schools. Poland allows parochial schools to operate this year but state control ends next year. Czechoslovakia Prague dispatches reveal moves to nationalize private schools, with church schools seeking exemptions. In the Russian occupied German zone both Catholic and Protestant private schools are banned.
Los Angeles County gains 14 500 newcomers monthly as churches face housing and pastoral care needs. The Presbyterian Synod of Los Angeles boosts church extension spending by 200 000 dollars for the coming year to meet this influx and urges newcomers to connect with local churches, attend services, and enroll children in Sunday school.
The United Council of Church Women conducted a poll for its May Fellowship theme Every Child Is My Child in the Fabric of Fellowship. About 37,000 women in 43 states participated, showing broad support for public funding of health services and equal opportunities for all children.
The Methodist Conference signals the church convention season as the Southern Baptist, Northern Baptist, and Presbyterian assemblies begin in May. Memphis Tennessee hosts May 19 for the Southern Baptist, Milwaukee opens May 24 for the Northern Baptist, and Seattle hosts May 27 for the 160th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U. S. A. Some 16,000 delegates will discuss world peace, church-state separation, civil rights, church unity and evangelism.
The General Council of The United Church of Canada will meet in Vancouver in September to propose a five year program. It aims to recruit 925 full-time Christian workers, boost preaching teaching and evangelism, add 100000 new envelope users, and raise the missionary and maintenance fund to 3000000 dollars. The plan marks the 22nd anniversary of the church's founding.
Dr. Robert G. Lee of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis was chosen president of the Southern Baptist Convention at its Memphis meeting. The body adopted Commitment Day on May 20 to urge liquor abstinence pledges, barred Dr. J Frank Norris from future sessions, urged at least 1,780 missionaries, and backed separation of church and state while opposing Vatican diplomacy and state aid to Catholic schools.
Dr. Gerty Carl Cori, 1947 Nobel Prize winner, and actress Madel Jeine Carroll who served in Army hospitals received the 1948 American Brotherhood Citation at a Chicago luncheon of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken presided. The Coris, a married Nobel laureate couple, teach at Washington University medical school in St. Louis.
In the Russian occupation zone of Germany a policy split emerges among Soviet authorities on church matters. Sharnay favors friendly church relations to win non communists, while Sokolovsky and NKVD insist on limiting church activity. In Brandenburg area religious classes are banned by Sokolovsky, but Sharnov allows more religious publications and larger theological enrollments, slowing policy rollout. Evangelical Bishop Otto Dibelius urges members to resist pressure on conscience as Communism encroaches.
At a General Conference of the Methodist Church in Australasia retiring president Rev J W Burton warned that the United States and Russia are equally totalitarian and warned against choices in the cold war. He argued both systems threaten freedom or security and condemned the collapse of the old world order. He said two powers now dominate world politics and few would be happy if either won.
A conservative rebuke of military control over government and public opinion. It warns that war talk and victory fantasies risk capitulating to Russia and Communism. The text urges doubling resistance while preserving peace and democratic triumph through reconsidered policies and church leadership.
Obituary column honors United States Youth figures Father Edward J. Flanagan founder of Boys Town Nebraska and Dr James E West longtime head of the Boy Scouts of America. Both died last Saturday in Germany and New Rochelle New York respectively. They shaped youth welfare and character building through outdoor activity discipline and mentoring.
Rev Kenneth Scott Latourette spoke in a May 2 radio broadcast about Protestants rapidly moving toward spiritual unity that preserves denominational ties while transcending them. He cited increased cross-denomination contact and learning, noting mergers within churches and growth of allied societies and councils as evidence of a century-long trend accelerating recently.
The House narrowly passes the Mundt Nixon Communist control measure, but critics warn it endangers civil liberties far more than it curbs perceived threats. The article notes Communists lack real power in Congress and urges caution against granting the bill expansive controls.
Dr. Albert W. Palmer hosts a weekly radio program on KFAC 1330 AM every Tuesday at 10 48 AM. Upcoming topics include Christianity and politics religion and worship and scientific inquiry in faith.
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