Soviet church leaders press law over faith in U S visit
In Manhattan the Soviet delegation argued freedom of religious practice exists so long as it follows the law. Metropolitan Filaret said Christians Jews and non believers are protected if laws are not violated. Baptist leader Vins was jailed for alleged illegal religious activity. The trip aims to build understanding through church exchanges coordinated by the National Council of Churches and included talks at Princeton Theological Seminary and visits to Philadelphia and Washington.
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New York
United States
A. M. Bychkov
Baptist All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians
Manhattan
Interchurch Center
Tass
U.S
Filaret
Kiev
Israel
Baptist Georgi Vins
Vins
Baptist Vins
World Council of Churches
Bychkov
Baptist Union
Princeton Theological Seminary
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Soviet Union
Mr. Hamm
Dunkin resigns Abbe Road Baptist pastor post
The Rev. David C. Dunkin, longtime pastor of Abbe Road Baptist Church since 1971, resigns to join the Elyria based Fellowship of Baptists for Home Missions as promotional technician. He previously led churches in Fairless Hills Pennsylvania and Ticonderoga New York and studied at Wheaton College.
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David C. Dunkin
Abbe Road Baptist Church
Elyria
Home Missions Fellowship
Fellowship of Baptists For
Home Missons
Winckles
The
Baptist Church
Fairless Hills
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Maine
Wheaton College
Illinois
McMaster University
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
N. Abbe Rd
Tad G.A
Persecution Continues Cited By Underground Pastor
Rev Gerhard Hamm 51, silVery haired former Baptist pastor from the Soviet Union, now in West Germany, told Moody Bible Institute students that religious repression in Russia persists. He toured the United States to counter claims of growing religious freedom there, citing a 10-year sentence for Rev Georgi Vins and a 200 police raid near Riga on an underground printing press.
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The
Baptist Church
Soviet Union
Gerhard Hamm
West Germany
Russia
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Hamm
United States
Ingemar Martinson
Bromma
Sweden
Georgi Vins
Riga
Baltic States
John Bunyans
Pilgrim’s Progress
Toronto
World Prayer Day observance planned at Fields United Methodist
North Ridgeville hosts the 89th World Day of Prayer with 29 area churches Friday at 10 a.m. at Fields United Methodist Church. Rev. Harold Wiley Freer of First Congregational United Church of Christ will speak. Babysitting provided. Church Women United sponsor the event with focus on unity in a pluralistic society. Service includes ancient liturgy and Arab Catholic and Protestant elements. Offering supports Intercontinental Mission.
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Fields United Methodist Church
North Ridgeville
Harold Wiley Freer
First Congregational United Church of Christ
Church Women United
International Committee For the World
Women’s Ecumenical Prayer Fellowship of
Egypt
Intercontinental Mission
Oberlin church hosts spring clothing collection depot
Oberlin First Church at Main and Lorain Streets serves as the collection center for the Church World Service spring appeal. Donations are accepted March 12 with hours 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, prioritizing new layettes, new children's clothing, and sewing kits. The agency ships to more than 30 areas in need, with shipping cost at 10 cents per pound.
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First Church
Oberlin
U.C.C
Main
Lorain Streets
Church World Service
Hunger drives set by local churches on March 9
Roman Catholic and United Church of Christ congregations plan programs to address world hunger. The Cleveland diocese will take a March 9 special collection for the American Catholic Overseas Aid appeal, following last year’s nationwide $7 million. UCC congregations will join an all church offering called the One Great Hour of Sharing on March 9.
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United Church of Christ
Cleveland Catholic
New Ohio TV ministry lists counseling number
An Ohio number for a new TV counseling service has been announced. Call 771-2200 to reach the 700 Club, a non denominational mass counseling program airing on WAKR TV Channel 23 at 10 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. weekdays and 12:30 a.m. Sunday, offering free telephone counseling from volunteers.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Wakr-Tv
Channel 23
Academy expands to grades eight nine and ten in fall
The Elvira Christian Academy will add three classes this fall raising its grade span to eight nine and 10. Rev. Willis Hull chair of the school board announced the plan and named Felix O Donnell as the new superintendent.
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Elvira Christian Academy
Willis Hull
Hull
Felix O’donnell
Brumme Elected President of Ohio Lutheran Education Conference
Rev C A Brumme pastor of St John Lutheran Church was chosen president of the Northeast Ohio Pastors and Teachers Conference of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Ohio District. He will serve two years as president. The conference includes over 200 pastors and teachers and meets annually. Brumme also serves as secretary of the Ohio District LCMS and as pastoral delegate to the LCMS convention in July in Anaheim California.
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C. A. Brumme
St. John Lutheran Church
Northeast Ohio
Ohio
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Brumme
LCMS
Anaheim
Calif
Roast beef dinner at Fields United Methodist Church
The annual roast beef dinner occurs next Saturday at Fields United Methodist Church in North Ridgeville from 5 to 7 30 PM. Reservations are via the church office before Monday. Proceeds benefit Red Bird Mission in Beverly Kentucky. Adult tickets cost 3 75, children eight to 13 pay 2, and children three to seven pay 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields United Methodist Church
North Ridgeville
Red Bird Mission
Beverly
Bishop Hickey reshapes Cleveland diocese into four secretariats
Bishop James A. Hickey of the eight county Cleveland diocese unveils a major reorganization creating four functional secretariats Spiritual development Social Concerns Education and Services to Clergy and Religious. He aims to boost department effectiveness and free time for pastoral work with secretariat heads to handle planning information and administration, to be named in March. A separate New York note: St John the Divine Cathedral announces a religious arts competition with a $5000 first prize for painters and sculptors.
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Cleveland
James A. Hickey
New York
UPI
St. John the Divine
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