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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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:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355945
Title:
African and Russian churchmen meet.
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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:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Bishops--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355901
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:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355900
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:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
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)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355899
Title:
WCC General Secretary opens Central Committee meeting.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
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)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355774
Title:
World Council of Churches photo.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355670
Title:
Church and society conference discussed.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
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.
Topics:
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:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355642
Title:
Sudan Interior Mission launches magazine.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30554 SUDAN INTERIOR MISSION LAUNCHES MAGAZINE LAGOS, Nigeria -- Seventy years of activity by the Sudan Interior Mission was hailed at Lagos, Nigeria, by local church leaders as the Rev. Raymond J. Davis, left, general director if [sic. of] the interdenominational mission society, attended a reception during which the SIM's new French magazine, Champion, was dedicated. Over 500 people, churchmen and representatives of several African nations, attended. Welcoming the SIM official was the Rev. Gin Maigari, (second from left) president of the Association of Evangelical Churches of West Africa, who cited the independence of Nigeria and expressed gratitude that the SIM "is still willing to help our young nation in many ways, especially spiritually." Copies of the new magazine are being presented here by Mademoiselle G. Joly of France, editor. At right is E.E. Esua, general secretary of the Nigeria Union of Teachers. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WHF-Nig-2B-64-NBM)
Creator:
Dallas Morning News (Dallas, Tex.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sudan Interior Mission., Davis, Raymond J., Maigari, Gin., Evangelical Churches of West Africa., Joly, G., Esua, E.E., Nigeria Union of Teachers.
Topics:
Periodicals--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Religious literature--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Publishers and publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., African literature (French), Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353795
Title:
Sudan Interior Mission launches magazine.
Creator:
Meeker, David. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sudan Interior Mission., Davis, Raymond J., Maigari, Gin., Evangelical Churches of West Africa., Joly, G., Esua, E.E., Nigeria Union of Teachers.
Topics:
Periodicals--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Religious literature--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Publishers and publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., African literature (French), Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353558
Title:
Youth for Christ' team in Nigeria.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30234 ‘YOUTH FOR CHRIST’ TEAM IN NIGERIA LAGOS, Nigeria -- This “Youth for Christ” team held many successful meetings throughout Nigeria. The group spent a month in the country, following visits to Ethiopia, where they had an audience with Emperor Haile Selassie, and Sudan. It was to continue on to meetings in Liberia and Sierra Leone before returning to the U.S. shortly before Christmas. Left to right, the U.S. musicians and singers are Gilbert Moergerle, Pittsburgh; Jay Platte, Indianapolis; Steve Edwards, Syracuse; Ed Johnson, Detroit; and Jim Bolder, Muskegon. The group lost the services of its leader, Gerald Major of Scranton, Pa., who was hospitalized for two weeks with spinal meningitis, a case that was rapidly arrested upon treatment. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WHE-11D-63-W)
Creator:
Fuller, W.H. (photographer), Niger-Challenge Press (Lagos, Nigeria) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Major, Gerald H., Youth for Christ/USA., Moegerle, Gilbert., Platte, Jay., Edwards, Steve., Johnson, Ed., Bolden, Jim.
Topics:
Youth in church work--Nigeria--Lagos., Musicians--Nigeria--Lagos., Male musicians--Nigeria--Lagos., Evangelistic work--Nigeria--Lagos., Missionaries--Nigeria--Lagos., African American missionaries--Nigeria--Lagos.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352918
Title:
Youth for Christ' team in Nigeria.
Description:
Narrative description by photographer W.H. Fuller.
Creator:
Fuller, W.H. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Major, Gerald H., Youth for Christ/USA., Moegerle, Gilbert., Platte, Jay., Edwards, Steve., Johnson, Ed., Bolden, Jim.
Topics:
Youth in church work--Nigeria--Lagos., Musicians--Nigeria--Lagos., Male musicians--Nigeria--Lagos., Evangelistic work--Nigeria--Lagos., Missionaries--Nigeria--Lagos., African American missionaries--Nigeria--Lagos.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352782
Title:
Queen attends service in Nigeria.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #PEP-18688. QUEEN ATTENDS SERVICE IN NIGERIA. LAGOS, NIGERIA -- Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Cathedral Church of Christ here after attending a service of commemoration for members of the Royal West African Frontier Force who died during World War II. With her are the Most Rev. James L. C. Horstead, Anglican Archbishop of West Africa; and his chaplain who is holding the Primatial Cross of the Province of West Africa. The sermon was preached by Dr. A. W. Howells, Bishop of Lagos; and the lesson read by the Duke of Edinburgh, who accompanied his wife on her visit. The Queen is the first ruling British monarch to tour the West Coast of Africa. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WHF-LAG-2A-56-NAB-PEP)
Creator:
African Challenge Photo. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022., Horstead, James Lawrence Cecil, Rev., 1898-1989., Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force.
Topics:
Monarchy--Great Britain., Commonwealth countries--Tours--Nigeria--Lagos., Anglican Communion--Clergy--Nigeria--Lagos.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293405
Title:
Queen Elizabeth worships on African soil.
Creator:
African Challenge Photo. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022., Horstead, James Lawrence Cecil, Rev., 1898-1989., Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force.
Topics:
Monarchy--Great Britain., Commonwealth countries--Tours--Nigeria--Lagos., Anglican Communion--Clergy--Nigeria--Lagos.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293384
Title:
Queen attends service in Nigeria.
Creator:
African Challenge Photo. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022., Horstead, James Lawrence Cecil, Rev., 1898-1989., Great Britain. Army. Royal West African Frontier Force.
Topics:
Monarchy--Great Britain., Commonwealth countries--Tours--Nigeria--Lagos., Anglican Communion--Clergy--Nigeria--Lagos.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:293378
Title:
General Kitching in Africa.
Description:
Oba Adele Adeniji, II, Chief of Lagos, welcomes General and Mrs. Wilfred Kitching at a reception ceremony for them in front of the Salvation Army Headquarters, Lagos, Nigeria on Nov. 2, 1955. General Kitching is the first international leader of the Salvation Army to visit Nigeria.
Creator:
Fuller, W. H. (photographer), The African Challenge (Lagos, Nigeria) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army--Missions., Kitching, Wilfred, 1893-1977., Adele, Adeniji., Kitching, Kathleen.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Kings and rulers.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria), Lagos (Nigeria)--Kings and rulers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151458
Title:
To train Nigerian Sunday school teachers.
Description:
Miss Lenora Flores (Philippines) and Mr. W. Dalrymple (Canada) of the World Council of Education visiting the Sunday School of the Trinity Methodist Church (Tinubu) in Lagos, Nigeria.
Creator:
The African Challenge (Lagos, Nigeria) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Christian Education and Sunday School Association., Flores, Leonara., Dalrymple, W., Osinuga, O., Sago, P. K.
Topics:
Missions--Educational work--Nigeria--Lagos., Sunday schools--Nigeria--Lagos., Sunday school teachers--Nigeria--Lagos., Christian education--Teacher training--Nigeria--Lagos., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151455
Title:
Meredith continues studies in Nigeria.
Description:
James Meredith, who in 1963 became the first African American person to graduate from the University of Mississippi, receives an enthusiastic greeting from his five-year-old son, John, at Ibadan, Nigeria.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., University of Ibadan., University of Mississippi., Meredith, James, -1933., Meredith, John.
Topics:
Segregation in higher education--Mississippi--Oxford., Race relations--Mississippi--Oxford., Civil rights workers--Nigeria--Ibadan.
Geographic subjects:
Ibadan (Nigeria), Oxford (Miss.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151323
Title:
General Kitching in Africa, press release.
Description:
Press release addressed to the Religious News Service from Rev. W. H. Fuller, the West African Protestant Correspondent for the African Challenge. Pertains to General Wilfred Kitching's visit to Lagos, Nigeria.
Creator:
Fuller, W. H. (author), The African Challenge (Lagos, Nigeria) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army--Missions., Kitching, Wilfred, 1893-1977., Adele, Adeniji.
Topics:
Missions--Interdenominational cooperation., Kings and rulers.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria), Lagos (Nigeria)--Kings and rulers.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150723

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