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Title: Film wins awards for John Taylor.
Description: Mr. Taylor, an American who lives in Geneva, edits film with his director, Pavel Prochazka (left). Mr. Prochazka's wife, Stania, did the unusual drawings for the animated film.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago, Ill.), London Film Festival., International Animated Film Festival., Festival of World Television., Taylor, John., Prochazka, Pavel.
Topical Subject(s): Short films., Television in religion., Film festivals., Animated films--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Genève--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. P-42324; 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-42324a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149978

Title: Film wins awards for John Taylor.
Description: A scene from the "Preacher." Conceived and produced by Mr. Taylor, the "Preacher" is a satirical comment on the misuse of television by the Church.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago, Ill.), London Film Festival., International Animated Film Festival., Festival of World Television., Taylor, John., Prochazka, Stania.
Topical Subject(s): Short films., Television in religion., Film festivals., Animated films--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects: Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Genève--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. P-42324; 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-42324b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:149902

Title: Coffee break at World Council sessions.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30943 COFFEE BREAK AT WORLD COUNCIL SESSIONS BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa. -- Two delegates from this country at the annual meeting of the U. S. Conference for The World Council of Churches in Buck Hill Falls chat with a Nigerian during an out-door coffee break between sessions. Left to right are: Dr. Stuart L. Anderson, president of the Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif., (United Church of Christ); Matthew C. Uthesbulam, an ecumenical scholar-ship student in America from Nigeria; and Ivan M. Czap of Philadelphia, representing the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America. The U. S. Conference comprises 30 U. S. member bodies of the WCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WC-4D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher), Coffman & Meyung Color Laboratory (Mount Pocono, Pa.) (photographer)
Date Created: 1964, April 24, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. United States Conference., Anderson, Stuart LeRoy., Pacific School of Religion (Berkeley, Calif.)--Faculty., Uthesbulam, Matthew C., Czap, Ivan Michaelson., Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Buck Hill Falls., Meetings--Pennsylvania--Buck Hill Falls.
Geographic subjects: Pennsylvania, Buck Hill Falls., Pennsylvania, Buck Hill Falls., Buck Hill Falls (Pa.), North and Central America--United States--Pennsylvania--Monroe--Buck Hill Falls
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30943; 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-30943
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348326

Title: WCC representatives survey African nations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31606 WCC REPRESENTATIVES SURVEY AFRICAN NATIONS GENEVA -- Sir Hugh Foot, distinguished British representative at the United Nations (left), and Dr. Z.K. Matthews, Africa secretary for the World Council of Churches, confer in Geneva before starting a 22-day survey of emergency needs and development problems confronting new nations in Africa. The trip was the first stage of the WCC's new "Ecumenical Program for Emergencies in Africa" program. Member Churches were asked to contribute $1 million to underwrite projects. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-GS-9D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Caradon, Hugh Foot, Baron, 1907-1990., United Nations., Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968., World Council of Churches--Congresses., World Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Humanitarian assistance--Africa., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Developing countries--Economic conditions.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Africa., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31606 ; 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-31606
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349185

Title: Church leaders at disarmament consultation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31204 CHURCH LEADERS AT DISARMAMENT CONSULTATION GENEVA -- About 35 Protestant and Orthodox church leaders from 12 countries participated in a consultation on disarmament sponsored by the World Council of Churches’ Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in Geneva. Top photo are, from left, Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, WCC general secretary; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, CCIA director; Metropolitan Nicodim, head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department of Foreign Church affairs; Metropolitan Justinian of the Romanian Orthodox Church; Sir Kenneth Grubb, CCIA chairman; and Metropolitan John Wendland, Russian Orthodox Exarch in Europe. Below are F. Franklin, general secretary, World Alliance of YMCA’s (left); and Dr. Elfan Rees, CCIA secretary in Geneva. The three-day consultation was the second held by the CCIA; the first took place in June, 1962. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 16-18, 1964, June 16-18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Commission of the Churches on International Affairs--Congresses., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Nolde, O. Frederick (Otto Frederick), 1899-1972., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978., Justinian, Patriarch of Romania--1901-1977., Grubb, Kenneth G. (Kenneth George), Sir., Wendland, John.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation--Switzerland--Geneva., Arms control., Religion and international relations--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Relations--Eastern churches., Eastern churches--Relations--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31204; 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-31204
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350232

Title: Church leaders at disarmament consultation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31204 CHURCH LEADERS AT DISARMAMENT CONSULTATION GENEVA -- About 35 Protestant and Orthodox church leaders from 12 countries participated in a consultation on disarmament sponsored by the World Council of Churches’ Commission of the Churches on International Affairs in Geneva. Top photo are, from left, Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, WCC general secretary; Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, CCIA director; Metropolitan Nicodim, head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department of Foreign Church affairs; Metropolitan Justinian of the Romanian Orthodox Church; Sir Kenneth Grubb, CCIA chairman; and Metropolitan John Wendland, Russian Orthodox Exarch in Europe. Below are F. Franklin, general secretary, World Alliance of YMCA’s (left); and Dr. Elfan Rees, CCIA secretary in Geneva. The three-day consultation was the second held by the CCIA; the first took place in June, 1962. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-6D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 16-18, 1964, June 16-18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Commission of the Churches on International Affairs--Congresses., Franklin, F., Rees, Elfan.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation--Switzerland--Geneva., Arms control., Religion and international relations--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Relations--Eastern churches., Eastern churches--Relations--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31204; 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-31204a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350233

Title: World mission policies examined.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30387 WORLD MISSION POLICIES EXAMINED MEXICO CITY -- A $3 million fund campaign to support accelerated Christian literature programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America was approved in Mexico City by the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches. Dr. Johannes Blauw of Hilversum, Holland, (left photo) who headed an exploratory committee for the new literature plan, addresses the group of some 200 Protes-tant and Orthodox churchmen attending the Commission sessions. The meeting also featured several workshops on various phases on missions and evangelism. Dr. Kathleen Bliss (right), head of the WCC’s Division of Ecumenical Action and the Board of Education of the Church of England, leads a group discussing the Christian approach to intellectuals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., Blauw, Johannes., World Council of Churches--Publishing.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30387; 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-30387
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352943

Title: World mission policies examined.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30387 WORLD MISSION POLICIES EXAMINED MEXICO CITY -- A $3 million fund campaign to support accelerated Christian literature programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America was approved in Mexico City by the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches. Dr. Johannes Blauw of Hilversum, Holland, (left photo) who headed an exploratory committee for the new literature plan, addresses the group of some 200 Protes-tant and Orthodox churchmen attending the Commission sessions. The meeting also featured several workshops on various phases on missions and evangelism. Dr. Kathleen Bliss (right), head of the WCC’s Division of Ecumenical Action and the Board of Education of the Church of England, leads a group discussing the Christian approach to intellectuals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., Bliss, Kathleen., World Council of Churches--Publishing.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30387; 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-30387a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352944

Title: Global mission policies examined by world council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30372 GLOBAL MISSION POLICIES EXAMINED BY WORLD COUNCIL MEXICO CITY -- A new look at an old task, “proclamation of the Gospel to the ends of the earth that all men may turn to Jesus Christ and be saved,” was the goal of a meeting of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches in December at Mexico City. Purpose of the meeting was cited by Anglican Bishop John Sadiq of Nagpur, India, (bottom left) commission chairman, as he officiated at opening services. Two of some 200 Protestant and Orthodox leaders from 48 countries taking part (top photo) were Missionary Bishop Mar Thoma Athanasius of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, India, and Korula Jacob, general secretary of the National Christian Council of India. In a study section on “The Witness of Christians to Men in the Secular World,” a comment is made (bottom right) by the Rev. Robert Owen Lathan, home secretary of the London Missionary Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., London Missionary Society., Lathan, Robert Owen.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Mexico--Mexico City., Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Ecumenical movement--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30372; 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-30372b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352939

Title: Global mission policies examined by world council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30372 GLOBAL MISSION POLICIES EXAMINED BY WORLD COUNCIL MEXICO CITY -- A new look at an old task, “proclamation of the Gospel to the ends of the earth that all men may turn to Jesus Christ and be saved,” was the goal of a meeting of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches in December at Mexico City. Purpose of the meeting was cited by Anglican Bishop John Sadiq of Nagpur, India, (bottom left) commission chairman, as he officiated at opening services. Two of some 200 Protestant and Orthodox leaders from 48 countries taking part (top photo) were Missionary Bishop Mar Thoma Athanasius of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, India, and Korula Jacob, general secretary of the National Christian Council of India. In a study section on “The Witness of Christians to Men in the Secular World,” a comment is made (bottom right) by the Rev. Robert Owen Lathan, home secretary of the London Missionary Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8, 1963, December 8, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., Sadiq, John W. (John William), 1910-1980., Church of South India--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Mexico--Mexico City., Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Ecumenical movement--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30372; 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-30372a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352938

Title: WCC leaders meet in Mexico City.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30386 WCC LEADERS MEET IN MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY -- A meeting of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism brought 200 Protestant and Orthodox leaders from some 50 countries to Mexico City. Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft (top photo) enters the discussion during one of the plenary sessions. Also taking part in the intensive examination of Christian mission practices and policies were several youth delegates (bottom) from Latin American countries, Africa, Europe, the Far East, Canada and the United States. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Youth in church work--Mexico--Mexico City., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30386; 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-30386a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352942

Title: Global mission policies examined by world council.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30372 GLOBAL MISSION POLICIES EXAMINED BY WORLD COUNCIL MEXICO CITY -- A new look at an old task, “proclamation of the Gospel to the ends of the earth that all men may turn to Jesus Christ and be saved,” was the goal of a meeting of the Commission on World Mission and Evangelism of the World Council of Churches in December at Mexico City. Purpose of the meeting was cited by Anglican Bishop John Sadiq of Nagpur, India, (bottom left) commission chairman, as he officiated at opening services. Two of some 200 Protestant and Orthodox leaders from 48 countries taking part (top photo) were Missionary Bishop Mar Thoma Athanasius of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar, India, and Korula Jacob, general secretary of the National Christian Council of India. In a study section on “The Witness of Christians to Men in the Secular World,” a comment is made (bottom right) by the Rev. Robert Owen Lathan, home secretary of the London Missionary Society. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., Athanasius, Bishop Mar Thoma., Mar Thoma Syrian Church--Bishops., Jacob, Korula., National Christian Council of India.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Mexico--Mexico City., Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Ecumenical movement--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30372; 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-30372
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352937

Title: WCC leaders meet in Mexico City.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30386 WCC LEADERS MEET IN MEXICO CITY MEXICO CITY -- A meeting of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on World Mission and Evangelism brought 200 Protestant and Orthodox leaders from some 50 countries to Mexico City. Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft (top photo) enters the discussion during one of the plenary sessions. Also taking part in the intensive examination of Christian mission practices and policies were several youth delegates (bottom) from Latin American countries, Africa, Europe, the Far East, Canada and the United States. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-M-12C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, December 8-19, 1963, December 8-19, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches. Commission on World Mission and Evangelism--Congresses., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Mexico--Mexico City., Protestant churches--Missions., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Mexico, Mexico City., Mexico City (Mexico), North and Central America--Mexico--Distrito Federal--Mexico City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30386; 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-30386
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352941

Title: First Protestant chapel in Moscow.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30575 FIRST PROTESTANT CHAPEL IN MOSCOW MOSCOW -- U.S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler reads the Scripture lesson during services dedicating Christ Church in Moscow -- the first Protestant chapel to be established for the English-speaking community in the Russian city. Pastor of the new church is the Rev. Donald V. Roberts, a United Presbyterian clergyman from Tonawanda, N.Y., who has been a chaplain in Moscow since 1962 under a special Moscow Ministry Project of the National Council of Churches. The chapel, which can seat about 75, is located in one room of the apartment occupied by the Roberts family. A similar arrangement exists for Roman Catholics in the Moscow foreign colony. Father Joseph Frederic Richard, A.A., formerly of Worcester, Mass., uses one room of his apartment for Our Lady of Hope Chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kohler, Foy D., Christ Church Chapel (Moscow, Russia), Roberts, Donald V., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Ambassadors--United States., Church dedication--Russia--Moscow., Liturgies--Russia--Moscow., Chapels--Russia--Moscow., Protestant churches--Russia--Moscow., Chaplains--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects: United States., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Russia, Moscow., Moscow (Russia), Asia--Russia--Moscow--Moscow
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30575; 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-30575
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353850

Title: UCC leaders express civil rights support.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30735 UCC LEADERS EXPRESS CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An expression of United Church of Christ support for passage of the pending civil rights bill was carried to Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D.-Minn.), second from left, by four national leaders of the United Church of Christ. The churchmen were among more than 100 delegates of the denomination, a group described as a "first wave" of ministers and laymen who traveled to Washington, D.C., to urge passage of the legislation "without crippling amendments." With Sen. Humphrey, the Senate majority whip, from left, are Dr. Ray Gibbons of New York, director of the UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC Council for Christian Social Action; Dr. Ben M. Herbster, New York, UCC president; the Rev. Nicholas Hood of Detroit, chairman of the denomination's Committee for Racial Justice Now, and Dr. Truman B. Douglass, New York, executive vice president of the UCC Board for Homeland Ministries. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UC-NY-3C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 17, 1964, March 17, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Church of Christ--Clergy., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Gibbons, Ray., General Council of the Congregational and Christian Churches of the United States. Council for Social Action., Herbster, Ben M., 1904-, Hood, Nicholas, 1951-, Douglass, Truman B.
Topical Subject(s): Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Law and legislation--United States., Legislators--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30735; 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-30735
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353829

Title: Dr. Blake addresses Africa consultation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32050 DR. BLAKE ADDRESSES AFRICA CONSULTATION ENUGU, Nigeria -- Steps toward the solution of race problems are outlined at a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Dr. Blake also is chairman of the World Council of Churches’ Committee on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, which jointly sponsored the consultation with the All Africa Conference of Churches. The meeting preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting at Enugu, Nigeria. Seated, from left to right, are: the Rev. Jean Kotto, general secretary of the Evangelical Church in the Cameroun; Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and one of the WCC’s six presidents, and Dr. Donal M’Timkulu, former general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., Kotto, Jean., Église évangélique du Cameroun--Clergy., Ibiam, Akanu., M'Timkulu, Donald G.S., All Africa Conference of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Africa., Africa., Africa., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32050; 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-32050
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355900

Title: African and Russian churchmen meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32053 AFRICAN AND RUSSIAN CHURCHMEN MEET ENUGU, Nigeria -- World Council of Churches’ Central Committee sessions at Enugu, Nigeria, provided leading churchmen from many nations with opportunities to meet informally. Shown here are (from left to right): Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and a WCC president; Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicodim of Leningrad and Lagoda, head of Russian Church’s information section and foreign affairs department; Archbishop Alexis of Tallin, manager of the Moscow patriarchate and first deputy to Metropolitan Nicodim in the information and foreign affairs departments, and Dr. Z.K. Matthews, the WCC’s Inter-Church Aid secretary for Africa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 12-21, 1965, January 12-21, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), Ibiam, Akanu., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968., World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Bishops--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32053; 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-32053
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355901

Title: Church and society conference discussed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32152 CHURCH AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE DISCUSSED ENUGU, Nigeria -- Plans for a World Conference on Church and Society, scheduled for July 1966, are discussed at Enugu, Nigeria, by churchmen attending a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches’ Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service and the All Africa Conference of Churches. The consultation preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting. From left to right are: Prof. Aluko of the economics department of the University of Nigeria; Dr. Paul Abrecht, executive secretary of the WCC’s Department on Church and Society; the Rev. Adeolu Adegbola, Methodist theologian and director of Immanuel Theological College at Ibadan, Nigeria; and Mr. Bola Ige, Ibadan lawyer who drafted a report on international affairs for the consultation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Africa., Africa., Africa., Switzerland, Geneva., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32152; 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-32152
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355945

Title: WCC General Secretary opens Central Committee meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32049 WCC GENERAL SECRETARY OPENS CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING ENUGU, Nigeria -- Annual sessions of the World Council of Churches’ policy-making Central Committee open at Enugu, Nigeria, with an address by Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the international Protestant-Anglican-Orthodox organization since it was formed in 1948. Leading world churchmen at the speaker’s table (from left to right) are: Dr. Martin Niemoeller, noted German clergyman and retiring president of the Evangelical Church of Hesse-Nassau; Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the Lutheran Church in America and chairman of the WCC Central and Executive Committees; Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America; Charles C. Parlin, British Baptist Union general secretary and vice-chairman of the Central Committee. Dr. Niemoeller, Sir Francis, Dr. Ramsey, Archbishop Iakovos and Mr. Parlin all are co-presidents of the WCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 12, 1965, January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Ibiam, Akanu., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Parlin, Charles C. (Charles Coolidge), 1898-, Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Payne, Ernest A. (Ernest Alexander), 1902-1980., Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland--Clergy., Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau--Clergy., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32049; 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-32049
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355899

Title: French experiment in ecumenism.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31650 FRENCH EXPERIMENT IN ECUMENISM MARSEILLES, France -- Young Frenchmen and women exchange ideas on ecumenism during a refreshment break in the course of a discussion program near Marseilles, France. Sponsored by CIMADE, the service agency for Protestant and Orthodox Churches in France, the discussion series explores aspects of the effort to attain greater Christian unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-10A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Comité inter-mouvements auprès des évacués--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Forums (Discussion and debate)--France--Marseille., Youth in church work--France--Marseille., Ecumenical movement--France., Interdenominational cooperation--France.
Geographic subjects: France, Marseille., France, Marseille., France., France., Marseille (France), Europe--France--Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur--Marseilles
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31650; 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-31650
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356607

Title: Nigerian ambassador addresses World Council gathering.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31929 NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES WORLD COUNCIL GATHERING NEW YORK -- The Christian church paved the way for a peaceful transition to political independence in Nigeria, Chief S.O. Adebo, Nigeria’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations told the annual luncheon of the Friends of the World Council of Churches in New York. “What happens in the Congo affects Nigeria … What happens in Nigeria affects you here in America,” Chief Adebo observed as he said American churches can aid Christians in Africa by material assistance, training of laymen and women and “by setting us a good example.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-12C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 8, 1964, December 8, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Adebo, Simeon O., 1913-1994., World Council of Churches--Societies, etc.
Topical Subject(s): Ambassadors--Nigeria., Speeches, addresses, etc.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria., New York (N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31929; 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-31929
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356655

Title: European churchmen meet aboard ship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31760 EUROPEAN CHURCHMEN MEET ABOARD SHIP ABOARD THE BORNHOLM -- Leading participants of the European Conference of Churches gather informally between sessions of the organization’s fourth meeting held aboard the privately-owned Danish ship, Bornholm, cruising in the international waters between Denmark and Sweden. The meeting was held on the vessel to permit East German delegates to attend, as Communist authorities refused them allied travel permits to enter Denmark. The meeting drew some 250 representatives of nearly all Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Old Catholic Churches in 21 European countries. Major actions of the delegates included adoption of a constitution and election of a five-man Presidium, a 15-member advisory committee and a secretariat. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 5, 1964, October 5, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of European Churches., Conference of European Churches--Congresses.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Baltic Sea., Ecumenical movement--Denmark., Communism and Christianity--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Denmark., Ships--Denmark--Copenhagen.
Geographic subjects: Baltic Sea., Denmark., Germany (East), Germany (East), Denmark., Denmark, Copenhagen., Baltic Sea., Copenhagen (Denmark), Europe--Baltic Sea
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31760; 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-31760
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356624

Title: Relic returned to Greek diocese.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31641 RELIC RETURNED TO GREEK DIOCESE PATRAS, Greece -- A famed relic, long held at the Vatican, is returned to the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Patras in Greece. Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, is shown as he delivered a message from Pope Paul VI: “For centuries we have lived like strangers, whereas a common Baptism made us all the children of God. May this day mark the beginning of a road which, with God’s help, lead us to the day when our Churches can be reunited.” The relic -- the skull of St. Andrew, the Greek diocese’s patron saint -- was returned following conversations between Pope Paul and Metropolitan Constantine of Patras in the Holy Land. The bearded metropolitan stands beside Cardinal Bea. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-ATH-9E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Bishops., Papastephanou, Constantine, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Relations--Catholic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece.
Geographic subjects: Greece., Greece., Patra (Greece), Europe--Greece--Region of Western Greece--Achaea--Pátrai
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PCO-31641; 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_PCO-31641
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356695

Title: Russian patriarch tours World Council headquarters.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31643 RUSSIAN PATRIARCH TOURS WORLD COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS GENEVA -- Patriarch Alexei of Moscow (center), head of the Russian Orthodox Church, is shown as he visited the World Council of Churches headquarters at Geneva. Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft (far right), general secretary of the WCC, honored the Patriarch and his party at a private luncheon, lauding the Russian Church for the “fidelity and perseverance which characterize the life of so many Russian Orthodox Christians.” The 87-year-old Patriarch, en route to a visit with the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, was accompanied by Metropolitan Nicodim, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s foreign affairs department (right, in white headpiece) and other clergy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-G-9E-64-MH)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., World Council of Churches., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978.
Topical Subject(s): Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PCO-31643; 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_PCO-31643
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356697

Title: Building church in Calcutta.
Description: Text transcribed from caption on reverse: India is helping the 3,000,000 refugees in the neighborhood of Calcutta by creating a new town in the jungle area of Dandakaranya to provide homes and work for 25,000 families. A house takes shape.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--India--Dandakaranya., Refugees--Housing--India--Dandakaranya., Building, Wooden--India--Dandakaranya.
Geographic subjects: India, Dandakaranya., India, Dandakaranya., India, Dandakaranya., Dandakaranya (India), Dandakaranya (India), Asia--India--Chhattīsgarh--Dandakaranya
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. TV-31755; 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_TV-31755
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356700

Title: Patriarch visits WCC leader.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31642 PATRIARCH VISITS WCC LEADER GENEVA -- Patriarch Alexei of the Russian Orthodox Church calls on Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, at Geneva. Dr. Visser ‘t Hooft paid tribute to the Patriarch for bringing to Churches of East and West “a true dialogue in which each learns from the other for mutual enrichment.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-9E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., World Council of Churches., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PCO-31642; 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_PCO-31642
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356696

Title: Ecumenicity aboard ship.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31761 ECUMENICITY ABOARD SHIP ABOARD THE BORNHOLM -- The World Council of Churches’ ecumenical emblem is affixed on the privately-owned Danish vessel, the Bornholm, where some 250 delegates from most Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Old Catholic Churches in Europe met to adopt a constitution for the European Conference of Churches. Although autonomous, the Conference is closely related to the WCC in the common effort to promote Christian unity and service. The ship-board meeting made possible participation of East German delegates who had been denied travel permits by Communist authorities to visit Denmark where sessions were to be held. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10E-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 5, 1964, October 5, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of European Churches., Conference of European Churches--Congresses., World Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Baltic Sea., Ecumenical movement--Denmark., Communism and Christianity--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Denmark., Ships--Denmark--Copenhagen.
Geographic subjects: Baltic Sea., Denmark., Germany (East), Germany (East), Denmark., Denmark, Copenhagen., Baltic Sea., Copenhagen (Denmark), Europe--Baltic Sea
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31761; 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-31761
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356625

Title: European churchmen hold shipboard conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31664 EUROPEAN CHURCHMEN HOLD SHIPBOARD CONFERENCE COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Some 200 European churchmen boarded the Danish vessel Bornholm at Copenhagen and convened a meeting of the Conference of European Churches as the ship sailed in the Baltic Sea. The meeting was held on the ship to permit participation by a 15-member delegation from East Germany. The Danish Government refused permission for the delegation to enter the country without Western allied travel documents for which East German authorities would not let them apply. Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Old Catholic representatives from nearly all European countries attended the conference. Roman Catholic observers also took part. In bottom photo, Dr. Glen Garfield Williams (left) of Geneva, Conference executive secretary, examines a news account in advance of the meeting with Bishop Hanns Lilje (center) of Hanover, chairman of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany, and Dr. Joseph L. Hromadka, dean of the Amos Comenius Theological Faculty at Prague, Czechoslovakia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-GS-10B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of European Churches--Congresses., Katholisches Bistum der Alt-Katholiken in Deutschland--Clergy., Church of England--Clergy., Orthodox Eastern Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Baltic Sea., Ecumenical movement--Denmark., Communism and Christianity--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Denmark., Ships--Denmark--Copenhagen.
Geographic subjects: Baltic Sea., Denmark., Germany (East), Germany (East), Denmark., Denmark, Copenhagen., Baltic Sea., Copenhagen (Denmark), Europe--Baltic Sea
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31664; 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-31664
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356610

Title: European churchmen hold shipboard conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31664 EUROPEAN CHURCHMEN HOLD SHIPBOARD CONFERENCE COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Some 200 European churchmen boarded the Danish vessel Bornholm at Copenhagen and convened a meeting of the Conference of European Churches as the ship sailed in the Baltic Sea. The meeting was held on the ship to permit participation by a 15-member delegation from East Germany. The Danish Government refused permission for the delegation to enter the country without Western allied travel documents for which East German authorities would not let them apply. Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Old Catholic representatives from nearly all European countries attended the conference. Roman Catholic observers also took part. In bottom photo, Dr. Glen Garfield Williams (left) of Geneva, Conference executive secretary, examines a news account in advance of the meeting with Bishop Hanns Lilje (center) of Hanover, chairman of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany, and Dr. Joseph L. Hromadka, dean of the Amos Comenius Theological Faculty at Prague, Czechoslovakia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-GS-10B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Conference of European Churches--Congresses., Williams, Glen Garfield., Lilje, Hanns, 1899-1977., Vereinigte Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Deutschlands--Bishops., Hromádka, J. L. (Josef Lukl), 1889-1969., Univerzita Karlova--Faculty., Katholisches Bistum der Alt-Katholiken in Deutschland--Clergy., Church of England--Clergy., Orthodox Eastern Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Baltic Sea., Ecumenical movement--Denmark., Communism and Christianity--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Germany (East), International travel regulations--Denmark., Ships--Denmark--Copenhagen.
Geographic subjects: Baltic Sea., Denmark., Germany (East), Germany (East), Denmark., Denmark, Copenhagen., Baltic Sea., Copenhagen (Denmark), Europe--Denmark--Hovedstaden--Copenhagen
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31664; 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-31664a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356611

Title: Refreshment stand for refugees.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31649 REFRESHMENT STAND FOR REFUGEES GARO HILLS, India -- Refugees entering a new settlement area in the Garo Hills region of India for refreshments at a roadside stand. The World Council of Churches has appealed to its member denominations for $60,000 to help the National Christian Council of India aid thousands of refugees in the area. In addition to material aid distribution, the NCCI program provides medical help and emergency shelters for the refugees. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-10A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Christian Council of India., World Council of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Emergency food supply--India--Gāro Hills., Food relief--India--Gāro Hills., Humanitarian assistance--India--Gāro Hills., Church work with refugees--India--Gāro Hills., Refugees--India--Gāro Hills.
Geographic subjects: India, Gāro Hills., India, Gāro Hills., India, Gāro Hills., India, Gāro Hills., India, Gāro Hills., Gāro Hills (India), Asia--India--Meghālaya
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31649; 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-31649
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356606

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