Word: revs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...safe, nondenominational way to be wrong is to call a churchman "reverend" -which is an adjective rather than a noun, and is likely to bring a shudder from even the kindliest clergyman when used as a title in direct address. "Calling a minister 'reverend,'" says the Right Rev. John Boyd Bentley of the Protestant Episcopal National Council, "is like meeting Churchill and saying, 'Good morning, honorable.' " The plain-talking Presbyterians of New Mexico's Rio Grande Presbytery (33 congregations from Tucumcari to Las Cruces) recently resolved "that all members, friends and enemies of the Presbytery...
...many clergymen have given up trying to find a suitable substitute, and return a weary smile when hailed as "reverend"-or "rev" or "reverent" or even "revenue." Perhaps out of desperation, clergymen are the only Americans who customarily affect the title "doctor" after receiving an honorary degree. Admits Paul F. Bobb (D.D., hon.), associate pastor of Albuquerque's First Presbyterian Church: "I prefer 'mister' but let people use 'doctor' because it doesn't jar me as much as 'reverend...
...continue to ordain known pre-psychotics and schizophrenics," says the Rev. J. Victor Benson, the Lutherans' secretary for psychological services. At a Lutheran-sponsored conference in New York last week, psychologists and psychiatrists from other church bodies agreed with Benson that psychological testing is a valuable tool for assessing future ministers. And whatever mental illness is revealed can be treated by "a competent Christian psychiatrist," or even turned to useful ministerial ends...
...REV.) JACK GLEASON...
...REV.) W. Ross EDWARDS Swope Park Baptist Church Kansas City...