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- Title
- Four denominations form Appalachian council.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: P-31855 FOUR DENOMINATIONS FORM APPALACHIAN COUNCIL KINGSPORT, Tenn. -- Representative of four denominations joined to form a Pan Presbyterian Appalachian Council in Kingsport, Tenn., to fight spiritual poverty in the area. Among those at the meeting were heads of three denominations. Left to right are: Dean Felix B. Gear of Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga., moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern); Dr. Edler G. Hawkins of New York, moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; and the Rev. Gordon L. Van Oostenburg of Holland, Mich., president of the Reformed Church in America. The fourth denomination participating in the council is the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The new agency will conduct cooperative studies, develop mission strategy and carry out various programs in the Appalachian region. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-11D-64-NAB)
- Creator Name(s)
- United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Pan Presbyterian Appalachian Council (Kingsport, Tenn.), Hawkins, Edler Garnett, 1908-1977., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Gear, Felix B., Presbyterian Church in the U.S., Reformed Church in America., Van Oostenburg, Gordon Leon.
- Topical Subject(s)
- Clergy--Tennessee--Kingsport., Interdenominational cooperation--Appalachian Region., African American clergy--Tennessee--Kingsport., Christian union--Presbyterians.
- Geographic subjects
- Tennessee, Kingsport., Appalachian Region., Tennessee, Kingsport., Kingsport (Tenn.), North and Central America--United States--Tennessee--Sullivan--Kingsport
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. P-31855; 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-31855
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:356643
