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.
Consists of correspondence, essays, reports, clippings, and printed material
documenting the ecumenical work with migrant populations in Texas. Much of
the material is related to the involvement of the Texas Migrant Ministry
Committee of the Texas Council of Churches with migrant workers. Credit:
Texas Migrant Ministry collection, 1952-1980 and undated, Austin Seminary
Archives, Wright Learning and Information Center, Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary.
Creator:
Texas Council of Churches. (creator), Kilpatrick, Harold C., 1902-2002. (author)
Subject names:
Texas Conference of Churches., Texas Council of Churches., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions.
Topics:
Migrant labor--Texas., Church work with migrant labor--Texas., Home missions--Texas.
Speer, Robert E. (Robert Elliott), 1867-1947., Van Nuys, Ezra Allen, 1877-, Foulkes, William Hiram, 1877-1961., Acheson, Barclay, 1887-, Ballard, J. Hudson (John Hudson), 1880-1974.
[Front and back cover of a leaflet. Page 1 of cover titled: Why the
Commission on Federated Movements of the Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ in America? Back cover titled: Why an Inter-Church Organization in
Your Community?]
Creator:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. (creator)
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Commission on Federated Movements., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
[Federal Council Bulletin, A Journal of Religious Cooperation and
Inter-church Activities, vol. 1, no. 8, September 1918] 1. With the
Commanding General of the Second French Army, after the Religious Service in
the Citadel of Verdun. 2. Meeting at a French Y.M.C.A.
Subject names:
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Periodicals., Federal Council Bulletin., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1914-1918--War work--Presbyterian Church., World War, 1914-1918--France--Verdun., Interdenominational cooperation.
A group of residents at the J.C. Penney Memorial Community. Homes are open
only to married couples and the community is non-denominational in character.
Creator:
Spottswood, Jack. (photographer)
Subject names:
Memorial Home Community
Topics:
Retirement communities--Florida--Penney Farms--20th century., Old age homes--Florida--Penney Farms--20th century.
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.
Suggestions For Setting Up Grocery Store. Color all the canned goods on the
shelves as well as the counter and the fruits and vegetables to be placed on
it. Then cut out the counter and insert it in the walls of the store. Arrange
the fruits and vegetables as nearly like a real store as you can. [From:
Betty and Bob Visit the Migrants, by Marcella Estridge, p. 2.]
Subject names:
Home Missions Council of North America--Archives.
Topics:
Migrant labor--Housing--United States., Labor camps--United States.
[Map showing locations of migrant camp missions in California.] Our road
calls us, lures us, West, East, South and North. Most roads call men
homewards; our road leads us forth. To add more miles to the tally of grey
miles left behind, in quest of that one duty God has put us here to find.