Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Tribute to Grady Wilson.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-46288 TRIBUTE TO GRADY WILSON SWEETWATER, Texas -- Some 2,000 persons gathered under a circus tent on a remote and windswept West Texas hill near Sweetwater to honor evangelist Grady Wilson. The two-day event, which brought people from all over the U.S., was full of surprises for Mr. Wilson, who thought he had come to the Sweetwater area to hunt deer -- but instead found a Texas-size “Grady Wilson Day.” At top, Mr. Wilson chats with his boss, Billy Graham, and evangelist Billie Hanks, Jr. (left to right), during the tribute. Mr. Wilson is vice president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and has spent 25 years with the Graham team. Mr. Hanks, president of the Ft. Worth-based International Evangelism Association, organized “Grady Wilson Day” in honor of the man who has shepherded him in a “teacher-pupil relationship” for the past 20 years. All three men are Southern Baptists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Don Blakly (DB-TEX-11D-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), O'Brien, Robert. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Wilson, Grady, 1919-1987., Billy Graham Evangelistic Association., Hanks, Billie., Wilson, Grady, 1919-1987--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Evangelists--Texas--Sweetwater., Special days--Texas--Sweetwater.
Geographic subjects:
Sweetwater (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361927
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Key moments had Protestant settings.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30267 KEY MOMENTS HAD PROTESTANT SETTINGS Key moments in the political life of the late President Kennedy came amid Protestant settings. Above, the man destined to become the nation’s first Roman Catholic chief executive speaks in October, 1960, before the Ministers Association of Greater Houston. Addressing 500 clergymen he delineated his thoughts on separation of Church and State. Below, the photo shows what must have been a heart-warming moment for the young leader. It was provided by Dr. E. S. James of Dallas, left, clergyman-editor of the Texas Baptist Standard. Dr. James had opposed election of a Roman Catholic president in 1960. He came to the White House in February, 1963, however, to tell Mr. Kennedy that “it was a pleasure” to note that religious bias had been scrupulously avoided by the administration. The Baptist leader said the Catholic chief executive was “determined to abide by the Constitutional provision for the separation of Church and State.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SD-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., James, E. S., Baptist General Convention of Texas--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Clergy--United States., Church and state--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.), Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352971
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Church-sponsored Honduras project.
Description:
Major Ruben Villanueva of the Honduran Army is acting as a government liaison officer for some 250 volunteers in a church-sponsored mass vaccination project in Honduras.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Villanueva, Ruben.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--Honduras., Vaccination--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.), Honduras.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151527
Title:
Church-sponsored Honduras project.
Description:
Three students leading a truck with medicines and other supplies prepare to leave for Honduras.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Keener, Rick., Frank, Ed., Lindow, Ken.
Topics:
Missions, Medical--Honduras., Vaccination--Religious aspects., Young volunteers--Honduras., Young volunteers--Texas--Houston.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.), Honduras.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151515
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Mr. Johnson and his daughter, Mrs. Luci Nugent, chat with Father W.W. Schneider of St. Francis Xavier church after attending Mass in Stonewall, Texas, near the LBJ Ranch. At right is a member of the Knights of Columbus who participated in the service. Mrs. Nugent converted to Catholicism during the Johnson Administration and was later married in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. [The other two photos mentioned in captions can be found in photofile number P-42241]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Knights of Columbus., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., Schneider, W.W.
Topics:
Presidents--United States, Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Texas., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149959

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