Word: clergymen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Merriam, who is well liked by his congregation, promised to carry his fight to the New York State Synod and to the General Assembly if need be. "I am shocked by the presbytery's action," he said. So, regardless of the merit of the charges, were other clergymen, who worried about the presbytery's behavior in removing a pastor over the objections of his parish. Dr. John Sutherland Bonnell, minister emeritus of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, called the exercise of power "disturbing to ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church at large...
...last year received about $4 billion in donations. If the 112 million Americans who claim a religious affiliation had given one-tenth-the traditional tithe-of their personal income to churches, that total could have topped $25 billion. Without aspiring to that great a transformation in church revenues, U.S. clergymen are making a strong effort to get their congregations back to the two principles of tithing: giving regularly, and giving a fixed percentage (even if less than 10%) of income...
...being composed of "retired military officers and little old ladies in tennis shoes") now called the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade a "fly-by-night promotion." Cried he: "Communism is much too serious a problem to leave in the hands of promoters and political opportunists." A group of eight prominent clergymen, including Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike, General Presbyter Dr. Robert D. Bulkley and Rabbi Sidney Akselrad, issued a statement declaring Schwarz's Crusade of "dubious value" and noting that "in several communities, in the wake of these 'schools,' there has been a resurgence of attacks on churches...
...with coffee and mealtime breaks, ended at 10:30 p.m., Schwarz's catechumens filed into the auditorium, their number increasing as the week went on. They got their money's worth ($20 per person for the week's sessions, with half-price admittance for students, teachers, clergymen, servicemen, police and firemen). Seated on a high stool behind a lectern on a stage otherwise bare, except for an American flag, Schwarz put on a flashing performance...
Selflessness & Zeal. Woodbury's ascetic missionaries-they neither smoke nor drink tea. coffee or liquor-are generally , admired by rival churchmen for their selflessness and zeal. British clergymen are less keen on Woodbury's hard-sell style of making converts. Last year the Church of England assembly labeled Mormon missionaries "undesirables," and the Anglican student chaplain at the University of Durham recently criticized the "well-meant but overzealous attempts of overeager Mormon missionaries...