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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46102 CATHOLIC-BAPTIST LIAISON NEWNAN, Ga.
-- Father Wilfred (Will) Steinbacher (right), deep south regional worker for
the Roman Catholic Glenmary Home Missioners, discusses his work as liaison
between Catholics and Southern Baptists with two Baptist ministers. The Rev.
Eugene Briscoe (left), state student secretary for the Georgia Baptist
Convention, and the Rev. Willard Brown, pastor of the Macedonia Baptist
Church in Newnan, Ga., look at a map of Christian denominations in the U.S.
with Father Steinbacher. The liaison post is fairly new for Father
Steinbacher but not for the Cincinnati-based Glenmary order, which has
conducted a liaison program between Southern Baptists and Catholics for about
seven years. "We're trying to create a sense of understanding between
Baptists and Catholics, because there was widespread misunderstanding and
mistrust between them," said Father Steinbacher, whose order was organized
about 35 years ago to minister in town and country churches in the South,
especially Appalachia. The Glenmary plan for creating Catholic-Baptist
interchange, Father Steinbacher explained, has “three prongs" -- two of
which are now underway. The basic "prong" is aimed at the grass roots, where
Glenmary priests have sought to bring the laity and posters of both
denominations together for dialogues. A typical form is a two-day meeting of
about 40 people, which includes Baptist and Catholic worship services and a
series of group discussions. Another "prong" has been the dialogues between
Catholic and Baptist leaders over the past three years and a "prong" still in
development would involve a theological dialogue involving subjects of mutual
interest, scholarly papers and three or four days of discussion in depth on
the things which Baptists and Catholics hold in common and the things on
which they disagree. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
(C-GA-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
Harwell, Jack U. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Georgia Baptist Convention., Steinbacher, Wilfred., Glenmary Home Missioners., Catholic Church--Clergy., Briscoe, Eugene., Brown, Willard B., Macedonia Baptist Church (Newnan, Ga.), Southern Baptist Convention--Relations--Catholic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Southern Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Newnan (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361534