Week End Editorial on a GI Turn to Ministry
A McCormick Theological Seminary student and World War II veteran in San Francisco discusses his life choice to become a minister. He frames faith as a personal, enduring relationship with God and urges churches to recruit capable young men, fund theological training, and deliver spiritual guidance to a world seeking anchor and purpose.
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McCormick Theological Seminary
San Francisco
William Findlay
Saturday Evening Post
Orient
God
Christ
Temple
Jerusalem
Apostles of Christ
World Wide Communion Sunday Observed October 3
World Wide Communion Sunday, held on the first Sunday in October, will be celebrated Sunday October 3. Protestants worldwide will observe a common communion service in their churches with the Bible verse Do this in remembrance of me.
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Jesus
Pastor Poling Resigns to Lead Four Chaplains Memorial Chapel
Dr Daniel A Poling former senior minister of Grace Baptist Temple Philadelphia resigns to become chaplain of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains now under construction as a memorial to Protestant Roman Catholic and Jewish chaplains who died when the Dorchester torpedoed in the North Atlantic. He seeks to raise 100000 more to complete the 225000 project with a three altar design on a revolving base for services of three faiths.
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Daniel A. Poling
Grace Baptist Temple
Phila
Delphia
Dorchester
North Atlantic
Poling
Dixiecrats Are Not the South essay excerpt
In Christian Century Eugene Peacock minister Mabie Alabama argues Dixiecrats do not represent the South. He cites Socratic vote metaphor to illustrate divided opinions, warns of growing reactionaries and the struggle toward brotherhood, predicting a century’s bitter clash that tests patience courage and unity.
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Eugene Peacock
St. Francis Street
Mabie
Ala
South
Socrates
Construction Resumed at National Cathedral After Six-Year Gap
Builders restarted the Episcopal National Cathedral in Washington on September 29 marking the 41st foundation stone anniversary. Two-fifths of the structure are completed as plans push toward a sixth largest cathedral status. Begun in 1907, work ceased in May 1942 after the North Porch dedication. a national appeal for 300,000 dollars launches to extend plans and total cost may exceed 10,000,000 dollars.
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National Cathedral
Episcopal
Washington
D. C
Church Relief Ships 30 Million Pounds
During the first eight months of 1948 Church World Service shipped over 30 million pounds of relief and reconstruction supplies abroad. The total value reached about $9.5 million, with foods clothing medicines pre fabricated churches and other materials sent to aid physical and spiritual rehabilitation across European and Asiatic nations.
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Church World Service
Interdenominational Relief Agency
Leslie B. Moss
C.W.S
Protestant Leaders at World Mission Assembly
Some 3500 Protestant church leaders are set to attend a World Mission Assembly in Columbus Ohio from October 6 to 8. The event, announced by the Foreign Missions Conference, features educators, business and government figures, church officials and foreign delegates from 12 nations. Notables include Harold E. Stassen, G Bromley Oxnam, C Oscar Johnson, Walter H. Judd, and Henry F. Van Dusen.
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Columbus
Foreign Missions Conference
United States
Canada
Harold BE. Stassen
The
University of Pennsylvania
G. Bromley Oxnam
New York
C. Oscar Johnson
Baptist World Alliance
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Union Theological Seminary
Rouen Cathedral Rebuilt by Hand After War Damage
Reconstruction of Rouen Cathedral began April 19, 1944, after bombs hit the historic structure. Workers, led by master carpenters and stonecutters, labored through the Red Week, restoring the building with the same stone, tools, and methods as the medieval designers. The process, expected to take about thirty years, aims to preserve the cathedral's historic value while creating a masterful restoration.
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Rouen
Dewey Sees Religion as Only Solution for World Perils
Governor Thomas E. Dewey declared Religious Education Week from September 26 to October 3 and asserted that without religious inspiration even capable leaders cannot serve effectively. He linked liberty and justice to belief in God, warning that materialism and secular neglect threaten world peace.
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Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
Earth
Bible translation reach widens across languages
Figures indicate the entire Bible is now translated into 185 languages with portions in 905 more. About 30 million Bibles and biblical portions are sold or distributed free annually worldwide according to the same data.
Episcopalians Sponsor Radio Program Series Launch
About 500 radio stations carried the Protestant Episcopal Church program Great Scenes From Great Plays on Mutual. The first episode October 7 featured Cyrano de Bergerac with Walter Hampden. A closing voice urges listeners to seek church guidance to find personal meaning and reconcile a troubled world. local clergy will present in Snyder cities.
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Protestant Episcopal Church
Mutual
Cyrano de Bergerac
Walter Hampden
Cyrano
Roxane
Tn Snyder
Tle
Proposed Amendment Would Legalize Gambling
A constitutional measure with enough signatures would go to the November ballot to legalize gambling including lotteries slot machines and dog race betting. It also would set a minimum $190 monthly pension for the elderly funded from gambling profits, a provision viewed as bait by critics.
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Gamling
U.S. Lutherans Report 5 836 147 Members
The National Lutheran Council reports 1947 year end Lutheran membership in the United States and Canada at 5,836,147 an increase of 163,485 or 2.9 percent from 1946 Confirmed membership totals reach 4,067,275 a rise of 2 percent across 16 375 congregations translating to about 7.7 new adults per church and baptized membership averaging ten new members per congregation an increase of about 0 5 percent.
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United States
Canada
National Lutheran Council
Dr E Stanley Jones Launches Second United Church Crusade
Dr E Stanley Jones, president of the Association for the United Church of America, will spend September touring 25 cities coast to coast in a second crusade for a united church. He believes the effort could spur denominations toward unity and notes nearly 100,000 have signed pledges since the first crusade last fall to work and pray for a united church.
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E. Stanley Jones
Association For the United Church of America
United Church
Jones
United Church of America
Religious Education Week Observed Across Prodestant Denominations
Religious Education Week, Sept 26 to Oct 3, marks the annual start of a new year of Christian teaching in tens of thousands of churches across the United States and Canada. Initiated by the International Council of Religious Education in 1930, it unites 40 Protestant denominations in a nationwide observance.
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International Council of Religious Education
United States
Canada
Methodists to Launch Four-Year Advance Plan
The Advance for Christ and His Church announced by the United Methodist movement will be inaugurated October 4-5 in Columbus Ohio. Some 4571 district superintendents from across the nation will confer on a four-year plan emphasizing worldwide preaching and teaching to deepen understanding and devotion among the churchs 500000 members, plus a broadened giving program to support missionary work and overseas relief.
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Christ
United States
Columbus
Ohio
Final World Council service described in Amsterdam church
The World Council of Churches closing service took place at the Wee Kerk in Amsterdam with delegates transported from the Concert Gebouw by streetcar. Inside, they sat in old pews, sang Thine Is the Glory, heard brief sermons in French German and English, and prayed for hope and inspiration before the benediction.
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Amsterdam
World Council of Churches
Wee Kerk
Concert Gebouw
West Kerk
Holland
Maury
Dibelius
Lockman
Christ
Church Women Plan Radio Peace Prayer
American women across the country will gather at their radios on Friday November 5 to join a world peace prayer broadcast. Mrs Harper Sibley president of the United Council of Church Women will lead the program over the ABC network. The council asks all listeners to join and plans discussion meetings after the broadcast.
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Harper Sibley
United Council of Church Women
ABC
Council
Education as bulwark of democracy faces 25 million students
The article argues public schooling will shape America's future as 25 million youths enter or return to classrooms. It links education to national strength, urges local funding, higher taxes, and community responsibility, and cites Lord Brougham on education governing a people.
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United States
America
Iue
Lord Brough
Lord Brougham
House of Commons
Who's Who in the Church Dr Robert J McCrecken
Dr Robert J McCrecken minister of Riverside Church New York succeeds Dr Marty Emerson Fosdick and conducted a preaching mission in First Baptist Church Los Angeles nightly to large crowds. His simple manner humility and expository preaching impressed many. He preaches to great congregations in New York as a worthy Fosdick successor.
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Robert J. McCrecken
Riverside Church
New York
Marty Emerson Fosdick
First Baptist Church
Los Angeles
Dr. McCracken
Fosdick
Mirror of Opinion In 4 Itrovocative Article
James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, asserts America’s fitness to survive hinges on traditions and warns fears of slavery supporters cannot erode citizens’ efforts to move society toward historic goals. He says the United States has made lasting contributions but the task remains unfinished and the public must seize forward possibilities.
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James Bryant Conant
Harvard University
America
United States
World Council of Churches Founded at Amsterdam
An advance appraisal declares the World Council of Churches a historic milestone for Christendom. It stresses unprecedented Christian unity across denominations and warns the fledgling body may face early challenges while urging broad clerical and lay support.
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Amsterdam
Christendam
World Council of Churches
World Council
Christendom
Presbyterians Approve 5 340 000 National Missions Budget
The Presbyterian Church in the United States board approved a 1949 national missions budget of 5 340 000, up nearly 500 000 from 1948, to fund over 4100 U S projects in the United States Alaska and the West Indies and to support 2900 missionaries. For the first eight months this year income reached 2 274 015 with 1 649 405 from individual donations up 25 percent from 1947.
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New York
Board of National
Presbyterian Church
United States
Alaska
West Indies
D. Allan Locke
British Free Church Leader to Tour U S
Sidney Malcom Berry a leading British Free Church figure arrived in the United States on September 21 for a two month tour of Congregational churches. He aims to promote interest in the International Congregational Council which seeks closer global ties among Congregational churches. Berry recently became secretary of the Council after resigning as general secretary of the Congregational Union of England and Wales a post he held for 25 years. The Council has met periodically since 1891 and set up an international office in London last year. its next meeting is planned for Wellesley College Massachusetts next summer.
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Sidney Malcohm Berry
Britain
United States
International Congregational Council
Dr. Berry
International Council
Congregational Union of England and Wales
Bible Society to Boost Bible Distribution Worldwide
The American Bible Society plans a five year push to raise annual Scripture distribution by 19 million copies. Executive secretary Dr Eric M North says the program would add 1 750 000 Bibles 2 750 000 Testaments and 5 500 000 Gospels yearly, largely for Latin America China the Philippines and Japan.
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The
American Bible Society
Eric M. North
North
Latin America
China
Philippines
Japan
Let There Be Light Delays in Bible Editions Cause Split
Catholics and Protestants clash over Bible texts as new editions appear. The Catholic Biblical Association issues a Genesis translation drawn directly from Hebrew with textual criticism, while Westminster Study Edition upholds King James wording with extensive commentary. The shift highlights enduring divergences between Catholic and Protestant scripture traditions.
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Catholic Biblical Association
St. Anthony Guild Press
Jan Rugges
St. Jerome
Westminster Press
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Mirror of
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Presbyterians
Or Religious News Service
Free Church
U. S
Bible Society
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