Ecumenical and interfaith activities

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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:
German Church, Oct. 1933-Sept. 1949.
Description:
Correspondence, reports, articles, and materials of the Commission on a Just and Durable Peace. Most of the correspondence is written by Chairman of the Commission (and later Secretary of State), John Foster Dulles.
Creator:
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959. (author), Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on a Just and Durable Peace. (author)
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on a Just and Durable Peace., Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959., Barnes, Roswell P. (Roswell Parkhurst), 1901-1949., Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971., Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975., Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Van Kirk, Walter W. (Walter William), 1891-1956., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976., Van Dusen, Henry P. (Henry Pitney), 1897-1975.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Germany., Religion and culture--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Germany.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:309510
Title:
American and Foreign Christian Union.
Description:
Web site of the American and Foreign Christian Union (AFCU). This organization exists solely for the purpose of supporting the ministries of the American Church in Paris (ACP), the American Church in Berlin (ACB) and the Vienna Community Church (VCC). The AFCU aids in the selection, employment, and financial support of the ACP Senior Pastor and the oversight of the buildings housing the ACP. It also nurtures alumni support of all three churches. The AFCU manages all endowment funds within charter of a 501(c)(3) organization, approves appropriate grants, and develops expanded financial support.
Creator:
American and Foreign Christian Union. (creator)
Subject names:
American and Foreign Christian Union.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Church charities., Church fund raising--Germany--Berlin., Church fund raising--France--Paris., Church fund raising--Austria--Vienna.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Paris (France), Vienna (Austria), United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:129931
Title:
Christian Berg, "Pilgrimage."
Description:
A National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. broadcast interview of Christian Berg, West Berlin relief worker, for the World Refugee Year of 1959-1960.
Creator:
Berg, Christian. (interviewee), Howe, Quincy. (interviewer)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Church World Service.
Topics:
World Refugee Year, 1959-1960., Refugees--Germany--Berlin--Pastoral care of.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:116372
Title:
Letter from Henry Smith Leiper to “Dear Homelanders”, August 30, 1935.
Description:
Journal letter written by Henry Smith Leiper from a Berlin-Vienna train during his international travels to meet with church leaders and promote interchurch unity.
Creator:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975. (author)
Subject names:
Leiper, Henry Smith, 1891-1975.
Topics:
Ecumenists--United States., Christian union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:14426

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