Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Youth forum of the air.
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Text transcribed from caption: YOUTH FORUM OF THE AIR #S-4748 TACOMA, Wash. -- College and high school students who are youth members of Protestant churches serve as commentators on the Youth Forum of the Air, beamed weekly from the Little Chapel of the United Churches here. Panel discussions of interest to youth are featured. The Rev. Dr. Milton A. Marcy (fourth from left), Methodist minister, directs the comments on “Home and its Influence on the Community” which the group above, representing Presbyterian and Lutheran churches, discussed. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YPS-TAC-BS-11A-6-W)
Creator:
Yost's Photo Service (Tacoma, Wash.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Marcy, Milton A., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States., Clergy--Washington--Tacoma., Youth in church work--Washington--Tacoma., Radio programs--Washington--Tacoma., Church and mass media--Washington--Tacoma., Interdenominational cooperation--Washington--Tacoma.
Geographic subjects:
Tacoma (Wash.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360558
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Noted ministers exchange pulpits.
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Text transcribed from caption: #4827 NOTED MINISTERS EXCHANGE PULPITS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Methodist and a Baptist minister exchange pulpits in the interest of fostering interdenominational understanding. The Rev. Dr. Frederick Brown Harris (left) greets the Rev. Dr. Edward H. Pruden on the steps of the Foundry Methodist church as Dr. Pruden arrives to conduct the service. Dr. Harris, who is chaplain of the United States Senate, then walked over to occupy Dr. Pruden’s pulpit in the First Baptist church, where President Truman is a parishioner. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (P-WASH-BS-11C6-M-B)
Creator:
Washington Post Company. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Foundry United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.), Harris, Frederick Brown, 1883-1970., Pruden, Edward Hughes, 1903-1987., Northern Baptist Convention--Clergy., United States. Congress. Senate--Chaplains.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360469
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
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Text transcribed from caption: 4127 HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [8] BOSTON -- Since 1944 the Massachusetts Council of Churches has sponsored a Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital here. Chief purpose of the Institute is to train clergymen in hospital routines; this training to be utilized in their work of ministering to the sick both as regular clergymen and as hospital trainees. Classes and practical work form basis of course. Here Joseph F. Coble, Methodist theological student from North Carolina, is shown at blackboard during discussion period. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Coble, Joseph F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359788
Title:
Hospital course trains clergymen.
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Text transcribed from caption: 4120B HOSPITAL COURSE TRAINS CLERGYMEN [1] BOSTON -- A four-man staff directs the Summer Institute of Pastoral Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital here. Photo shows the Rev. Rollin R. Fairbanks, executive director (second from right), discussing the day’s schedule. Instructors are (left to right): the Rev. E. K. Van Winkle, Protestant Episcopal clergyman from Worcester, Mass.; Joseph F. Coble, Methodist theological student from North Carolina, and the Rev. James H. Burns, Baptist minister from Princeton, Mass. Mr. Fairbanks is chaplain of the hospital. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-7D-6-ROTO)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Massachusetts General Hospital., Fairbanks, Rollin R., Van Winkle, E. K., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Coble, Joseph F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Burns, James H.
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Clergy--Post-ordination training., Chaplains, Hospital   --Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359781
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Religious leaders among group going to Russia.
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Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator:
Seskind. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359773
Title:
Religious leaders among group going to Russia.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4102 RELIGIOUS LEADERS AMONG GROUP GOING TO RUSSIA NEW YORK -- Shown at LaGuardia Field here before their departure for Russia where they will tour the devastated areas of the Soviet Union are Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, minister of Christ Methodist Church, New York (left), and Dr. Louie D. Newton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention (third from right). The delegation is composed of seven Americans active in behalf of the American Society for Russian Relief. They were invited to make the tour by the Soviet Government and the Soviet Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Other members of the group are (left to right): Louis Levine, member of the executive board of the World Jewish Congress; Mrs. LaFell Dickinson, president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs; Peter Grimm, president of the New York State Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Society for Russian Relief; Dr. Edward Young, Boston surgeon and chairman of the executive committee of the Cabot Memorial Fund, and Fred Myers, executive director of the American Society for Russian Relief. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-MES-7B-6-W)
Creator:
Seskind. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Newton, Louie D. (Louie Devotie), 1892-1986., Southern Baptist Convention., American Society for Russian Relief, Inc., International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies., Levine, Louis., World Jewish Congress., Dickinson, Lucy Jennings, 1882-1971., General Federation of Women's Clubs., Grimm, Peter., New York Chamber of Commerce., Myers, Fred., Young, Edward.
Topics:
Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Soviet Union., International relief--Soviet Union., War relief--Soviet Union., Interdenominational cooperation--Soviet Union., Air travel--New York (State)--New York., Missions--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359772
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The church comes to the prison.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: THE CHURCH COMES TO THE PRISON #s-3408 SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Inmates of the Chatham County Jail here participate in a Sunday Communion Service conducted by the Rev. H.E. Stipe, pastor of Grace Methodist church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JS-SN-MES-5A-6-W-M)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stipe, H.E., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Liturgy.
Topics:
Clergy--Georgia--Savannah., Church work with prisoners--Georgia--Savannah., Prisoners--Georgia--Savannah., Male prisoners--Georgia--Savannah., Jails--Georgia--Savannah.
Geographic subjects:
Savannah (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359578
Title:
Religious leaders.
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taft, Charles P. (Charles Phelps), 1897-1983., Tittle, Ernest Fremont, 1885-1959., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Commencement ceremonies.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359068
Title:
Korean church marks 25th anniversary.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #995 KOREAN CHURCH MARKS 25TH ANNIVERSARY NEW YORK -- The 25th anniversary of the Korean Church in New York City was observed with a special service at Christ Church (Methodist). Leaders attending included (left to right) Rev. Channing Liem, Dr. Bliss W. Billings, Dr. John A. Mackay, and Dr. Ralph W. Sockman. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-LM-11-13-5)
Creator:
Suke, B. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Korean Methodist Church and Institute (New York, N.Y.), Liem, Channing, 1909-1996., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.), Billings, Bliss W., Mackay, John Alexander, 1889-1983., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--Clergy., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Anniversaries, etc.
Topics:
Korean American churches--New York (State)--New York., Korean American Methodists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358918
Title:
Laymen take over churches -- for a day.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #855 LAYMEN TAKE OVER CHURCHES -- FOR A DAY Laymen took over Protestant churches in many communities on Laymen’s Sunday, preached the sermon and greeted members of the congregation. Typical of the annual observance was this scene showing J.C. Penny [sic. J.C. Penney], head of the famous chain of department stores, welcoming members of Christ Church in New York City as the pastor, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, looks on. (CS-NY-LM-10235)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Penney, J. C. (James Cash), 1875-1971., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Laity--Protestant churches., Church membership--New York (State)--New York., Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Businesspeople--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358873
Title:
Laymen take over churches -- for a day.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #855 LAYMEN TAKE OVER CHURCHES -- FOR A DAY Laymen took over Protestant churches in many communities on Laymen’s Sunday, preached the sermon and greeted members of the congregation. Typical of the annual observance was this scene showing J.C. Penny [sic. J.C. Penney], head of the famous chain of department stores, welcoming members of Christ Church in New York City as the pastor, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, looks on. (CS-NY-LM-10235)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Penney, J. C. (James Cash), 1875-1971., Sockman, Ralph W. (Ralph Washington), 1889-1970., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Christ Church, United Methodist (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Laity--Protestant churches., Church membership--New York (State)--New York., Church attendance--New York (State)--New York., Businesspeople--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358872
Title:
Catholic layman addresses Methodist congregation.
Creator:
Duvall, Owen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beirne, Joseph A., 1911-1974., Communications Workers of America., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Ross, Edwin A., Hollis, Ardie.
Topics:
Labor leaders--Maryland--Silver Spring., Ecumenical movement--United States., Clergy--Maryland--Silver Spring., Racism--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Silver Spring (Md.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358126
Title:
Injunction served during racial prayer service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29735 INJUNCTION SERVED DURING RACIAL PRAYER SERVICE CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- One of the few Clarksdale, Miss., white men to step inside the city’s First Baptist church during a prayer service for racial unity was a county deputy sheriff. He served an injunction on two of 36 ministers from several states who traveled to Clarksdale at the request of the National Council of Churches’ special Commission on Religion and Race. The injunction, while not applicable to the religious observance in the Negro church, was a sweeping ban against virtually all types of integration demonstrations. None of the approximately 20 white Clarksdale clergymen took part in the prayer service. The NCC commission and Clarksdale Negro ministers held the service in an effort to establish communication with local authorities. The injuction was handed here to the Rev. Brad Minturn, left, a Protestant Episcopal minister of Silver Spring, Md., and the Rev. Gerald Forshey, a leader of the Interracial Council of Methodists in Chicago, Ill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-8C-63-NBM)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Commission on Religion and Race., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Minturn, Brad., Forshey, Gerald Eugene, 1932-, Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Prayer--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Injunctions--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Clergy--Mississippi--Clarksdale., Sheriffs--Mississippi--Coahoma County.
Geographic subjects:
Clarksdale (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358085
Title:
Church picketed in Houston.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29689 CHURCH PICKETED IN HOUSTON HOUSTON, Tex. -- An “all-out” picketing campaign against the 3,600-member all-white First Baptist church in Houston, Texas, was launched by the Congress for Racial Equality. The pastor of the church is Dr. K. Owen White, president of the 10-million-member Southern Baptist Convention. Though Negroes have been admitted to worship services, pickets protested the denial of six membership applications. IN a statement issued after the first application was refused, Dr. White said that in view of existing racial tensions it was believed wise to continue present membership policies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MS-Hou-8A-63-NBM)
Creator:
Steakley, Melvin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bell, A. Edward., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., First Baptist Church (Houston, Tex.), Southern Baptist Convention--Presidents.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Methodists., Civil rights demonstrations--Texas--Houston., Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Texas--Houston., Racism--Religious aspects--Baptists., Picketing--Texas--Houston.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358081
Title:
Names (L to R) and caption.
Creator:
Duvall, Owen. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beirne, Joseph A., 1911-1974., Communications Workers of America., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Ross, Edwin A., Hollis, Ardie.
Topics:
Labor leaders--Maryland--Silver Spring., Ecumenical movement--United States., Clergy--Maryland--Silver Spring.
Geographic subjects:
Silver Spring (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357923
Title:
Pickets march.
Creator:
Steakley, Melvin. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bell, A. Edward., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., First Baptist Church (Houston, Tex.), Southern Baptist Convention--Presidents.
Topics:
Civil rights--Religious aspects--Methodists., Civil rights demonstrations--Texas--Houston., Civil rights movements--United States., Segregation--Religious aspects--Baptists., Clergy--Texas--Houston., Racism--Religious aspects--Baptists., Picketing--Texas--Houston.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357761
Title:
Everybody assembles toys.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #27A EVERYBODY ASSEMBLES TOYS Alton, Ill...Even minister, center, with apron. The Rev. Omar F. Whitlock, pastor of the First Methodist church, assisted the couples in their endeavor, since money was for "Crusade for Christ," a Methodist effort to raise post-war funds for missionaries to re-enter foreign fields.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., First Methodist Church (East Alton, Ill.), Whitlock, Omar F., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Church fund raising--Illinois--East Alton., Toy making--Illinois--East Alton., Church work with young adults--Illinois--East Alton., Married people in missionary work--Methodist Church.
Geographic subjects:
East Alton (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357540
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357533
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357532
Title:
First woman to be ordained at Boston University.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: FIRST WOMAN TO BE ORDAINED AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY #1511 Climaxing 20 years of religious work, Miss Grace Wasem of Girard, Kansas, yesterday received the honor of being ordained as an elder of the Methodist Church, becoming the first woman in the 107-year-old history of Boston University School of Theology to be so ordained. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wasem, Grace., Boston University. School of Theology--Students., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Ordination of women--Methodist Church., Elders (Church officers)--Methodist Church., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Women seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston., Seminarians--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357325

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