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...church is a testimony to the work of its pastor, Rev. Leon Sullivan, and symbolic of the hope and faith of the people of North Philadelphia. Both Sullivan and the church have created what could only be called an ecumenical empire supported by corporate funds and dedicated to providing jobs and better housing for the people of North Philadelphia. The list of the church-sponsored organizations range from the Zion Investment Associates that built a million dollar apartment complex known as Zion Gardens, a shopping center known as Progress Plaza, and an industrial complex known as Progress Industrial Park...
...believe if you say a student can't vocalize prayer, you're abridging their freedom of speech," the Rev. Paul L. Pierce, pastor at First Baptist Church in Watertown and writer of the statute, said yesterday...
DIED. George Arthur Buttrick, 87, Protestant preacher-scholar known for his liberal views and compelling oratory; in Louisville, Ky. Born and educated in England, Buttrick won notice in the U.S. as pastor of Manhattan's Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (1927-54) and at Harvard as Preacher to the University (1954-60). From these pulpits he shocked fundamentalists by asserting that "literal infallibility of Scripture is a fortress impossible to defend" and infuriated others by opposing the U.S.'s entry into World War II and the subsequent arms race with Moscow, "a lockstep toward incineration that...
Buttrick was pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City when former President Pusey invited the noted theologian to become minister at Memorial Church. He preached and taught at Harvard from 1955 until his retirement...
...born at Seaham Harbour, England, in 1892, and attended seminary in Britain. He was only 34 years old when he was asked to be pastor of the Madison Ave. church, one of the largest Presbyterian congregations in the country...