Religion Today and Tomorrow Urges Church Aid Abroad
In Washington last week church leaders from Protestant, Catholic and Jewish groups backed food conservation and European relief. Leaders like Dr. William Barrow Pugh Archbishop John T. McNicholas and Mra Abram Orlow urged church members to act. The piece highlights fasting plans and liquorless days, overseas aid drives, and World Community Day aims to feed European children while urging moral action.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
William Barrow Pugh
Presbyterian Church
John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Mra
Abram Orlow
B'nai B'rith
Pugh
Archbishop McNicholas
Europe
Greater Springfield
Malcolm Matheson
Wel Hsein
Pittsburgh Council of Church Women
Bureau of Medical
China
Pittsburgh
Sunnyside Presbyterian
Wei Hsein
United Council of Church. Women
Shuld
John
Our Supreme Loyalty and the Christian Nation
A devotional piece by Bishop James C. Baker discusses the Christian duty to view nation and world through the Word of God. It warns against self assertion under religious guise and highlights suffering and sacrifice as marks of citizenship in God's coming Kingdom. The prayer sections call for humility, daily sustenance, forgiveness, and strength to resist temptation.
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Christ
Alway
James C. Baker
Church Leaders Confront Ideological Conflict Across West
Leaders from York Archdiocese and Protestant and Catholic figures warn against Europe’s division into Communist and anti Communist blocs. They urge constructive action, democracy strengthening and social reform to counter Communist influence and fear of a new world war.
European aid plea sparks NBC producer remarks
Frank Papp, NBC producer, spent four months in Europe interviewing church, hospital, school, and home workers to document reconstruction needs. He challenged critics who deny hunger, stressing bread aid and urgent shortages of clothes and shoes amid widespread child lethargy and bare feet on German roads.
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Europe
America
Frank Papp
NBC
Who
Papp
Wth
Church World
Sevce
Biorre
Taber
Amman
Holand
NEC
Germany
European Conditions Grow Worse Bishop Dibelius Says
European conditions grow worse with fuel shortages and starvation in Berlin as Bishop Dibelius arrives in New York to address church groups. He warns the coming winter may be the worst and notes a shift toward spiritual answers amid hardship while hopeful scientific and public leaders urge a new religious outlook.
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Ingstegdliy
Otto
Dibelus
Evangelical’ “Church
Berlin
Brandenerg
New York
Federal Council of Churches
Evangelical Titl ‘Reformed- Church
Uring
Dibeling
Europe
Church Women Press End to Discrimination in Churches
The national board of the United Council of Church Women adopted resolutions in New York urging Americans to fight racial segregation within churches and inequality in education and employment, oppose anti Semitism, and flood Washington with letters to press Truman and Congress to ease the European food crisis possibly via rationing. It called Protestantism a major source of racial bias and urged unity among peoples, backing a national housing program, repeal of poll taxes, and lynching outlaw.
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National Board of the United Council of Church Women
New York
Washington
Truman
Congress
German Churchman Otto Dibelius to Arrive in New York
The German church leader Rev Dr Otto Dibelius Bishop of Berlin and Brandenburg, known for opposing National Socialism, is to visit the United States for several months. He was deposed and imprisoned by Nazi authorities for ordaining ministers in secret and later acquitted of treason.
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Germany
New York
Otto Dibelius
Berlin
Brandenburg
United States
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ
America
Dibelius
Witneas Othe
H Owas
Opposition to Universal Military Training Across Faith Groups
A 1947 array of organizations including the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Northern Baptist Convention, Disciples of Christ, Methodist Church boards, National Assembly of the Student Union, and others unite in opposition to universal military training. The list also features the NAACP and other educational and labor bodies.
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Presbyterian Church UV
Northern’ Baptist Convention
Disciples
Christ,Methodist Church Board of Educa
National Assembly of the Student’ Union
National Associa
Tion
The
Methodist Church, Associa
Dion“Of
Northern Baptist Educa
Tional Institutions
National Congress of ‘Parents and Teachers
American Federation At’ Labor
National Association For the Advancement ‘of Colored’ People
Baptist building bought for DC headquarters near Embassy District
A new four story Baptist Building at 1628 Sixteenth Street NW was purchased for 100000 by Dr M Chandler Stith executive secretary of the District of Columbia Baptist Convention. The facility called Baptist Building has over 30 rooms and serves international national and local Baptist groups. In China 13 Christian Colleges reported a peak enrollment of over 12000 in 1947 48 with many students subsisting on one meal daily amid civil war inflation and shortages. It will take at least another year to repair and reconstruct college buildings and equipment damaged or destroyed during the war. only one tenth of applicants gained admission to the 13 colleges.
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Washington
M. Chandler. Stith
District of Columbia Baptist’ Convention
Baptistuilding
Sixteenth Street
Ltris
Business
St. John's
Mpiatopel Ehureht
China
Associated Boards For’ Christian Colleges
Lilienthal Urges Balanced View Of Science For Students
David E. Lilienthal tells college audiences that science is not inherently good or evil, but its impact depends on how people use it. He argues inner human controls matter more than mechanics, warning that ego and fear fuel war and unhappiness, while love and knowledge can lead to a golden era.
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Hiroshima
A Single Painted Power Plan For Unity In Church
Dr EB Stanley Jones proposes a union of Protestant denominations into a single church body. He outlines autonomous regional churches, a national assembly, and an international world assembly to witness to the nation and world. About six percent of listeners approved his plan in recent sermons.
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Eb, Stanley, Jones
Church of Christ
Jones
National Assembly
International World Assembly
Offerings on Religion Radio Schedule in Los Angeles
The First Congregational Church in Los Angeles curates a religious radio lineup. Dr Albert W Palmer endorses programs including Dr Ralph W Sockman on KFSD Sundays at 7 pm with excellent taste, Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir at 7 30, the Jewish Hour, and Roman Catholic Mass. Daily mornings feature Pasadena Presbyterian and Christian broadcasts. The Quakers sponsor First Congregational and Dr Fagerburg hosts Roundtable on Saturdays at 7 30.
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Raaig
Los Angeles
Albert W. Palmer
Ralph W. Sockman
Kfst
Federal’ Council of Churches
Salt’ Lake
Tos. Angeles
EU- Hone
Carson Blake
Pasadena
Kirby ‘Fage
John Raitt
The
Quakers
First Congregational
Dr. Fifiek
Dr. Fagerburg
First Baptist
Baptist Leaders Urge Sacrifice Fund From 7000 Churches
Northern Baptist Convention leaders issued a call to about 7000 churches to give 1.5 million dollars on December 7 for evangelism world missions and world relief programs. The push uses the slogan Sustain Our Service and the designation Sunday of Sacrifice.
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Ss. O. S
Northern Baptist Convention
World Missions
S. O. Snob
Anglican Primate Attacks Barnes Book in Convocation
Archbishop Fisher in a Canterbury Convocation address denounced The Rise of Christianity by Dr. Ernest William Barnes as diminishing core Christian doctrine. He warned the book’s views conflict with Scripture and church beliefs and questioned whether he could retain episcopal office if those views were his.
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Ernest
William Barnes
Birmingham
Geoffrey' Francia’ Fisher
Canterbury
Barnes
Liebman urges liberal religion in atomic era talk
In Washington D C Dr Joshua Loth Liebman of Temple Israel Boston argues there is no solid basis for a pessimistic view of the atomic age. He cites hospitals music halls and art galleries as evidence of progress and urges a humane religious response to fear.
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Washington
D.C
Joshua
Loth Liebman
Liebman
Ther General Conference
Pesalmiam
Dy Liebmann
Mar
Mans Doday
Ean
Japanese pastor leads Chicago Baptist church during wartime
The First Baptist Church of Chicago called Rev Titsuo Mori, a pastor of Japanese ancestry, to its pulpit as part of American Protestant life amid world conflict. Mori, a UC Berkeley graduate who served at a relocation center, follows renowned preachers and marks a significant church milestone.
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Chiurel
Chicago
Bar
Titsuo
George C.' Lorimer
P.s.he
Morilawn
University of California
Ita Atatt
Mirror of Opinion on Europe’s Fear of an Irresponsible Giant
The article argues Europe worries America may dominate world affairs due to profits and poor cultural exports. It cites J B Priestley and other columnists, notes private feuds shaping Europe’s view, and argues an American idealism survives despite cynical trends. It warns Europe’s best minds turn away, fearing U S influence.
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United States
Europe
J. B. Priestly
America
Life Among the British Amid Rising War Strain
The piece reflects Britain's austerity and mounting drive to cut imports and avert collapse. It notes fuel and bread shortages, rationing absence, and a grim winter ahead, yet finds grit and humor amid rising prices faced by Americans observing the wartime costs and democratic victory.
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Britain
Communion and World Conflict in McCartney Sermon
The Rev Dr Albert Joseph McCartney of Chicago Sunday Evening Club preached at Christ Church New York describing Communion as a religion without God and not merely a prejudice issue. He warned Western Christian civilization faces competing ideologies as hunger and justice drive global tensions toward a Godless Communism or Christian democracy. He urged Christians to resist non Christian ideologies without resorting to violence and to keep faith as the sword of the Spirit.
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Presbyterian Tribune
Albert Joseph ‘McCartney
Chicago
Cluic
Christ Church
Methodist
New York
God
Jase Christ
Dr. McCartney
Aly
Europe
New Religion Department Formed at University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill establishes a new Department of Religion and names Dr. Arnold Nash of the McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago as head. The move integrates religious studies into the university’s humanities offerings and signals an expansion of curricular options for students.
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University of, North Carolina
Chapel Hil
Arnold Nash
McCormick Theological Seminary
Chicago
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