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Title: Bethel Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pa.
Date Created: 1948
Name Subject(s): Maffett, Robert Lee, 1920-2011--Archives., Bethel Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Philadelphia--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Physical Location: ARCHIVES 16-0305; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Robert Lee Maffett family papers, 1930-2014.--http://prestohost68.inmagic.com/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=Y2RiNWNkNzctNWJhOS00Zjk1LTk4ZTgtNDZmNGYyNGFhZGMx&rID=MTAzMTE=
Identifier (local): ds6759
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:176177

Title: Catholic observers at National Council assembly.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-, Moody, Joseph N. (Joseph Nestor), 1904-, Catholic Church--Clergy., Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009., Chicago Theological Seminary--Faculty., Ladycliff College--Faculty., Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.), Catholic Council on Working Life (Chicago, Ill.)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30319; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30319_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352671

Title: Catholic observers at National Council assembly.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30319 CATHOLIC OBSERVERS AT NATIONAL COUNCIL ASSEMBLY PHILADELPHIA -- Msgr. Joseph N. Moody of Highland Falls, N.Y., (left), and Msgr. Daniel Cantwell of Chicago (right) were two of five official Catholic observers at the triennial General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Philadelphia. Msgr. Moody is head of Ladycliffe [sic] College’s Social Science Department, and Msgr. Cantwell is chaplain for the Catholic Council on Working Life and the Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago. They are shown with Dr. Franklin H. Littell of Chicago Theological Seminary, a major speaker at the assembly attended by representatives of 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies. The other three Catholic observers were Father Benjamin Masse, S.J., of New York; Father Dennis J. Comey, S.J., of Philadelphia, and Msgr. John P. Connery of Overbrook, Pa. The five priests were the first official observers at any National Council assembly. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Cantwell, Daniel Michael, 1914-, Moody, Joseph N. (Joseph Nestor), 1904-, Catholic Church--Clergy., Littell, Franklin H. (Franklin Hamlin), 1917-2009., Chicago Theological Seminary--Faculty., Ladycliff College--Faculty., Catholic Inter-Racial Council (Chicago, Ill.), Catholic Council on Working Life (Chicago, Ill.)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30319; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-30319
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352983

Title: NCC holds Kennedy memorial service.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Baber, George Wilbur., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Memorial service., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30317; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30317_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352686

Title: Principals at NCC first session.
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Williams, John Wesley., Powell, William D., Mann, Frederick., Tuller, Edwin H., 1913-2009., Miller, J. Quinter., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30314; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30314_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352787

Title: Principals at NCC first session.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30314 PRINCIPALS AT NCC FIRST SESSION PHILADELPHIA -- Leading figures at opening session of the National Council of Churches’ triennial General Assembly stand before statue of Christ at stage of Philadelphia’s Convention Hall. Left to right: J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., NCC president; the Rev. John W. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., a NCC vice-president; the Rev. William D. Powell of Philadelphia, secretary of the assembly’s committee on arrangements; Frederick Mann, representing Mayor James Tate of Philadelphia; Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy of New York, NCC general secretary; the Rev. Edwin H. Tuller of Valley Forge, Pa., chairman of the assembly’s executive committee; the Rev. J. Quinter Miller of New York, the assembly’s executive committee; the Rev. J. Quinter Miller of New York, the assembly’s executive secretary; and Bishop John Wesley Lord of Washington, D.C., vice-president and vice-chairman of the NCC General Board. Theme of the assembly was “Servants of the Eternal Christ.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-RB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Williams, John Wesley., Powell, William D., Mann, Frederick., Tuller, Edwin H., 1913-2009., Miller, J. Quinter., Lord, John Wesley, 1903-
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30314; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30314
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352929

Title: NCC holds Kennedy memorial service.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30317 NCC HOLDS KENNEDY MEMORIAL SERVICE PHILADELPHIA -- President Kennedy, who was to have addressed the National Council of Churches’ General Assembly in Philadelphia, was memorialized at a special service held at the sessions. Officiating at the service were, left to right, J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., outgoing NCC president; Bishop George W. Baber of Philadelphia, African Methodist Episcopal Church; and Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, stated clerk, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Bishop Baber read the litany and Dr. Blake led the worship service. It was attended by representatives of the NCC’s 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NC-12A-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 2, 1963, December 2, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Philadelphia Civic Center., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Baber, George Wilbur., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Bishops., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Memorial service., Presidents--Assassination--United States., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., African American bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., United States., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30317; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-30317
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352931

Title: Lutheran clergyman named to chaplaincy in Moscow.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964, November 10, 1964, November 10, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Barkenquast, James Louis., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Chaplains--Soviet Union., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31812; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31812_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356260

Title: Named to Moscow ministry.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31812 NAMED TO MOSCOW MINISTRY PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- The Rev. James L. Barkenquast of Philadelphia, Pa., clergyman of the Lutheran Church in America and an editor of the denomination’s Board of Parish Education, has been named as the next Protestant chaplain to the English-speaking community in Moscow. He will succeed the Rev. Donald V. Roberts of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., whose term expires in mid-1965. The Moscow ministry, launched in 1962 and administered through the National Council of Churches, is supported by the Lutheran Church in America, American Baptist Convention and United Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal Churches. The four denominations rotate in providing clergymen for the chaplaincy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FB-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Bachrach, Fabian, 1917-2010. (photographer)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Barkenquast, James Louis., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Chaplains.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Chaplains--Soviet Union., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Soviet Union., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Soviet Union., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31812; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-31812
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356634

Title: Interracial church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1662 PHILADELPHIA -- This weekday gathering of young people at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here doesn’t have to stress racial tolerance. These youngsters, white and Negro, learn together, with Rector Thomas Logan getting a big smile out of all of them. Mr. Logan, formerly at St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, has raised Calvary from chapel status to that of an independent church. His present congregation is 90 per cent Negro, ten per cent white. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator Name(s): News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1662; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1662
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357393

Title: Interracial church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1663 PHILADELPHIA -- To a full congregation of both whites and Negroes, Rector Thomas Logan of Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here describes the form of the service just completed. Calvary formerly was predominantly white, but a population shift cut its weekly Sunday attendance to about 25. It then was merged with St. Michael’s and All Angels Church, with Mr. Logan moving his congregation to Calvary in September 1945. Average Sunday attendance now is 250. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator Name(s): News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church attendance--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1663; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1663
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357395

Title: Interracial church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: INTERRACIAL CHURCH #1664 PHILADELPHIA -- This group of Sunday school teachers and students at Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church here is discussing ways to increase the regular attendance. Leading the discussion is Rector Thomas Logan, instrumental figure in amalgamating the white congregation of Calvary and the Negro parish of St. Michael’s and All Angels Church last September. (one of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MES-2C-6-A-E-I)
Creator Name(s): News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with children--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sunday school teachers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with children--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1664; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1664
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357396

Title: Interracial church.
Creator Name(s): News Reel Lab (Philadelphia, Pa.) (publisher)
Date Created: 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pa.), Logan, Thomas., Episcopal Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church., Christian union--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Multiethnic churches--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Clergy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Church work with youth--Episcopal Church.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia., Philadelphia (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Philadelphia
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 1662; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_1662a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357394

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