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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Methodist bishops' council meets.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-30953 METHODIST BISHOPS’ COUNCIL MEETS PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of New York (seated, center) assumed the presidency of the Methodist Council of Bishops as it met in connection with the denomination’s quadrennial General Conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. The bishops made Methodist history by electing for the first time a Negro bishop at the council’s president-designate. He is Bishop Prince A. Taylor, Jr., of Monrovia, Liberia (seated, left). Right is Bishop Roy H. Short of Nashville, Tenn., council secretary. Standing are three members at-large of the council’s Executive Committee. Left to right: Bishop Eugene M. Frank of St. Louis, Mo.; Bishop Richard C. Raines of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Bishop Frederich Wunderlich of Frankfurt, Germany. The council’s out-going president was Bishop Paul N. Garber of Richmond, Va. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Taylor, Prince Albert, 1907-2001., Wicke, Lloyd C., Short, Roy H. (Roy Hunter), 1902-, Frank, Eugene M. (Eugene Maxwell), 1907-2009., Raines, Richard C., Wunderlich, Friedrich, 1896-1990.
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Methodist conferences--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348404
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Communion service at Methodist conference.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-30941 COMMUNION SERVICE AT METHODIST CONFERENCE PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Bishops from five nations share Holy Communion at a service opening the worldwide quadrennial General Conference of The Methodist Church in Pittsburgh, Pa. Kneeling at the altar of Trinity Cathedral are from left, Bishop Prince A. Taylor, Jr., of Monrovia, Liberia; Bishop Sante Uberto Barbieri of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Bishop Shot K. Mondol of Delhi, India; Bishop Ferdinand Sigg of Zurich, Switzerland; and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of New York. Standing is retired Bishop W. Earl Ledden of Washington, D. C., the celebrant. Bishop Wicke is president of the Methodist Council of Bishops. President-elect is Bishop Taylor, the first Negro to hold that post. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MC-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
David Vandeveer Photography (Pittsburgh, Pa.) (photographer), Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.). General Conference., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Taylor, Prince Albert, 1907-2001., Barbieri, Sante Uberto., Mondol, Shot K., Sigg, Ferdinand., Wicke, Lloyd C., Ledden, Walter Earl., Trinity Cathedral (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Topics:
Bishops--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Lord's Supper--Methodist Church., Methodist conferences--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348403

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