Word: presbyterian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and president of the National Council of Churches: "The old question 'Can I believe?' has given way to the new, 'What shall I believe in?' ... There is a danger, however, that many may be coming into the church in search of security, survival and peace. Good as these values are, they become evil when they are ... made into objects of man's ultimate concern...
...JOHN W. CRANDALL Wells Memorial Presbyterian Church Brooklyn...
...CARL KISSLING First United Presbyterian Church Denver...
...Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (2,645,745 members) ordained the first woman minister in its history, 31-year-old Miss Margaret Towner, longtime church worker and onetime professional photographer. Minister Towner will serve on the staff of the First Presbyterian Church in Allentown, Pa. Said the Rev. Herbert S. Schroder: "I hope you are the shepherd of the flock for whom you are responsible, and not their pet lamb...
...special issue of its fortnightly Presbyterian Life, the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Northern) celebrated its 250th anniversary with an examination of one of its most phenomenal decades. From 1946 to 1956 the denomination has increased its membership 23% (to 2,736,241), increased its contributions 171% (total: $180,802,586) and built 550 new churches...