The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-05-08
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REPRESENTED
IS RELIGIONS.
Many Church Leaders
Heard During Fifth
J Annual Conference

NASHVILLE-tANP> - The fifth
annual session 81 the National Con-
ference OF Church Leaders ended
here Wednesday evening after two
days OF searching analysis Of the
responsibility OF churches and re-
ligious leaders in the present crisis
and the postwar Period 10 follow
The conference was attended by
gone Of the nations top-rsnking
religious, educational and civic
leaders who conferred al length
and exchanged ideas as TO outies
involved. Being interracial and in
terdenominstional in its compost
ion. having the presence and SER
vices OF some OF the outstanding
leaders in several professional
fields, the movement was termed
zone OF the most momentous inter-
racial and interdenom!national
movements Of the past 50 years"
Jointly sponsored by the race re-
lations department OF the Federal
Council OF Churches OF Christ in
America and the National Home
Missions council. the conference
was attended by national church
leaders OF distinction from Is OF
the major denominations OF the
United States and Canada. In the
group OF celebrities were bishops.
general officers college presidents.
lawyers. doc tors, educators. gof-
eminent officials. editors, social
workers and other professional
fields.
DR.. George z. Haynes. executive
secretary. race relations department.
Federal Council of Churches Of
Christ and secretary Of the Nation
al Conference of Church Leaders.
was the moving genius OF the ses-
mons here. the Conference OF
Church leaders having b n
brought into existence five
years ago through his continuous
efforts to have top-ranking religious
heads meet and
confer on problems for cooperative
efforts on the part Of national re-
lgious bodies and their leaders.
Is Bodies Send LIS Delegates
DR.. Haynes report made at the
closing session Wednesday after
noon showed there were Is national
religious bodies represented in the
Us delegates at the conference.
Among these were:
Anglican church /; AME church
13; AME Zion church 8; Bsptists
a; Baptist (northern) /; CINE
church 8: Congregational Christians
6; Disciples OF Christ S; Episcopals
2; Friends /; Methodist church Is;
Presbyterian church USA. 4; Pres
byterian church (UniteO 2; Re-
formed church !: Unitarians /:
Otherwise (not registered 10. Total
lbs.
The following officers were elect
ed Wednesday evening: presiding
Bishop S. L. Greene. Little Rock,
Ark: vice president DR.. Mason
Crum, Durham. N. c.; chairman
business committee. DR.. w. H. Jer-
nagin, Washington; secretary Of
conference. DR.. George E. Haynes,
New York; registrar. Mrs. j. H.
Kyles. Kings Mountain, NJ c.; act
ing secretary business committee.
AIRS. Rosie T. Hollis, Oklahoma
City.
Others Elected
The following were elected men,
bers OF the business committee from
The representatives OF cooperating
national church bodies for 1914: DR..
w. II. Jernagin, Washington, DrS
J. L Horace, Chicago; c. X. Stall
maker, Toledo: Mrs. Eta Versa
Frye, Washington. D. c.; Bishop J.
A Hamlet, Kansas City, Kans.; DR..
B. J. Smith, Jackson, Tenn: Mrs.
Rosie T. Hollis, Oklahoma City: DR..
c. Z. Chapman, Tyler, Tex; Bishop |
w. A. Fountain, Atlanta; Bishop
D. Ward Nicholas, Birmingham:
Mrs. Octsvia Douglas, Boley( Okla;
Bishop W. J. Waits. Chicago: Mrs. I
Creols B. Cowans Knoxville. Tenn;
DIR. J. w. Eichelberger. Chicago; |
DR.. Buford F. Gordon. Charlotte. !
N. C; Bishop l.. H King Atlanta;
DR.. Edgar A. Love. New York: Rev. !
T. B. Echolas, Austin. Tex; Mrs. W.
IL McCallum, DR.. r. II. Peoples,
Indianapolis; Dr.. James A Grain.
indianapolis: DR. c. S. Ledbetter,
Charleston. S. C.: DR.. Harold NJ.
Kingsley. Chicago; DR.. r. w. Bag
nall. Rev. B. w. Harris; New. A. B.
Mccoy; Rev. B. B. Evans, DR.. VIM.
l. lines. Knoxville. Tenn; Rev. NJ
r. Zigler. Elgin. II; DR. Mark A.
Dawber; Miss Edith Lowry; Miss
Anna Arnold Hedgeman; Mrs O.