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...I.C.C.C. was conceived by Carl Mclntire, 61, a tireless Protestant crusader against Romanism, ecumenism, the World Council of Churches and atheistic Communism. To Mclntire, all such activities and organizations are part of a sinister plot to strip man of his individual responsibility before God and cast doubt on the literal interpretation of the Bible. Although his influence does not extend far beyond his own organization, he nips doggedly at the heels of the World Council by showing up at its meetings to issue rival press releases...
...Call them splinter groups if you wish," argued Mclntire. "There'll be more and more as ecumenism gathers momentum. Ecumenism is treason to the Reformation. The World Council's dialogue with Rome is a surrender of Christian allegiance to the truth; its dialogue with Jewish leaders follows the same syncretistic trends. Those liberals are going ahead without taking account of the people in the pew. That's where we step in. We talk to the people...
Africa-Bound. Mclntire believes that Africa, with its missionary-planted roots, is particularly susceptible to the fundamentalist approach, and plans a proselytizing trip there this fall. He crows about some schismatic Nigerian parishes that have recently joined the L.C.C.C., and hopes to corral other dissidents such as Kenya's Bishop Matthew Ajouga, who walked out of the Anglican Communion. Asia is also Mclntire's happy hunting ground. He claims that a majority of Korea's Protestants, as well as many from Taiwan and the Philippines, are represented in the L.C.C.C...
With a huge affiliation of more than 200 churches with 350 million mem bers, the World Council is not greatly concerned that it will lose its adherents or its thrust to Mclntire's group, and is simply ignoring the hecklers. Nevertheless, officials could scarcely be delighted with the fact that Mclntire's group returned home last week to continue their zealous campaign against "this unholy alliance...
Letters of Support. Mclntire optimistically claims that "anywhere from one-third to one-half of the United Presbyterian members" will defect from the church if the Confession is approved. That hardly seems likely, but there is some evidence for the charge by Executive Editor Nelson Bell of the conservative Protestant biweekly Christianity Today that "dissent will reach into almost every presbytery." Already, members of churches in Pittsburgh, Peoria and San Jose, Calif., have gone on record as opposing the Confession in its present form. In Seattle, the Rev. David Brittain of Foster-Tukwila Presbyterian Church fears that one-fourth...