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Goodbye Backyards. Manry had dreamed of sailing the Atlantic ever since he first heard about open-ocean sailing as a small boy in India, where his father was a Presbyterian missionary. He bought the 36-year-old Tinker-belle six years ago for $250, completely rebuilt her, taught himself navigation, and practiced long-distance sailing on Lake Erie. "There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one's dreams or sit for the rest of one's life in the backyard," he told his wife...
Headed by contentious New Jersey Presbyterian Radio Preacher Carl McIntire, the L.C.C.C. is a vociferous amalgam of anti-ecumenical, anti-Catholic, anti-Communist fundamentalists who want all Protestants to "stand up and be counted"−counted out, that is, of the World Council. As proof of their devotion to that end, the 800 delegates issued a unanimous resolution: "Ecumenicity, as expressed in the World Council of Churches, represents a false concept of Christian unity and has no Biblical basis; its leadership includes men who have apostatized from the faith, it betrays the glorious heritage of the 16th century Reformation...
...Muste, 30-year-old retired Presbyterian minister and a leader of the demonstration, outlined the group's demands to White House aids Chester Cooper in a 15-minute confrontation just outside the gate. "You can't have a discussion with 100 people," Cooper answered. He asked that a delegation of five people be selected to meet with him in his office...
Changes Considered. United Presbyterian spokesmen insist that "we are in no way nearing a point of schism." Nonetheless, they acknowledge that conservative feeling about the Confession runs high, and that some congregations may well withdraw from the church in a year or two unless substantial changes are made. Next month, a new 15-member committee of ministers and laymen will begin to study the text; they will consider changes suggested by churches, presbyteries and synods, submit a report to next year's General Assembly in Boston...
...Ecumenical Affairs Commission to carry on a dialogue with other churches. It is rapidly becoming the busiest Catholic agency in the country. Last week eleven members of the commission, headed by Bishop Ernest Unterkoefler of Charleston, S.C., met with a delegation from the United Presbyterian Church for a day-long dialogue. Within the past two months, similar meetings have been held with Episcopal and Lutheran representatives, and the commission plans to meet in the future with the National Council of Churches, the Greek Orthodox hierarchy and several more Protestant bodies...