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...governor of the British Broadcasting Corp., patroness of opera and theatre, a justice of peace herself, a valiant opponent of Bolshevism. To the U. S. last week she spoke, over a transatlantic hookup, on another subject which has occupied much of her time: Religion. Lady Snowden is a Primitive Methodist, former Sunday School teacher and choir singer...
Next September is to be consummated the union, planned in 1913 and ratified last year, of Great Britain's three largest Methodist branches; Wesleyan, Primitive and United. Last week Lady Snowden pointed out that in the united church will be 1,241,303 church members, 5,234 ministers, 2,800 church buildings, $400,000,000 worth of property. Methodism, said she, stands for evangelism, social work, salvation. "The union of British Methodism will give a new emphasis to the great spiritual experiences to which Methodism has testified from the beginning, ever since the experience of John Wesley which came...
seem abhorrently high church to many Methodists, especially to Kneeling, bowing and chanting mightseem abhorrently high church to many Methodists, especially to evangelical laymen. But last week Methodists were obliged to learn something about such ritual. After several years of study the Commission on Worship & Music of the Methodist Episcopal Church adopted & issued a revised order of worship, as authorized by the 1928 General Conference and approved by a considerable body of the clergy...
Biggest church giving: Methodist Episcopal, $93,680,933. This was also the second smallest decrease...
Biggest decrease: Methodist Episcopal, South: $6,140,845 or 13.7%. Next biggest: Moravian, North, $87,565 or 13.3%. Third biggest: Baptist, Southern, $4,848,128 or 12.3%. All other decreases were less than...