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Politically Active Church Roils Richmond SM Conference
The Southern Methodist Conference in Richmond faced a stormy session over political activity by church members. Bishop Collins Denny opposed a Hoover resolution, warning it could split the church, while others urged the church to engage in social reform and temperance, ending with a 76 to 26 vote approving a resolution backing law enforcement and President Hoover.
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Southern Methodist Conference
Richmond
Richmond Times-Dispatch
South
Collins Denny
Denny
James Cannon, Jr
Church Conference
Hoover
Methodist College of Bishops
Can
Non
College of Bishops
Warren A. Candler
Atlanta
Ies
J. Manning Potts
Methodist Church
Fred R. Chenault
Broad Street Methodist Church
J. M. Potts
Berryman ‘Methodist Church
United States of America
Virginia
Associated Press
New York
Lee G. Crutchfield
Samuel L. Dumville
Chenault
Potts
Committee On
Temperance and Social Reform
J. T. Mastin
H. W. Field
W. H. Ferguson
W.L. Gibbs
J. S. Leake
J. W. Fife
W. A. Binford
J. L. Gordon
W. L. Chenault
J D. Powell
H. G. Schwab
W. M. Clarke
W. M. Walker
Robert B. Jordan
Mastin
Dr. Mastin
Cannon
Washington
Christ
Asbury
Francis Asbury
Wesley
R. Lee Crutchfield
Fairmount Methodist Church
Halsebrook
Dumville
Binford
Jordan
J. F. Forrester
St. James Methodist Church
Reeves
D. D
Central Methodist
Bryan
al Smith
Dr. Chenault
Temperance and Social Service Committee
Booker
Dr. Potts
Dr. Reeves
South Side
Collins Denny, Jr
L. Lee Davis
H. P. Myers
Highland Park Methodist Church