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Opinion split ad doom of small church for city
A 1928 International News Service poll of prominent pastors reveals sharp division over John D Rockefeller Jr's claim that the small city church is doomed. Some favor skyscraper temples and larger urban churches, others defend small congregations and warn against commercialism and loss of spiritual focus.
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New York
United States
International News Service
John D. Rockfeller, Jr
New York City
Rockefeller
Broadway
Aimee Semple McPherson
Los Angeles
Angeles Temple
Norris
Frank Norris
First Baptist Church of
Fort Worth
Tex
McPherson
H. J. Mikell
Episcopal Diocese of
Atlanta
Mikell
George Mecklenburg
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church of
Minneapolis
Church of the Future
William F. Anderson
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Boston
Fosdick
John D
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Park Avenue Baptist Church
James K. Thompson
First Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Paul Rader
Chicago
The
Gospel Tabernacle
John Timothy Stone
Fourth Presbyterian Church
L. D. Anderson
First Christian Church
James H. West
San Francisco
First Baptist Church
John Thompson