Word: churched
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Church unity is a subject that has dominated the thinking of 20th Century Protestantism. Last week a leading Protestant told U.S. Christians that the time had come to stop thinking about it and do something...
Today, according to Dr. Douglass, there are "more than 700 new communities in the United States-all of them towns with at least 2,500 population-which do not have a single church . . . In the midst of a highly mobile population, a church which is immobilized by denominational divisions just doesn't make sense...
Unity has already been proved possible, Dr. Douglass points out. "In 1925, the United Church of Canada was formed. Joining in this mutual effort were the Methodists, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and the Local Union of Churches in Western Canada. The United Church of South India was formed, bringing together Episcopalians, Methodists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians and members of the Reformed Church...
...believe that the whole task of the Church in America is one which must be performed by churches working in unity. Otherwise it will not be done at all . . . The slogan . . . may well be: 'Let those who can, unite...
Over the years, as he recalls them, old "Mac" McCarthy had seen and heard enough to satisfy himself that his childhood decision was right. Traveling through a good part of the world, observing the contrast of rich churches with peasant poverty, shocked by hypocrisy in high places and evil deeds done in religion's name, he finally decided to devote his time and money to combating humanity's yearning to believe and worship. He spent five years writing a 725-page diatribe against Christianity, called Bible, Church and God. Four years ago he organized...