Word: baptiste
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Hamilton, Ont., the Rev. S. Banks Nelson preached on "Fire, Fire, Fire," basing his remarks on John the Baptist. Two nights later his church burned down...
...Granite City, Ill., a Baptist preacher declined to accept a 127-10-121 no-confidence vote from his flock. Grounds: many of his supporters were absent hunting...
This statement was the nub of a survey, "Woman's Status in Protestant Churches," published last week by the Federal Council of Churches. It was based on a questionnaire sent to 5,380 active churchwomen of eight denominations (Northern Baptist, Congregational-Christian, Disciples of Christ, Episcopal, United Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Quaker...
...answering the Council's questionnaire wanted women to serve on church boards, have more representatives. A scattering thought women should serve only when there was a shortage of men. One-sixth were opposed to their sex holding church office. The latter group's reasons: tradition (said a Baptist: ". . . positively undignified and altogether unsuitable"), a feeling that the Lord's Supper would mean less if administered by a woman...
Temple University is a teeming, shirt-sleeved institution in the heart of Philadelphia. It was founded by Baptist Preacher Russell Herman Conwell, who gave it the estimated $7,000,000 proceeds from his famed "Acres of Diamonds" speech-a simple, inspirational address which he delivered more than 6,000 times before his death in 1925. Today, Temple has more than 12,000 day & night students, mass-educates them at cut rates ($200 plus special fees...