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Title: National Council of Churches press release.
Description: Press release from National Council of Churches, October 5, 1955.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 5, 1955, October 5, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions., Evangelical and Reformed Church., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Wagner, James E. (James Edgar), 1900-
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation., Home missions--United States--20th century., Christian children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Station wagons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18200; 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-18200_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149769

Title: Children give station wagon for church work.
Description: Dr. Eugene Carson Blake accepts keys to a station wagon from children of the Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Creator Name(s): Herrmann, A. Martin. (photographer)
Date Created: 1955, October 5, 1955, October 5, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Division of Home Missions., Evangelical and Reformed Church., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Wagner, James E. (James Edgar), 1900-
Topical Subject(s): Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Interdenominational cooperation., Home missions--United States--20th century., Christian children--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Station wagons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects: United States, 20th century., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh., Pittsburgh (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Allegheny--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. P-18200; 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-18200
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149935

Title: Students concerned with race, church mission.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30434 STUDENTS CONCERNED WITH RACE, CHURCH MISSION ATHENS, Ohio -- Civil rights and the church’s mission were major concerns of 3,000 Protestant and Orthodox youths at the 19th Quadrennial Ecumenical Student Conference at Ohio University. Left photo shows two leaders at a session on the race question. They are Clarence Mitchell, director of the NAACP’s Washington office (foreground); and Dr. Robert W. Spike, executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. In right photo is the Very Rev. Alexander Schmemann, dean and chaplain of St. Vladimir’s Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., who gave a series of lectures on the “Christian Mission for the Life of the World,” the conference’s main theme. Sponsors of the meeting were the NCC, World’s Student Christian Federation and National Student Christian Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-1A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Meyers, Fred. (contributor)
Date Created: 1963, circa December 30, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., Mitchell, Clarence M. (Clarence Maurice), Jr., 1911-1984., Shmeman, Aleksandr, 1921-1983., St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, N.Y.)--Faculty., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Clergy., National Student Christian Federation--Congresses., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Ohio University.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Athens., Ecumenical movement--Ohio--Athens., Clergy--Ohio--Athens., Christian college students--United States., College students--United States., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Mission of the church--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Athens., Ohio, Athens., Ohio, Athens., United States., United States., United States., Athens (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Athens--Athens
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30434; 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-30434
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352948

Title: Haiti disaster service.
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peterson, Charles L., Church World Service., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries, Medical--Haiti., Hurricanes--Haiti., Disaster relief--Haiti., Hurricane Flora, 1963.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30685; 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-30685_03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353688

Title: "One Great Hour of Sharing"
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peterson, Charles L., Church World Service., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries, Medical--Haiti., Hurricanes--Haiti., Disaster relief--Haiti., Hurricane Flora, 1963.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30685; 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-30685_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353571

Title: Volunteers bolster church relief efforts.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30685 VOLUNTEERS BOLSTER CHURCH RELIEF EFFORTS HAITI -- Dr. Charles L. Peterson, physician from Portland, Ore., examines a mother and Voodoo charm-wearing child in Haiti's hurricane-stricken area. One of 41 volunteers dispatched to the disaster section under auspices of Church World Service, material aid agency for the National Council of Churches, Dr. Peterson headed a team which held clinics throughout rural villages, seeing some 500 patients daily. In addition to medical volunteers, construction and agricultural specialists took part in the emergency aid effort. Such programs are supported by the annual CWS-sponsored "One Great Hour of Sharing" and other Protestant and Orthodox appeals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-3A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Religious News Service. (author)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Peterson, Charles L., Church World Service., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries, Medical--Haiti., Hurricanes--Haiti., Disaster relief--Haiti., Hurricane Flora, 1963.
Geographic subjects: Haiti., Haiti., Haiti., Haiti., North and Central America--Haiti
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30685; 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-30685
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353822

Title: At NCC Ecumenical Institute.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Date Created: 1963, circa July 26, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Warner, Ann., Williams, A. Beatrice., Williamson, Ralph L., McCanna, Henry C.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Home missions--United States., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Ecumenical movement--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Church and social problems--Congresses.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29681; 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-29681_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:357772

Title: At NCC Ecumenical Institute.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29681 AT NCC ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. -- A migrant ministry exhibit is viewed by four participants of the National Council of Churches; eight annual Ecumenical Institute at Black Mountain, N.C., attended by some 100 leaders of 17 church bodies. Left to right: Mrs. Ann Warner of Memphis, Tenn., secretary of the Southern Field Office, NCC’s migrant ministry; Mrs. A. Beatrice Williams of Jacksonville, Fla., editor, Women’s Missionary magazine, African Methodist Episcopal Church; Prof. Ralph L. Williamson of Atlanta, Ga., instructor in town and country work, Interdenominational Theological Seminary; and Dr. Henry C. McCanna of New York, executive director, NCC’s Department of Town and Country Churches. Sponsored by the NCC’s Southern Office, the interdenominational and interracial institute was designed to promote understanding and cooperation among southern Christians. Dr. McCanna was one of the principal speakers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (N-NY-7E-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, July 21-26, 1963, July 21-26, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--Congresses., Warner, Ann., Williams, A. Beatrice., Williamson, Ralph L., McCanna, Henry C.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Home missions--United States., Migrant agricultural laborers--Missions., Ecumenical movement--North Carolina--Black Mountain., Church and social problems--Congresses.
Geographic subjects: North Carolina, Black Mountain., United States., North Carolina, Black Mountain., Black Mountain (N.C.), North and Central America--United States--North Carolina--Buncombe--Black Mountain
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29681; 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-29681
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358079

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