Word: rectorate
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...famed atomic city in Tennessee. His position in the church, he feels, will simply be an extension of the job he is already doing as vestryman of Oak Ridge's brand-new St. Stephen's Church. As a deacon, he will be able to assist his rector, the Rev. Robert F. McGregor, in a variety of ways-conducting services during his absence, or lending a hand at the new mission in nearby Norris, Tenn...
Together with Dr. Jesse D. Perkinson of the Institute's medical division, who is also preparing for holy orders, Pollard meets at least once a month with Rector McGregor to go over their study courses in liturgy, church history, Old and New Testament and theology. They hope to be ordained in about 15 months. "There's an awful lot of reading to it," says Bill Pollard...
...first question went to the heart of the Christian doctrine of the natural sinfulness of man-though Rector Ribble phrased it in casual, man-in-the-street language. Doing their best to interpret the theological issue in the poll's terms, 245 parishioners declared that people "by nature" are "good" or "more apt to be good than bad"; only 21 could bring themselves to say that people are by nature "bad." But 272 were firmly orthodox in declaring their belief in a personal rather than an impersonal God (one came out for no God at all), and 271 accepted...
...rector's surprise, 222 replied that they pray every day; only 13 said they do not pray at all. Seventy-four thought that "the world is getting better all the time," as against 184 who thought not, and 49 were undecided. "To be a Christian," answered 41, "it is not necessary to believe that Jesus Christ...
...Rector Ribble feels that he has his work cut out for him. He plans to use the returns as a guide in planning his future sermons. Meanwhile, theological arguments have been breaking up parishioners' bridge and canasta games, and Grace and Holy Trinity's post-Easter Sunday congregations have been running about a third larger than usual...