Evening star., 1926-11-27
FEDERAL COUNCIL
BODY MEETS SOON
Executive Group to Hold First
Session in Northwest
in December.

For the first time in its history tn,
executive committee of the Fedora
Council Of Churches will meet in th'
Northwest, according to an announce
ment made by Rev. Samuel McCres
Cavert, general secretary.
The executive committee will NEE
at Minneapolis on December s, 8 anC
10. IT will be the guest Of the Min
neapolis Council of Churches.
The day session Of the meeting. 4
is explained by Mr.. Cavert. will center
entirely around the general theme
Making Church Cooperation Rea
and Vital in the Community" Evan
gelism, religious education, interna
tional relations, the church and in
dustry, race relations and prohibi
ton will all be considered as matters
in which the churches can achieve
greater results through cooperative
efforts. At the day sessions there will
be no set addresses, the time being de
voted to discussion of the agenda.
Britisher to Speak.
Miss Lucy Gardner, who was one OF
the organizers of the British Council
on Christian Policies, Economics and
Citizenship, popularly known as Copic
will be one of the speakers. She IS
honorary secretary of the membership
section of the Universal Christian Con
ference on Life and Work and is the
only woman member of the British
committee of the world conference on
faith and order. She Is fulfilling many
speaking engagements in the United
States under the auspices Of the com
mittee on interchange of speakers and
preachers. representing the Church
Peace Union, the World Alliance for
International Friendship and the Fed
eral Council of Churches.
Bishop John NJ. Moore Of Dallas
Tex, is chairman of the executive
committee. Gov. Theodore Christian
son of Minnesota will speak at the
dinner at the opening of the sessions
under the auspices of the Minneapolis
Council Of Churches.
At a Fellowship dinner under the
auspices of the Minneapolis Council
OF Churches the significance Of the
national and local cooperative move
ments will be interpreted. The speak
ers will be Gov. Christianson, former
Gov. Charles E. Milliken Of Maine and
formerly president of the Northern
Baptist Convention: Bishop Moore of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Of Dallas, Tex; Rev. John A. Marquis,
general secretary of the Board Of For
eign Missions of the Presbyterian
Church and chairman of the admin
istrative committee of the Federal
Council of Churches, and Mrs. John
Ferguson. New York. president of the
Council of Women for Home Missions.
Will Consider Labor.
Miss Gardner will speak on "The
Church for the Present Hour" at the
second evening meeting. Rev. DIR. s.
Parkes Cadman. president of the Fed
eral Council Of Churches, will be the
other speaker.
At the first session. December s,
the church leaders will discuss What
Is the Present Situation?" They will
take up the cooperative work done by
the churches in the cities and States
through councils of churches, through
State mission councils and similar or
ganizations. These leaders are the
officially designated representatives of
2S great communions. having a joint
membership of more than $4,000, 900
adult members. Each year these lead
ers come together in executive COM
mittee to plan the work of the Fed
eral Council of Churches during the
coming year. In 1906 the churches
organized the Federal Council to do
such cooperative work as they might
direct from time to time.
An important discussion will be on
What service can the Federal coun-
ctl render directly or through local
councils and local churches that desire
to develop a cooperative program for
bringing Christian members to bear
more effectively on industry and for
securing better contracts for the labor
movements?" One of the queries of
this discussion is What light does
the experience in Detroit during the
American Federation of Labor conven-
tion shed on the question:"