Second Methodists To Host Columbus District Meeting
Some two hundred delegates from 37 Negro congregations in 20 Ohio cities will meet Aug 28 31 at Second Methodist Church Columbus. Panel discussions will cover church integration as the Central Jurisdiction faces dissolution and potential reorganization by 1960. Rev. Charles A Talbert hosts with panelists including Mrs I D Dorsey Ralph Temilin S P Jenkins and M E Nelson.
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Ohio
Columbus
Second Methodist Church
Middle Ave
17Th St
Charles A. Talbert
Elyria
Lexington
Matthew W. Clair Jr
St. Louis
Methodist Church
I. D. Dorsey
General Church
Ralph T. Temilin
S. P. Jenkins
M. E. Nelson
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Cleveland
Central Jurisdiction
National Men's Meet Planned in Cleveland Sept 14 16
The first National Convention of Christian Men in Cleveland Public Auditorium will bring together men from more than 30 Protestant denominations with a membership over 35 million. Notables include Dr Elton Trueblood Billy Graham Norman Vincent Peale H Roe Bartle Walter Judd Alan Walker. The Bluejackets Choir from the Great Lakes Naval Training Base will perform at morning and afternoon sessions on Sept 13. A large committee, church groups, and midwest travelers plan extensive event participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Public Auditorium
Elton Trueblood
Billy Graham
Norman Vincent Peale
New York
Marble Collegiate Church
H. Roe Bartle
Kansas City
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Alan Walker
Australia
J. Clinton Hawkins
St. Louis
United Church Men
Fred W. Ramsey
MCA
Colgate
ABC
Bluejackets
J.W. McCracken
Ohio
Midwest
Methodists Study Needs In Hawaii
Dr. Robert A. McKibben and Dr. Roy A. Sturm of the Methodist Board of Missions spend August in Hawaii surveying needs of Honolulu Hilo and Keauai churches to plan Methodist extension in the islands. They will assess relocation, urban program helps, and interracial church realities for future property and building plans.
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Robert A. McKibben
Roy A. Sturm
Methodist Board of Missions
Division of National Missions
Hawa
Harry
Komuro
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hilo
Keuai
Ha- Well
W. Vernon Middleton
Homeons
Br Middleton
Industrial chaplains bring spiritual care to industry workers
A wave of interest in workers spiritual needs has led companies to hire industrial chaplains. They provide counseling, lead regular plant worship periods, and visit workers at homes and hospitals.
Convocation to Consider Horizons for Town and Country
The National Convocation on the Town and Country, an interdenominational meeting by the Division of Home Missions of the National Council of Churches, meets October 16–18 in St. Louis Missouri. Theme is New Horizons for Town and Country Churches with seminars and general sessions led by Dr. Dawber Dr. Blizard and others. The gathering is open to all with a $2 registration. headquarters are Centenary Methodist Church.
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Thurch
Division of Home Missions
National Council of Churches
St. Louis
Missour
Mark A. Dawber
Home Missions Council of North America
Sanford
Centenary Methodist Church
Sixteenth
Pine Streets
Toster
Copenhagen church welfare center planned downtown
Kirkens Korshaer the social welfare arm of the Church of Denmark plans a 24 hour social work center in downtown Copenhagen. The complex around the church will include shelters for the poor sewing and hobby rooms a canteen and office space to serve the needy.
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Copenhagen
Kirkens Korshaer
Church of Denmark
Last General Synod May End Evangelical and Reformed Era
Delegates to the General Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church in Lancaster Pa Aug 31–Sept 7 will discuss and vote on a proposed union with the Congregational Christian Churches to form the United Church of Christ The plan awaits approval from the Congregational Christian Churches which already endorsed it in Omaha This may mark Lancaster as the site of the last General Synod if approved A June 1957 union in Cleveland would write the new church constitution The churchs 1950s program includes a nearly 5 million annual mission and benevolence budget and ecumenical talks with Harvard Divinity School Dean Douglas Horton to speak along with other leaders The synod opens with Holy Communion at Franklin and Marshall College conducted by Dr James E Wagner The Evangelical and Reformed Church counts 783000 US members operates eight colleges three seminaries and two academies plus nine general hospitals and multiple social services with missions in seven countries
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Central Christian Advocate
Central Jurisdiction
Methodist Publishing House
Christian Advocate
Methodism
U. S
Commission On ‘Racial Integration
J. C. Darr
Seventh Street
Lorain
Lorain County
Methodist Men's Club
Darr
South
Mr. Darr
General Conference
Commission On Racial Integration
World Missions
James M. Lawson
India
Alr. Howard Sr
Board of ‘Temperance
General Synod of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Lancaster
Tthe
Congregational Christian Churches
United Church of Christ
Omaha
Nebraska
James E. Wagner
Cleveland
New ‘United Church
General Synod
Douglas Horton
Divinity School
Harvard University
Horton
General Council of
The
Eugene Carson Blake
National Council of Churches
United States
New Cover Designs For Arabic Gospels In Beirut
The American Bible Society prints new Arabic Gospel covers in Beirut. Designs draw on tiles from regional palaces and mosques. They’re popular and aiding distribution.
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American Bible Society
Beirut
CCC Plans Corn Roast Saturday At Elywoods
Elyria Catholic committee members Ralph and Bernadine Couples Club plan a corn roast at Elywoods Park on Saturday August 25 at 8 p m. Nick and Eileen Bashak, Nick and Helen Resar, and Paul Mitchell head planning with Don Gilles as club president. Members bring their own food. corn will be supplied by the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Jack Plas
Behnken to Visit Lutheran Churches in Asia
The Rev Dr John W Behnken president of the Missouri Synod will visit Asian Lutheran churches this summer leaving Los Angeles Monday. He will travel to Hong Kong the Philippine Republic India Hawaii and Australia addressing a joint meeting in Australia August 28 with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia and The Lutheran Church of Australia. In India he will meet pastors in Madras and Trivandrum with visits to Manila Hong Kong and Tokyo to follow. he expects to return in late September accompanied by his daughter Miss Helen Behnken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
John W. Behnken
Missouri Synod
Behnken
Los Angeles
Honk Kong
Philippine Republic
India
Hawaii
Australia
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Australia
Lutheran Church of Australia
Madras
Trivandrum
Manila
Hog Kong
Tokyo
United States
Helen Behnken
Rev Hughes to Speak at UP Church Tomorrow
Members of the First United Presbyterian Church will hear guest preacher the Rev. William H. Hughes, minister of the Sparta church, filling in while Rev. T. P. Matthew Gililand is on vacation. Hughes is well known to locals, having spoken here in summer past years.
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First United Presbyterian Church
William H. Hughes
First United Presbyterian Church of
Sparta
Hughes
Matthew Gililand
Kalamazoo Judge Leads Plea After Traffic Violations
Clark M. Olmstead municipal judge in Kalamazoo Michigan presided over 35 traffic law violators. After they bowed their heads he led a prayer thanking God that none had caused death to themselves or others.
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Clark M. Olmstead
Kalamazoo
Mich
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