Word: fifield
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conference in Cleveland generated some heat. The 1,500 delegates and spectators jammed the Public Auditorium's ballroom so tightly that suits wilted and hairdos straggled. It was made hotter still by the vociferous opposition to the merger, led by big (6 ft. 4 in.) Dr. James Fifield Jr., 49, pastor of the denomination's largest and most prosperous flock-Los Angeles' 4,526-member First Congregational Church...
Cried Preacher Fifield: "We think Congregationalism has a unique genius to contribute to the cause of freedom in the U.S. The merger will destroy that-the autonomous, free, local church in contrast to the capital-C church on the national level...
Spectacle of Schism? Just before the vote was taken, Dr. Fifield proclaimed dramatically: "If the merger is pushed through, the world will see the spectacle of a schism . . . You can break our hearts and send us home." But when the ballots were counted, it was 757 for to 172 against. Dr. Fifield summoned his followers to a protest meeting at the Hotel Statler. His dire prediction: 500 to 1,000 churches will withdraw to form a separate group, and litigation will begin over use of the Congregational name...
...James W. Fifield Jr. is the live wire that lights and powers Los Angeles' First Congregational Church and has given it the biggest Congregationalist congregation in the U.S. Last week, in his church paper, Pastor Fifield wrote with characteristic frankness...
Colorful West. In Idaho Falls, Ranch Hand Jack Fifield worked on, undistracted by his black hair and sideburns, white goatee, red mustache...