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Title: National Council of the Churches of Christ press release, October 26, 1954
Description: National Council of the Churches of Christ press release, October 26, 1954. Highlights the stories of refugees who come from Europe to resettle in America with support from the Church World Service.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1954, October 26, 1954, October 26, 1954
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with refugees--New York (State)., Refugees--Europe., Refugees--Europe.
Geographic subjects: New York (State)., Europe., Europe., New York (State), Europe., North and Central America--United States--New York, Europe
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 50, image no. P-16781; 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-16781-03
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147270

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: Mau Mau mobile unit dedicated.
Description: Mrs. Stuart Sinclair and Hazel Anderson with the station wagon to be used for Christian ministry in Kenya.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., Sinclair, Stuart, Mrs., Mau Mau., Anderson, Hazel.
Topical Subject(s): Kikuyu (African people)--Missions., Christian women--Ohio--Cleveland., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Station wagons--Ohio--Cleveland., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Missions--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), Kenya., North and Central America--United States--Cuyahoga--Ohio--Cleveland, Africa--Kenya
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18354; 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-18354
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151609

Title: World relief leader honored.
Description: National Council of Churches press release regarding Harper Sibely of the Church World Service receiving a portrait bust of himself.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 27, 1955, October 27, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959--Statues., Reznak, Joseph T., Elliott, Roland., Wilson, R. Norris.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Busts.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18297; 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-18297_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150771

Title: Top lay leaders meet.
Description: National presidents and executive directors of major U.S. Protestant, Catholic and Jewish laymen's organizations met to discuss mutual concerns and plan future contacts.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church\u2014Relations., Liebowitz, Seymour M., Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972., Donnelly, John F., Lebow, Sylvan., Work, Martin., Calame, Don L.
Topical Subject(s): Laity--New York (State)--New York., Protestant churches--Relations., Judaism--Relations.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. PC-32874; 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-32874
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151392

Title: Refugee makes gift to church relief leader.
Description: Harper Sibley of the Church World Service is presented with a portrait bust of himself.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955, October 27, 1955, October 27, 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959., Sibley, Harper, 1885-1959--Statues., Reznak, Joseph T., Elliott, Roland., Wilson, R. Norris.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Czechoslovakia., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Busts.
Geographic subjects: Czechoslovakia., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18297; 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-18297
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151497

Title: National Council of the Churches of Christ press release, October 26, 1954.
Description: National Council of the Churches of Christ press release, October 26, 1954. Highlights the stories of refugees who come from Europe to resettle in America with support from the Church World Service.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1954, October 26, 1954, October 26, 1954
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with refugees--New York (State)., Refugees--Europe., Refugees--Europe.
Geographic subjects: New York (State)., Europe., Europe., New York (State), Europe., North and Central America--United States--New York, Europe
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 50, image no. P-16781; 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-16781-02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147286

Title: Nuns on religion in school panel.
Description: Two nuns attended the section dealing with \u201ctreatment of religious viewpoints in the public school curriculum\u201d attracted three times as many delegates and observers as any other group meeting at the National Conference on Religion and Public Education held under the auspices of the National Council of Churches. The section divided into three smaller groups to discuss curriculum and one of them is shown here. At end in background are the section chairman, Dr. Harold A. Pflug of Webster Grove, Mo., and on his right, the recorder, Mrs. Gerald Walsh of Syracuse, N.Y.
Creator Name(s): Runder, W. C. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Pflug, Harold A., Walsh, Gerald, Mrs.
Topical Subject(s): Religion in the public schools--Missouri--Saint Louis., Church and education--Missouri--Saint Louis., Interdenominational cooperation--Missouri--Saint Louis., Meetings--Missouri--Saint Louis., Nuns--Missouri--Saint Louis.
Geographic subjects: Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Missouri, Saint Louis., Saint Louis (Mo.), North and Central America--United States--Missouri--Saint Louis
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. PC-18335; 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-18335
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151512

Title: Foreign church women honored.
Description: Renuka Mukerji, Unsook Saw, and Mrs. George Sembeguya at the 7th National Assembly of the United Church Women.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1955
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Department of United Church Women., Saw, Unsook., Ihwa Yŏja Taehakkyo., Sembeguya, George, Mrs., Mukerji, Renuka.
Topical Subject(s): Christian women--Ohio--Cleveland., Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Cuyahoga--Ohio--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55A, image no. P-18355; 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-18355
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151542

Title: Ambassador Stevenson recognized church support of UN.
Description: Adlai E. Stevenson (second from right), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, hailed long support of the International organization by church groups as he took part in 1963 ceremonies dedicating the Church Center for the United Nations in New York.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, ca. September 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations--New York (State)--New York., Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965., United Nations. Secretary-General (1961-1971 : Thant), Ensley, Francis Gerald, 1907-1976., United Nations--Officials and employees, American., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994., Thant, U, 1909-1974.
Topical Subject(s): Ambassadors--United States.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 109A, image no. P-32844; 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-32844
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151326

Title: Religious support for civil rights bill.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30893 RELIGIOUS SUPPORT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A demand that the U.S. Senate pass the “strongest possible” civil rights bill was made by leading Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish spokesmen as they announced an interreligious convocation in support of the measure would be held in the nation’s capital on April 28. A joint statement calling the convocation and stating that religious groups cannot watch the debate as “uninvolved spectators” was issued by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake (speaking), chief executive officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and head of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race; Father John F. Cronin, S.S. (left), assistant director of the Social Action Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-4D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Thompson, Kenneth. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, April 1964, April 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Miller, Uri, 1906-1972., Synagogue Council of America., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Cronin, John F. (John Francis), 1908-1994., National Catholic Welfare Conference., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Ecumenical movement--Washington (D.C.), Speeches, addresses, etc., Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30893; 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-30893
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348433

Title: Woman ordained in AME church.
Description: Press release from the National Council of Churches.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa May 18, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Webb, Lillian Friar., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Blackburn, Malcolm., African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy., Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church (Jamaica, New York, N.Y.)
Topical Subject(s): African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., Women clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American women clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PN-31024; 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_PN-31024_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348639

Title: Easter dawn service at Radio City Music Hall.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30791 EASTER DAWN SERVICE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK -- More than 5,500 persons were in New York’s Radio City Music Hall at 7 a.m. Easter morning to take part in the 45th annual Easter Dawn Service sponsored by the Manhattan Division of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Musical selections were provided by the Hope College Chapel Choir of Holland, Mich., (top photo) and the “Sponono Singers” of South Africa, members of the cast of the Broadway play, “Sponono,” by Alan Paton and Krishna Shah. Among those leading the hour-long service (bottom photo) were, from left to right: Philip Huston, a Broadway actor and lay member of St. Clement’s Episcopal church in Manhattan; the Rev. L.E. Terrell, pastor of Manhattan’s Union Baptist church; Dr. Lawrence L. Durgin, president of the Protestant Council’s Manhattan Division and pastor of Broadway Congregational church; Dr. Walter E. Bock, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran church in New York (at podium), and Dr. Dan M. Potter, executive director of the Protestant Council (far right). The sermon was delivered by Dr. Richard Allen Hildebrand, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Manhattan, who declared that the Easter message calls on all Americans to work for equal rights for all citizens. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-3E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 29, 1964, March 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), Huston, Philip, 1910-1980., Terrell, L.E., Durgin, Lawrence L., Bock, Walter E., Potter, Dan M., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Easter--New York (State)--New York., Easter service., Protestant churches--Clergy., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30791; 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-30791a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348366

Title: Easter dawn service at Radio City Music Hall.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30791 EASTER DAWN SERVICE AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL NEW YORK -- More than 5,500 persons were in New York’s Radio City Music Hall at 7 a.m. Easter morning to take part in the 45th annual Easter Dawn Service sponsored by the Manhattan Division of the Protestant Council of the City of New York. Musical selections were provided by the Hope College Chapel Choir of Holland, Mich., (top photo) and the “Sponono Singers” of South Africa, members of the cast of the Broadway play, “Sponono,” by Alan Paton and Krishna Shah. Among those leading the hour-long service (bottom photo) were, from left to right: Philip Huston, a Broadway actor and lay member of St. Clement’s Episcopal church in Manhattan; the Rev. L.E. Terrell, pastor of Manhattan’s Union Baptist church; Dr. Lawrence L. Durgin, president of the Protestant Council’s Manhattan Division and pastor of Broadway Congregational church; Dr. Walter E. Bock, pastor of St. Peter’s Lutheran church in New York (at podium), and Dr. Dan M. Potter, executive director of the Protestant Council (far right). The sermon was delivered by Dr. Richard Allen Hildebrand, pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church in Manhattan, who declared that the Easter message calls on all Americans to work for equal rights for all citizens. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PC-NY-3E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 29, 1964, March 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Protestant Council of the City of New York., Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.), Hope College. Chapel Choir., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Topical Subject(s): Easter--New York (State)--New York., Easter service., Choirs (Music)--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--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., Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30791; 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-30791
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348365

Title: National Council holds assembly.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30313 NATIONAL COUNCIL HOLDS ASSEMBLY PHILADELPHIA -- About 4,000 delegates, consultants and visitors attended the sixth triennial General Assembly of the National Council of Churches in Philadelphia. Photo shows part of the crowd in Convention Hall during an opening session. Assembly theme, “Servants of the Eternal Christ,” is symbolized on stage by figures depicting Christians in the service of others down through the centuries. At right is statue of Christ symbolically surveying the ages. The NCC represents 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies with more than 40 million members. Attending the assembly as official observers were five Catholic priests and five Jewish leaders. 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.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects: 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-30313; 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-30313
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352928

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: New NCC president receives gavel.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30335 NEW NCC PRESIDENT RECEIVES GAVEL PHILADELPHIA -- Senior Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, right, new president of the National Council of Churches, is congratulated after receiving the presidential gavel from J. Irwin Miller of Columbus, Ind., outgoing NCC head. Bishop Mueller, who comes from Indianapolis, Ind., was elected to the National Council post at its triennial General Assembly in Philadelphia. As NCC president, he heads the largest non-Catholic church organization in this country, representing 31 Protestant and Orthodox bodies with more than 40,000,000 members. Mr. Miller, a member of the Disciples of Christ, was the first lay president of the Council. 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 7, 1963, December 7, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Miller, J. Irwin (Joseph Irwin), 1909-2004., 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., Evangelical United Brethren Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Bishops--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Ecumenical movement--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
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. P-30335; 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-30335
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352932

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: Billy Graham talks with Harvard students.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30638 BILLY GRAHAM TALKS WITH HARVARD STUDENTS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Evangelist Billy Graham answers questions from Harvard University students on a variety of subjects from theology to civil rights during a 2 ½ -hour informal session. The talk was his last in a series of week-long meetings with college students in the Boston area. While in Boston, the famed evangelist made arrangements for his New England Crusade in September. Before leaving the city, Mr. Graham suggested that Negro leaders declare a moratorium on protest demonstrations until the Senate ends debate on civil rights legislation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-2C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Harvard University--Students., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Topical Subject(s): Church work with college students--Massachusetts--Cambridge., Social movements--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Evangelists--United States., College students--Massachusetts--Cambridge.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Cambridge., United States., Massachusetts, Cambridge., Cambridge (Mass.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Middlesex--Cambridge
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30638; 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-30638
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353813

Title: Award-winning Scouts tour religious, government centers.
Description: Alternate caption.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 11, 1964, February 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin., Boy Scouts of America., Michigami, Mike., Adamson, Jim., Hess, Jim.
Topical Subject(s): Eagle Scouts., Boy Scouts.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30601; 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-30601_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353618

Title: Award-winning Scouts tour religious, government centers.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30601 AWARD-WINNING SCOUTS TOUR RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENT CENTERS NEW YORK -- National Council of Churches activities are explained by Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, general secretary (second from left), to award-winning Eagle Scouts on a tour of religious and government centers in New York and Washington, D.C, during Boy Scout Week, Feb. 7-13. The Scouts, Mike Michigami (left) of Portland, Ore., and Jim Adamson of Geneseo, N.Y., and 10 others were chosen for the tour because of scouting achievements, scholastic records and service to their churches. Accompanying the group was Jim Hess, national assistant director of civic relationships for the Boy Scouts of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 11, 1964, February 11, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin., Boy Scouts of America., Michigami, Mike., Adamson, Jim., Hess, Jim.
Topical Subject(s): Eagle Scouts., Boy Scouts.
Geographic subjects: New York (N.Y.), Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30601; 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-30601
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353806

Title: Art club popular at Pennsylvania church.
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Christ Lutheran Church (York County, Pa.), Lutheran Church in America.
Topical Subject(s): Art--Study and teaching--Pennsylvania--Spry., Church and education--Pennsylvania--Spry., Church work with families--Pennsylvania--Spry., Recreation in church work--Pennsylvania--Spry.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30579; 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-30579_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353496

Title: Senior African pastors.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32195 SENIOR AFRICAN PASTORS NEW YORK -- Certificates marking completion of a nine-month African Senior Pastors’ Institute in the U.S. were presented to 10 African clergymen at the National Council of Churches’ headquarters in New York. Jointly arranged by the NCC and the World Council of Churches, the institute included seminary study, conferences and three months of local parish work. From left to right are the Rev. Joseph Adeke of the Anglican Church in Uganda; the Rev. Geoffrey Ngare, Presbyterian pastor from Ghana; the Rev. David Gana, Presbyterian pastor from West Cameroon; the Rev. Kermit Overton, fraternal worker in Cameroon for the United Presbyterian Church and director of the Institute; the Rev. Charles Kittoe, principal of Freeman College in Ghana where Methodist lay workers and catechists are trained; the Rev. Emmanuel Agyako-Mensah, Presbyterian pastor in Ghana; the Rev. Daudi Udali, Anglican pastor in Kenya; the Rev. Wesley Manda, Presbyterian pastor in Malawi; the Rev. Hezron Rachier, Anglican pastor in Kenya, and the Rev. Laadan Kamau, Anglican pastor in Kenya. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-2D-65-W)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Adeke, Joseph., Ngare, Geoffrey., Adiku, Ehrenfried Tongo., Gana, David., Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kittoe, Charles Dawson., Agyako-Mensah, Emmanuel., Udali, Daudi., Manda, Wesley., Rachier, Hezron., Kamau, Laadan.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy, Black--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Christian education--Study and teaching--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., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32195; 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-32195
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355911

Title: Dr. Weigle honored for Bible work.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31985 DR. WEIGLE HONORED FOR BIBLE WORK NEW YORK -- Dr. Luther A. Weigle (right), dean emeritus of Yale University Divinity School and chairman of the committee which produced the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of the Bible, was honored in New York as a new RSV Bible Room was formally opened at the Interchurch Center. A plaque paying tribute to his 60 years of service as ecumenical leader and “scholar, teacher and administrator” is examined by Dr. Weigle with his daughter, Mrs. William Quillian, Jr., of Lynchburgh [sic], Va., and Dr. Edmund Wagner, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Interchurch Center. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-1A-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Weigle, Luther A. (Luther Allan), 1880-1976., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Revised Standard Version Bible Committee., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.), Wagner, Edmund F., Quillian, Margaret Weigle.
Topical Subject(s): Bible. English--Versions--Revised Standard Version., Plaques, plaquettes--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Bible--Translating.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31985; 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-31985
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355892

Title: Uganda official honored by NCC.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31787 UGANDA OFFICIAL HONORED BY NCC NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Green Katongole (left), Permanent Secretary of Uganda’s Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism, was honored in New York at a luncheon given by the National Council of Churches’ Radio, Visual Education and Mass Communication Committee. He is shown here with Dr. R.H. Edwin Espy, NCC general secretary. From 1951 to 1953 Dr. Katongole studied in the United States on a scholarship awarded by the Council’s Department of World Literacy and Christian Literature. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 19, 1964, October 19, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Katongole, Richard Green., Uganda. Ministry of Information, Broadcasting and Tourism., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Espy, R. H. Edwin.
Topical Subject(s): Church and mass media--New York (State)--New York., Public relations--Uganda.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., Uganda., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31787; 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-31787
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356627

Title: Mobile demical unit dedicated.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31934 MOBILE MEDICAL UNIT DEDICATED NEW YORK -- Dr. Richard Steward, a missionary doctor attached to the United Andean Indian Mission, examines equipment in a $7,500 mobile medical unit which he and colleagues will use in mission work in Indian villages in the Ecuador mountains. Looking on is the Rev. John H. Sinclair, secretary of the UAIM, which coordinates the work in Ecuador of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the United Church of Christ. The unit was unveiled at a ceremony in New York. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-12C-64-MH)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Steward, Richard., United Andean Indian Mission., Sinclair, John H., 1924-
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Ecuador., Missions, Medical--Ecuador., Physicians--New York (State)--New York., Indigenous peoples--Missions--Andes Region., Interdenominational cooperation--New York (State)--New York., Presbyterian Church--Missions--Ecuador.
Geographic subjects: Ecuador., Ecuador., New York (State), New York., Andes Region., New York (State), New York., Ecuador., New York (N.Y.), Ecuador., North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31934; 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-31934
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356658

Title: Christian-Jewish relations authority visits U.S.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31800 CHRISTIAN-JEWISH RELATIONS AUTHORITY VISITS U.S. NEW YORK -- Dr. Gertrud Luckner, noted German Catholic scholar who has devoted most of her life to improving interreligious relations, and Rabbi Arthur Gilbert, staff consultant to the National Conference of Christians and Jews’ Religious Freedom and Public Affairs Project, examine a copy of a publication she edits, “Freiburger Rundbrief.” Dr. Luckner, who survived three years in a Nazi concentration camp and has been honored by Israel on many occasion for her assistance to Jews, was the guest at a reception held in New York as she arrived in the U.S. for a two-month lecture tour. Her publication, which is devoted to “promoting friendship between the old and new people of God under both the Old and New Testaments,” is sponsored by Catholics but also features articles by Protestants and Jews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-11B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa November 15, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Luckner, Gertrud., Gilbert, Arthur., National Conference of Christians and Jews., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
Topical Subject(s): Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--Germany., Women in church work--New York (State)--New York., Judaism--Relations--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., Germany., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31800; 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-31800
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356677

Title: Churchmen discuss equal opportunity.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31853 CHURCHMEN DISCUSS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WARRENTON, Va. -- Former Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins (center), director of the Community Relations Service established by the Civil Rights Act, presides at a session during a four-day consultation at Warrenton, Va., where some 150 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish clergy and laymen discussed ways to implement the Civil Rights Act and the new anti-poverty program. Sharing the speakers’ table are Dr. Robert W. Spike (right), executive director of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race, and Dr. J. Oscar Lee, associate director of the NCC commission. The consultation was sponsored by the NCC, the National Catholic Welfare Conference and the Synagogue Council of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-11D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Community Relations Service., Collins, LeRoy., Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Lee, James Oscar., Synagogue Council of America., National Catholic Welfare Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Judaism., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights movements--United States., Church and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects: United States., United States., Warrenton (Va.), North and Central America--United States--Virginia--Fauquier--Warrenton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31853; 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-31853
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356684

Title: Iowa farmers honored for crop donations.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-37893 [sic] IOWA FARMERS HONORED FOR CROP DONATIONS DES MOINES, Iowa -- Bishop Reuben H. Mueller, president of the National Council of Churches (left), and members of the NCC’s policy-making General Board gather at a railroad depot in Des Moines, Iowa. They dedicate two carloads of corn and soybeans given in the Iowa CROP campaign for overseas distribution through Church World Service, the Council’s material aid agency. The NCC president, senior bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, paid tribute to Iowa churchmen and farmers for their participation in the relief program, noting that the CROP (Christian Rural Overseas Program) of Church World Service started in Iowa in 1947. Next to Bishop Mueller is Dr. Lavern Kinzel of the Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ), Iowa state CROP chairman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-DI-NY-12A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. (photographer), National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 2, 1964, December 2, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service., Christian Rural Overseas Program., Kinzel, LaVern., Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Iowa--Des Moines., Bishops--Iowa--Des Moines., Farmers--Charitable contributions., Railroad trains--Iowa--Des Moines.
Geographic subjects: Iowa, Des Moines., Iowa, Des Moines., Iowa, Des Moines., Des Moines (Iowa), North and Central America--United States--Iowa--Polk--Des Moines
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31893; 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-31893
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356646

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