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...sprouting. Ecumenism - until recently the private dream of theologians and the occasional public practice of rank ing clergymen - has become a spirit-changing factor in the church life of every U.S. community. Every day more laymen join in a dialogue once reserved for ministers, and as one Washington, D.C., pastor puts it, "some of the best discussions take place in car pools and Laundromats." The example of Pope John XXIII and the presence of Protestant observers at the Vatican Council have dramatically changed the attitude of U.S. Roman Catholics toward men of other faiths. Boston Irish are no longer surprised...
...number of Catholic institutions have organized summer retreats for Protestant ministers. Several churches have adopted Swiss Lutheran Theologian Oscar Cullman's proposal to exchange Sunday collections. In San Francisco recently, Sacred Heart High School gave a love offering for the poor to a nearby Lutheran church. The pastor responded by setting up an award for the outstanding student at Sacred Heart...
...grew up in a little factory town outside Philadelphia. "Ambler, P.A.," he recounts proudly, "was, in those days, the world's second largest producer of asbestos textiles. And since there weren't too many Negroes around, the town was pretty good to us." Kilson's father was a Methodist pastor who ministered to the Ambler Negro community, most of whom were "low-down folk." But the Rev. Mr. Kilson didn't mind. "He wasn't the kind who preached at 'em; instead, his church swung with 'em. And there's a difference, you know...
...often to the same people. A great many Americans want their religion like their politics to be simple and "from the heart." We can admire Billy Graham's warmth, but let's not confuse his message with the historic understanding of the Faith. Rev. James R. Blanning University Pastor at Harvard, United Church of Christ
...British Labour Party. Graham sat back in his chair, looking towards the ceiling, his phenomenal nervous enegy no longer so obvious. "These men did evangelists' work, men like John Wesley, and Dwight L. Moody, and William Wilberforce. We've forgotten today how the evangelist is as important as the pastor and the teacher...