Word: presbyterianism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Eugene Carson Blake, D.D., Stated Clerk of The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A...
Church conservatives, on the other hand, protested that the 1967 Confession is a betrayal rather than a necessary updating of traditional Presbyterian belief. Among their specific charges: the new Confession's teaching on Christ makes no mention of either the virgin birth or the traditional doctrine of the Incarnation; the Bible is described as the "normative witness" of revelation rather than the inspired word of God, and its words are said to be "words of men," and thus historically conditioned...
...Fifty Million Fund," which has nearly $5,000,000 in the bank, will sponsor such programs as the renovation of Inner City slum churches, additions to hospital facilities in nearly two dozen countries, new religious centers at state universities. More than $11 million will be spent to improve Presbyterian seminaries...
...such a policy than to enforce it. Because of their decentralized structures, most Protestant bodies have to rely on persuasion rather than what they shudder to hear called a boycott, and local churches have had little luck in trying to go it alone. When one racially mixed Presbyterian church in St. Louis insisted on a fair-employment clause in a contract to renovate its sanctuary and build a new community house, it spent months trying to find a contractor willing to cooperate. Even then, difficulties were encountered-such as pipes filled with concrete. Was this a deliberate attempt to frustrate...
...tied as to what the unions will do." For their part, unions insist that there are seldom enough qualified Negro applicants for jobs-and in any case, liberal-minded clergy find it easier to condemn discrimination by employers rather than by unions. Dr. Gayraud Wilmore, director of the United Presbyterian Religion and Race Commission, admits that many churches are content to accept a letter from a corporation official, and do little in the way of following up their contractual demands...