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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1947
Page
4
Time profiles Oxford lecturer C S Lewis as a heretic among believers while praising his unorthodox orthodoxy. The piece traces his journey from atheism to Christianity, his influence through Screwtape Letters, and previews Miracles and a possible slow Christian revival among the young intelligentsia.
A Christian Century editorial urges rapid steps toward church unity in American Protestantism. Renown leaders including Bishop Oxnam, Hampton Adams, and Dr. E Stanley Jones push for action by 1957 to 1960 to confront rising Western social dangers and defeat denominational walls.
A Turkish government shift opens Islam to public teaching after two decades of secular policy. 5,000 Muslims join pilgrimages to Mecca amid moves to restore religious instruction, with churches and Christian schools navigating new limits. The change follows anti religious reforms and a rising call to teach religion and nationalism to curb Communist influence. The government permits religious classes outside schools and authorizes seminaries and imam training under oversight.
Obituaries recall the passing of religious figures including Abraham Mar Thoma metropolitan of the ancient Syrian Church of Malabar in India aged 11, W Bertrand Steveris Los Angeles bishop, Mafid Abdel Kerim in Beirut, Byatrdem Swedish Baptist leader in Stockholm, E G Richardson Methodist bishop, Mary Emman Woolley Mount Holyoke leader, and Paul D Moody ex Middlebury president.
The National Lutheran Council reports 1946 membership at 5,072,862, up 2.5 percent from the prior year. Confirmed members total 3,941,12, with 18,241 congregations averaging 3.2 new adults per church. Baptized membership up 9.4 per congregation, while ordained ministers fall to 14,200. Church property value rises to 475,935,415 and total expenditures reach 116,931,582 with increased local and churchwide giving.
The Federal Council of Churches executive committee called for shipping more food and clothing to near bankrupt nations even if it requires reestablishing controls on some items. It urged Americans to cut domestic food use by 10 percent and asked the government to explain that high food costs stem more from income payments than from overseas shipments. The council also suggested church groups help by reducing diets.
Six leading American figures join as Vice-Chairmen of the National Christian Committee backing a 170 million United Jewish Appeal drive to aid Europe’s 1.5 million Jewish survivors. Leaders include Evie Johnston Emil Schram Tom K Smith Robert G Sproul J P Stevens Jr and Charles F Taft. Henry Morgenthau Jr. chairs the nationwide campaign as it expands to 300 communities.
Relief agencies mobilize 360000 pounds in Vellet aid for Japan flood zones north of Tokyo. Immediate shipment includes 158 tons of food 260 bales of clothing nine tons of soap. LAHA and LARA agencies coordinate in Japan under occupation authority with LAHA the sole volunteer operator.
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church of Cleveland petitioned Secretary of State George C. Marshall to join the United Nations. The vote followed four resolutions by Dr Bernard Clausen praising peaceful settlement and pledging allegiance to a one world vision as the church plans spiritual and political action with the U.N. in the coming years.
More than 90 percent of Lutheran World Action’s $10 million goal for 1946 47 had been raised by Aug 1, with receipts totaling $9,060,054.71, reported by Paul C. Empie national director. The American Lutheran Church increased contributions by 15.7 percent and the United Lutheran Church by 11.2 percent in two months. Heirs were also noted by the United Evangelical Lutheran Church the Finnish Suomi Synod and the Danish Lutheran Church.
The decennial Ecumenical Conference of Methodism, postponed by war, will meet in Springfield Massachusetts from September 24 to October 4, 1947. British Methodist leaders will attend with Bishop Ivan Lee Holt chairing the American section and Dr Oscar Olson serving as secretary.
General Lucius Clay calls for immediate stockpiling of relief packages for Europe as CARE estimates 30 million hungry children. The message urges rapid orders to counter winter transport issues and improve farming inputs, while stressing that charity must move beyond plans to tangible aid.
A volume of talks by Charles P. Taft, reader friendly and aimed at showing why the church supports social progress. Taft, a Federal Council of Churches leader, argues Christians must blend realism with faith, accepting gray choices to pursue a better world through Jesus's program.
The speaker warns that shortages may require rationing and curbs on feeding grains to stock, risking a lean meat supply. Yet sacrifice could avert worse evils and unites the nation with democratic Europe in peace and war, as prosperity cannot be bought by letting Europe fail.
Bishop W. Chan of the West China Methodist Church says Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his wife donated 20 buildings to aid war orphans and provided about 60000 dollars for maintenance. He plans to use the funds to expand reconstruction of the Chiang estate for additional work.
A Philadelphia Quaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Gray Vining, arrives in San Francisco as official tutor to Japan's Crown Prince Akihito. Her contract extended for another year, she notes progress in Japanese education and credits General MacArthur with shifting responsibility to Japanese people.
Harvard President James B. Conant tours the West warning that the American system of tax supported free public schools underpins the nation’s defense and world standing. He argues U S education must evolve to meet atomic age challenges and to prove the worth of the American way of life amid Cold War tensions.
Dr Roy G Ross, general secretary of the International Council of Religious Education, urges a strong Christian education program in America as millions of churches prepare to observe Religious Education Week starting Sept 2. He says peace hinges on a populace shaped by Fatherhood of God and brotherhood of man and that the nation’s strength comes from its Christian foundations.
A bishop argues church service must align with God’s world and serve living people, not disembodied souls. He notes humans are sinners yet fashioned for community and interdependence, urging a teamwork economy rooted in respect, forgiveness, and service, while acknowledging authority over worldly goods and the challenge of just governance.
A sorrowful plea denounces British and international failures over Palestine and Jewish suffering. The author calls Christians to act, condemn political treachery, and demand moral accountability to curb international crimes.
The General Assembly announced a record year with net membership gain of 0.268 million, total membership rising to 2,234,798, and finances up by 11.29 million dollars. Per capita giving reached 36.15 dollars, with benevolences at 8.73, and Sunday school enrollment at 4,312,034. The church operates 8,523 local churches with 9,510 ministers across 40 synods and 266 presbyteries, and 1,408 ministry candidates.
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