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...Pastor Niebuhr's confession implies a dislike for congressional investigations. I like them ... If it had not been for these investigations, it is doubtful if such "confessions" would have ever seen the light...
...idea was supplied by the Rev. Henry W. Berkemeier, pastor of the township's St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Most of the residents had insurance or could get loans to cover the cost of building materials, the priest reasoned, but would the citizens of Flint volunteer a weekend of their labor to do the rebuilding? The people of Flint responded with a spirit that seemed to match the force of the tornado...
...Language Barrier. Dean Scott, 43, developed his work-study plan as a result of his own experience as pastor in Columbus, Ohio, from 1943 to 1945. "I was rudely awakened," he says, "to the need for ... a close-up understanding of how men in industry work, live and think...
According to the federation's president, the Rev. Vernon R. Cummins, pastor of the First Spiritual Christian Church of San Antonio, Texas, most spiritualists believe in six basic principles: 1) A Supreme Being, 2) the "soul of man as the Son of God," 3) Jesus Christ as the "greatest demonstrator" of spiritualism (but not the only begotten Son of God), 4) "communication between the seen and unseen worlds," 5) "salvation by character development-not by the Blood of the Lamb," 6) "eternal progression''-i.e., no death. Beyond these tenets, spiritualist speculation ranges untrammeled. Chief current controversy...
Died. Bishop Francis John McConnell, 82, controversial Methodist exponent of "the social gospel"; in Lucasville, Ohio. Son of a Methodist clergyman, he studied at Ohio Wesleyan and Boston universities, and as a young pastor, shocked orthodox churchgoers by insisting that aggressive good works were more important than theological niceties. As head of the unofficial but influential Methodist Federation for Social Action (1912-44), the bishop espoused labor's cause, always encouraged his fellow clergymen to do likewise: "You can't be a Methodist without putting things strongly...