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REINHARD KRAUSE Pastor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 23, 1950 | 1/23/1950 | See Source »

...strong and clear, from Oklahoma's political vineyards and it said that he should run for the U.S. Senate, opposing Oklahoma's bumbling old Elmer Thomas in the Democratic primaries (also likely to seek the seat: able Democratic Congressman Mike Monroney). Bill Alexander considered his position. As pastor of one of the wealthiest congregations in the state and as one of the most popular lecturers in the Southwest (he owns his own plane to keep five to eight lecture dates a week), he earns about $40,000 a year. His deacons thought running for the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: The Call | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

Lady or Tiger? "Religious men have made the greatest contributions to American democracy and to the progress of our country . . . This decision concerns only one question: Where with the talents given me by God can I best serve the building of His Kingdom?" To maintain the suspense, Pastor Alexander put a lady-or-the-tiger ending on his handout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: The Call | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

Last week, after his flock had filled the granite, columned First Christian Church, Pastor Alexander announced his decision: "I choose to run for Senator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OKLAHOMA: The Call | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

Year after year, the Fosters had talked it over and prayed about it. Their only child, Marjorie Jean, became a nun when she was 17. Last November stocky Donald Foster, 50, decided that the time had come. After asking his pastor's advice, he wrote to the Rt. Rev. Alcuin Deutsch, of St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minn., and got an airmail reply. With a doctor's certificate of good health, he would be accepted for a year of study at the monastery before entering the novitiate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Decision | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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