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.
News conference concerning Eugene Carson Blake's election as General
Secretary of the World Council of Churches. Blake also comments on the
proposed Confession of 1967.
Creator:
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985. (speaker)
Subject names:
World Council of Churches., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (178th : 1966 : Boston, Mass.), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
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.