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...TIME, July 12), "Rev." Mary Hubbert Ellis scuttles about looking for nude statues to cover up, and Rev. Dr. George Chalmers Richmond broods in a Philadelphia suburb over the many lawsuits he has brought against Episcopal dignitaries, including one pending for libel against Presiding Bishop James De Wolf Perry. Lutheran Rev. Reginald Beasil Naugle specializes in fighting labor unions, and last week he cried, "We're in Russia now!" after persons unknown smashed a door glass and window of his house by hurling milk bottles. And Philadelphia is also the home of Episcopal Rev. David Carl Colony, who last...
...Canterbury did something no Primate of England had ever done before, something that the Archbishop had frostily disapproved when upon previous occasions it had been done, or proposed, by lesser Anglican churchmen. Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang celebrated Communion at St. Mary's altar for anyone-Orthodox Russian, Swedish Lutheran, U. S. Baptist or African Methodist-who cared to partake. And many a non-Anglican from all parts of the world did partake, for this friendly gesture, coming from one ordinarily so strict ' in churchmanship, brought to a lofty end the World Conference on Church & State (TIME, July...
That U. S. church membership is increasing faster than the population was the bullish message of the annual statistical report of Christian Herald, published last week. The last to be prepared by Lutheran George Linn Kieffer, who died in his Rosedale, L. I. pulpit this spring, the Herald tables were completed by his wife Maude. According to the Kieffers' denominational sources, there are 63,493,036 church members in the land, 837,404 more than last year. Rate of increase was 1.33%, as compared to .71% for population...
Biggest churches are the Roman Catholic (20,831,139), Baptist (10,332,005), Methodist (9,109,359), Lutheran (4,589,660). Biggest Protestant gains were registered by the Baptists (140,308) and the Reformed Church (81,958). The Church of Christ, Scientist (whose Founder Mary Baker Eddy frowned upon efforts to count her flock), and the Jewish bodies, reported no change. Small churches tend to grow faster than big ones. Denominations with a membership of more than 50,000 gained an average 1.1%, while lesser sects "reached the astonishing figure of 29.49%." Last year 49.43% of the population was "affiliated...
Ministerium, The oldest Lutheran body in the U. S., the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States (213,065 members), opened its 195th convention in Philadelphia, then moved to Atlantic City. The Ministerium's pleasure in learning that its income had risen for the first time in six years was tempered by the realization that the rise amounted to iff per week per member. In his annual report President Ernest Philip Pfatteicher flayed much, including the "growing practice" of holding funerals in funeral parlors, which he called "a step backward from the Christian standpoint." President Pfatteicher also observed...