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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1966
Page
21
The Louisiana Baptist Children's Home celebrates 41 years in Monroe this week, after relocating from Lake Charles to Highway 80 on June 9, 1925.
Dr Lyman E Douglas of Houma becomes director of the Louisiana Area Council in Shreveport replacing J Henry Bowden who becomes Lafayette District superintendent Rev Jerome Cain moves from Lafayette District to pastor First Methodist Houma The changes were announced by Bishop Aubrey Walton at the Shreveport conference The Area Council formed in 1963 houses several boards and offices at Centenary College campus in Shreveport Louisiana Baptists began a child care program in Monroe in 1898 which evolved into a large Home for orphans on a 118 acre Monroe campus with a 6 acre farm and multiple facilities 436 children served last year with 226 in the Home and 29 parishes represented The Home relies on 15 member Board of Trustees and Cooperative Program giving about 55 percent of operating needs plus gifts and wills The Home serves mainly orphans from broken homes and aims to meet growing needs of homeless children
In a Dallas apartment recreation room, five clergy members fielded questions from about 20 young residents and guests on the existence of God and how to connect with the divine. The event aimed to explore sustaining religious values amid modern apartment life.
In Indonesia a growing hunger for Scripture is reported by the American Bible Society. To bypass import bans, the Indonesian Bible Society opened a Bogor plant to supply Scriptures for schools where religious instruction is required, addressing the overload on presses that left six million Christians under supplied due to the embargo.
A revival series kicks off at 7:30 p.m. today at Southside Assembly of God Church 600 South 8th St West Monroe. Evangelist R J Stewart of Tyler Texas will headline daily services through June 19 except Saturdays with special singing each night. Rev James White Jr notes Stewart’s scriptural knowledge healing gift and Spirit discernment.
A series of faith healing lectures will be held at the Church of God, 818 Montgomery Ave in West Monroe starting 7 p.m. Monday. Speaker T. W. McGraw, once a Biloxi Mississippi businessman, travels the nation claiming withdrawal from drugs and healing of cancer and other diseases through divine help. announced by Rev. C Dudley.
AP Religion Writer recalls the 1816 formation of the American Bible Society in New York City Hall as a turning point toward ecumenism. The article notes growth to 55 denominations, annual distribution of tens of millions of Scriptures, and the society’s 12 story Bible House. It highlights key figures like Mills, Boudinot, Key, Cooper, Hay, Rutgers, Clinton, and Bunche.
National Council of Churches reports a letter from two Moscow priests Fr. Nicholas Eshliman and Fr. Gleb Yakunin detailing Soviet violations of religious freedom. It cites 1961–64 Khrushchev campaigns closing 10,000 Orthodox churches, registration controls, and bans on rites in homes.
The Louisiana Council of Churches meeting at University Presbyterian Church in Baton Rouge named Pat S. O'Brien a Catholic layman as its representative to the Twelfth International Institute on Prevention and Treatment of Alcoholism in Prague June 13 24. The board also endorsed interdenominational programs on mental retardation rehabilitation and media evangelism and education.
National regional and local Methodist leaders will hold four types of missionary education and cultivation meetings across the United States this summer. About 23,400 people will attend 123 meetings to learn about the church’s mission, the 1966 67 interdenominational theme Affluence and Poverty Dilemma for Christians, new mission education materials, leadership training, and efforts to boost missionary giving while stressing the need for more missionaries and deaconesses at home and abroad. Dr Angel Martinez of San Antonio will evangelize at revival meetings in Rayville First Baptist Church from today through June 12 with daily services at 10 am and 7 30 pm. He is a Baylor University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate who has conducted many Louisiana revivals and averaged more than one sermon daily in 29 years.
Norville Marshall has assumed duties as minister of education at Monroe's First Baptist Church coming from Mansfield First Baptist. He has worked in adult and youth religious education and previously served churches in Lake Charles Minden Shreveport and Arlington. He is married with three children Rosemary Philip and David. A reception for the Marshalls and family follows evening worship at 7 45 p.m.
In Seattle a court challenge tests whether a state university course on the Bible as literature violates a constitutional ban on public funds aiding religious instruction. Two pastors oppose the course. UW regents and civil liberties groups defend it as a literary study. The case stems from a suit filed in King County Superior Court.
The Highland Park Baptist Church at 2507 Oliver Road Monroe shifts duties as Rev Edgar Wiggins serves a two week Army Reserve chaplaincy at Fort Polk. Rev A T Mitchell of West Monroe fills pulpits at 11 am and 6 pm today and preaches 7 15 pm Wednesday in midweek service.
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