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- Title
- Polish churchmen at reconstruction sessions.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: POLISH CHURCHMEN AT RECONSTRUCTION SESSIONS #R-3244 GENEVA -- The plight of the Polish Protestant Church was described by these three churchmen at meetings of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches here. The Rev. Zygmunt Michelis, secretary of the Polish committee and Lutheran pastor from Warsaw (left), told the group that the Church in Poland is in a more serious plight than that of any other European country. Shown with Mr. Michelis are the Rev. Konstanty Najder, a Methodist (center), and the Rev. Leonid Jesakow, also a Methodist. They are respectively chairman and treasurer of the Polish committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4B-6-W)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Michelis, Zygmunt., Nadjer, Konstanty., Jesakow, Leonid.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Poland., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Poland.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Poland., Poland., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3244; 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_3244
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359073
- Title
- Church reconstruction leaders hear Beguin.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION LEADERS HEAR BEGUIN #s-3245 GENEVA -- Olivier Beguin, prominent Swiss Protestant layman who is in charge of distribution of literature for the World Council of Churches, addresses a meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council. The meeting planned future steps in the Council’s relief program. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4B-6-W)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Béguin, Olivier.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Europe., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3245; 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_3245
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359074
- Title
- Swiss, Dutch churchmen confer.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: SWISS, DUTCH CHURCHMEN CONFER #3267 GENEVA -- Pastor H.E. Hellstern, secretary of the Swiss church reconstruction committee (left) and Dr. E. Emmen, general secretary of the Netherlands Reformed Church, are shown in an informal conference between meetings of the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-W)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hellstern, H.E., Emmen, Egbert, 1902-, Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3267; 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_3267
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359079
- Title
- Finnish leader at reconstruction meeting.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: FINNISH LEADER AT RECONSTRUCTION MEETING #3270 GENEVA -- The Rev. Toivo Harjunpaa of Finland takes time out for tea during the recent sessions here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Harjunpaa is secretary of the Finnish reconstruction committee and assistant to Archbishop Aleksi E. Lehtonen, Primate of the Finnish Lutheran Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Harjunpää, Toivo.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3270; 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_3270
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359081
- Title
- Norwegian delegate at Geneva meeting.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: NORWEGIAN DELEGATE AT GENEVA MEETING #3271 GENEVA -- The Rev. Conrad Bonnevie-Svendsen of the Norwegian Lutheran Church is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Svendsen is chairman of the reconstruction committee of the Norwegian church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-L-Minn. Times)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Bonnevie-Svendsen, Conrad, 1898-1983.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Clergy--Switzerland--Geneva.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3271; 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_3271
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359082
- Title
- YMCA leader in Europe.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: YMCA LEADER IN EUROPE #3273 GENEVA -- Paul B. Anderson, senior secretary of the international committee of the YMCA, is shown at the recent meeting here of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches. Mr. Anderson, who has his headquarters in Paris, served for 17 years with the Y in France before the war. An Episcopalian, he represented the organization on the Allied Repatriation Commission for Prisoners of War after spending 13 months in Paris when the Germans occupied the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-MES-4C-6-A-E)
- Date Created
- 1946
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Department of Reconstruction., World Council of Churches. Department of Inter-Church Aid., World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Alliance of YMCAs., Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., World War, 1939-1945--Repatriations.
- Geographic subjects
- Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. 3273; 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_3273
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:359083