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Title: Vacant store serves as church.
Description: Children of the East Harlem neighborhood gather about Rev. Don Benedict (standing right near center door) and Rev. J. Archie Hargraves (extreme right), co-pastors, as they, accompanied by two field workers from the Union Theological Seminary, are about to enter the new East Harlem Protestant Parish. The new "storefront church" is the first unit opened under the sponsorship of the four Protestant denominations: New York City Society of the Methodist Church, Baptist City Society, New York City Congregational Christian Church Association and the Presbytery of New York. Its work will be conducted under the supervision of the New York City Mission Society, with the Union Theological Seminary's field department providing pastors and part-time workers.
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie.
Topical Subject(s): Church facilities--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: , , , , , , , , , , , , New York (State), New York., , New York (State), , , , , , , , , , , , , , , New York (N.Y.), , , , North and Central America--United States------Manhattan--New York--New York--Harlem--, ------------
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7839; 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-7839
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:148565

Title: Children flock to church in store.
Description: Harlem youngsters listen to Peggy Ruth, field worker and Union Theological Seminary student, read Bible stories at a church set up in a vacant store in East Harlem. Standing behind the children are the co-pastors of the church, Rev. Don Benedict and Rev. J. Archie Hargraves.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie., Ruth, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)., Church facilities--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State)., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Manhattan--New York--New York--Harlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7837; 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-7837-02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147043

Title: Children flock to church in store.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie., Ruth, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)., Church facilities--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State)., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Manhattan--New York--New York--Harlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7837; 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-7837-06
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147258

Title: Children flock to church in store.
Description: Harlem youngsters listen to Peggy Ruth, field worker and Union Theological Seminary student, read Bible stories at a church set up in a vacant store in East Harlem. Standing behind the children are the co-pastors of the church, Rev. Don Benedict and Rev. J. Archie Hargraves.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie., Ruth, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)., Church facilities--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State)., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Manhattan--New York--New York--Harlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7837; 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-7837-01
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147146

Title: Children flock to church in store.
Creator Name(s): Pentler, Lou. (photographer)
Date Created: 1948, ca. 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., East Harlem Protestant Parish (New York, N.Y.), Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), New York City Mission Society., Benedict, Don, 1917-2008., Hargraves, J. Archie., Ruth, Peggy.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Children--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)., Church facilities--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State)., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--Manhattan--New York--New York--Harlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7837; 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-7837-04
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147218

Title: Man With the Mike' program in preparation.
Description: The Rev. Eric Robinson, reporter-commentator for the new Methodist radio program, "Man With the Mike," conducts an interview on a Harlem street in New York City.
Creator Name(s): Methodist Church (U.S.). Commission on Public Relations and Methodist Information. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, July 14, 1965, July 14, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.), Man with the mike (Radio program), Robinson, Eric.
Topical Subject(s): Methodist Church--Clergy., Radio programs--United States., Interviewing on radio.
Geographic subjects: United States., Harlem (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York--Harlem
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32855; 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-32855
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151464

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