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Description:Last Hope for Racial Rapprochement -- 'Christianity': Christianity holds the last hope "for peaceful rapprochement between white and non-white peoples of the globe," the famed German Protestant churchman, Dr. Martin Niemoeller (center), declared in an address before the policy-making General Board of the National Council of Churches at Portland, Ore. Greeting Dr. Niemoeller is Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, president of the NCC, and at left is Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary.Creator:Religious News Service. (creator)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin, 1908-, Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Mueller, Reuben Herbert, 1897-1982.Topics:Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4936
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Description:Christian Manifesto': Fundamentalist minister Dr. Carl McIntire, right, reads part of his "Christian Manifesto" -- seeking $3 billion in reparations from "modernist" churches -- on the steps of New York's Riverside church. Dr. McIntire, 63, head of the International Council of Christian Churches, said his "Christian Manifesto" was an answer to the "Black Manifesto" delivered by black militant James Forman earlier this year.Creator:Religious News Service. (creator)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002., Riverside Church (New York, N.Y.), Black Economic Development Conference. Black manifesto., Forman, James, 1928-2005.Topics:Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Race relations--Religious Aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4934
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Description:Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.Creator:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4871
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Description:Sermon delivered to the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Missions and Relations on prognosis for mission work, social justice, etc., at a meeting in Pittsburgh, Pa., June 3, 1958.Creator:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. (speaker)Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.Topics:Presbyterian Church--Missions., Civil rights--United States., Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.Geographic subjects:Pittsburgh (Pa.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4870
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Description:"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.Topics:Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4869
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Description:"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.Topics:Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4868
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Description:"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.Topics:Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4867
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Description:"Death of a church" protest at 179th General Assembly, Portland, Oregon, 22 May 1967.Subject names:United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly (179th : 1967 : Portland, Or.), McIntire, Carl, 1906-2002.Topics:Demonstrations--Oregon--Portland.Geographic subjects:Portland (Or.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4866
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Title:Description:Documents the agency of the National Council of Churches offering economic and social welfare assistance to the underprivileged in the delta area of Mississippi.Creator:Roos, Barbara. (contributor), Thompson, Ken. (contributor)Subject names:Delta Ministry., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.Topics:Missions--Mississippi., African Americans--Missions.Geographic subjects:Delta (Miss. : Region)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4288
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Description:NCC Board Discusses Black Manifesto: At top, Dr. Dudley Ward, head of the United Methodist Board of Christian Social Concerns, discusses the issue of National Council of Churches response to the Black Manifesto during an NCC General Board meeting in Indianapolis. Dr. Ward opposed the placing of spending limitations on the $500,000 the board has asked member Churches to give to two organizations supporting black economic development. No funds were asked directly for the Black Economic Development Conference, which issued the Manifesto. On the far right is Dr. J. Edward Carothers, head of the National Division of the United Methodist Board of Missions.Creator:Religious News Service. (creator)Subject names:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Ward, Dudley., Black Economic Development Conference. Black manifesto., United Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Christian Social Concerns., Carothers, J. Edward., United Methodist Church (U.S.). Board of Missions. National Division.Geographic subjects:Indianapolis (Ind.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:4276