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History of interdenominational and interfaith cooperation, including the work conducted by the following organizations: Religious News Service, National Council of the Churches of Christ, American and Foreign Christian Union, American Sunday School Union, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, and Home Missions Council of North America. Featured image: Delegates of the World's First Religious Parliament, Art Palace, Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 1893.

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Title:
Church Collection.
Description:
Church Collection. Familiar Sunday morning scene--reenacted in this typical protestant church--is the passing of the collection plate.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christian giving., Christian stewardship.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7946
Title:
John F. Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
A view from the stage of the memorial service for John F. Kennedy. Bishop Baber at the platform.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7804
Title:
John F. Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Singing City Choir participate in the memorial service for John F. Kennedy.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7789
Title:
John F. Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
Over all view of the memorial service for John F. Kennedy.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7719
Title:
National Council of Churches meeting in Indianapolis.
Description:
[Top: Members of the General Board of the National Council of Churches during a meeting in Indianapolis, 1969. Bottom: Boardmen and laymen at an ecumenical dinner during the meeting.]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (creator)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives.
Geographic subjects:
Indianapolis (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7689
Title:
John F. Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
Participating in the memorial service for John F. Kennedy were left to right: J. Irwin Miller; Bishop Baber and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (6th : 1963 : Philadelphia, Pa.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7681
Title:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Description:
Church meeting before peace walk.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Anti-war demonstrations--United States--20th century., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7653
Title:
National Council of Churches leaders convene.
Description:
National Council of Churches leaders convene in 1967. From left: Dr. Arthur S. Fleming, president, Mrs. E. Sinclair, and Dr. David Hunter of the NCCC's General Board in Atlanta.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7583
Title:
Clergymen demand Faubus apologize for "brainwashed" charge.
Description:
Officers of the Washburn Presbytery discuss Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus' charge that a "large number" of Southern Presbyterian ministers "have been brainwashed by leftwingers and Communists." Shown left to right are: the Rev. James A. Mahon, Jr., of Second Presbyterian Church, Fort Smith, Ark., new moderator; Dr. T.B. Hay, president of the Arkansas Council of Churches and pastor of Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church here; and Charles S. Harley of Little Rock, permanent clerk.
Creator:
Funston, Lelia Maude. (photographer)
Subject names:
Faubus, Orval Eugene, 1910-1994., Religious News Service--Archives., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. Presbytery of Washburn.
Topics:
African Americans--Segregation--Arkansas--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Southern States--20th century., Presbyterian Church--Race relations--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Arkansas.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7481
Title:
Hollywood Industry Committee.
Description:
Hollywood Industry Committee.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Broadcasting and Film Commission.
Geographic subjects:
Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7431
Title:
Treasures of the snow.
Description:
Treasures of the snow. "He said to the snow, be thou on the earth." JB 37:6 [Church in Charleston, West Virginia.]
Creator:
Wilkin, Frank (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings.
Geographic subjects:
Charleston (W. Va.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7407
Title:
Protestant leaders see Truman.
Description:
Protestant leaders see Truman.
Subject names:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972., Religious News Service--Archives.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7406
Title:
People of the Delta.
Description:
Greenville, Miss.--A tenant family near Greenville. The Delta Ministry is attempting to help such families understand their rights as citizens, and to provide job training and new housing, in some cases, at "Freedom City." [People of the Delta five part series, photo 1 of 5.]
Creator:
Fujihira, Toge. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century., African Americans--Suffrage--Mississippi--20th century., Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Greenville (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7384
Title:
Strike City proofs.
Description:
[Strike City proofs, Job # 601].
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi.
Topics:
African Americans--Civil rights--Mississippi--History--20th century., Race relations--Religious aspects., Civil rights--Mississippi--20th century.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7382
Title:
Telephone promoting Billy Graham Crusade.
Description:
Telephone promoting Billy Graham Crusade, Madison Square Garden, New York.
Subject names:
Graham, Billy, 1918-, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Telephone., Evangelists--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7381
Title:
Thanksgiving food donations.
Description:
Boston, Mass.--As a Thank-Offering, parishioners across the country contribute food to their churches for distribution among the needy and shut-ins so that all may have a Happy Thanksgiving. In this scene, food donated to a Protestant church here is blessed by its pastor before being distributed. Looking on are Sunday school children dressed as Puritans.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Thanksgiving Day--Massachusetts--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7378
Title:
Delta Ministry posters.
Description:
Hattiesburg, Miss.--Posters in the window of the Hattiesburg, Miss. offices of the National Council of Churches' Mississippi Delta Ministry call attention to various phases of the long-range relief, rehabilitation and education program among impoverished Negroes and whites. Hailed by many and criticized by others, largely for its encouragement of the Negro voter registration and efforts to organize laborers, the Ministry is the first such project in this country to receive support from the World Council of Churches. Headquartered in Greenville, Ministry centers also are maintained in Cleveland, Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
Creator:
Hilton, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Delta Ministry of Mississippi., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Mississippi--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7369
Title:
Dr. R. H. Edwin Epsy, Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, and Dr. Roy G. Ross.
Description:
Dr. R.H. Edwin Epsy, Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, and Dr. Roy G. Ross. General Assembly, 1964.
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Department of Communication--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. \u2021b General Assembly (176th : 1964 : Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Geographic subjects:
Oklahoma City (Okla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7358
Title:
Clergyman arrested in anti-segregation fight.
Description:
Protestant, Catholic and Jewish clergymen have been among some 300 persons arrested in a series of efforts to integrate the privately owned Gwynn Oak Amusement Park. In one of the anti-segregation demonstrations outside the park, a minister donned a red, white and blue "Uncle Sam" outfit to symbolize the fight for racial equality. He was promptly arrested on trespassing charges. The clergyman, the Rev. David Andrews, assistant chaplain at Morgan State College, is shown here being taken into custody by police.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (photographer)
Subject names:
Andrews, David., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Segregation--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., African Americans--Civil rights--Maryland--Gwynn Oak--20th century., Civil rights--Religious aspects--20th century.
Geographic subjects:
Gwynn Oak (Baltimore, Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7310
Title:
Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Description:
Sleep-in demonstrators under Liberty Bell.
Creator:
Riley, G. (creator)
Subject names:
Liberty Bell Center (Philadelphia, Pa.), Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Civil rights demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th century., Liberty Bell.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7274

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