Word: presbyterian
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...Protestantism, however, is the preaching of its ministers, and the faith of the Reformers was based on the assurance that "God met His people in His word." Using this comparison, Dr. Henry Sloane Coffin, 76, longtime president of Union Theological Seminary and onetime (1943-44) Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., has written Communion Through Preaching (Scribner; $2.50), a short but striking book about the preaching sacrament of Protestantism -and how poorly a lot of Protestants understand...
...fringe sects, not in proper congregations affiliated with the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.' Yes. and that is perhaps one rea son why these fringe sects keep springing up in place after place." Along with the fringe sects (and the founders of Protestantism), Presbyterian Coffin believes that the Spirit may and must come to those who preach His Word and hear...
Last fall President Jean S. Milner of the Presbyterian Board of National Missions sent Pastor Evans an unprecedented job offer. "We need you, Lou," he wrote, "to perform a unique ministry to this nation which is not now being fulfilled by any Protestant church . . . We need your ministry in a preaching mission in our great American cities from coast to coast, and in the huge gatherings in conventions of leaders of labor, of education, of industry ... in a spiritual ministry carried directly to a whole nation." Fortnight ago, after a long time thinking the offer over, Pastor Evans accepted...
...said a provisional goodbye to his Hollywood congregation and announced that his new job will begin on March 1. His title: Minister at Large for the Presbyterian Board of National Missions. His headquarters will be at the church's national offices in Manhattan...
...What Shall I Cry?" In this work, Dr. Evans will spend half the year writing and preparing his talks, the other six months on the road, preaching to men in the armed services, at colleges, church gatherings and various secular meetings. A good Presbyterian, he objects to being called the "voice" of his church, but he will do his level best to get the message of the church across wherever anyone wants to hear...