Evening star., 1948-11-30
7 Area Bishops
To Join Council
Farley in Ohio
Delegates Are Named
To 40th Convention
Opening Tomorrow
By cospor Nonnes
Stor Staff Correspondent

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Nov. 3d.
Two bishops will be among the large
group of Washington delegates and
alternates attending the 40th anni-
versary convention of the Federal
Council of the Churches of Christ in
America opening here tomorrow.
Methodist Bishop Charles Wesley
Flint of Washington and Bishop w.
w. Matthews of the A. M. E. Zion
Church are the two District AREA
bishops expected to be present when
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, presi-
dent of the Federal Council, calls
the meeting to order
Delegates or Alternates.
Washington delegates or alter
mates listed for the biennial council
gathering are:
Northern Baptist Convention, the
Rev. Edward Hughes Pruden, pastor
of First Baptist Church, and the
Rev. Edward B. Willingham, pastor
of National Baptist Memorial
Church.
National Baptist Convention-Miss
Mamie H. Burroughs: the Rev E.
L. Harrison, pastor of Shiloh Bap-
tist Church; the Rev. w. H. Jerna-
gin, pastor of Mount Carmel Baptist
Church; the Rev. c. T. Murray, pas
tor of Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church, and the Rev. E. C. Smith,
pastor of Metropolitan Baptist
Church.
Congregational Christian Churches
Prof. Walter G. Daniel, depart
ment of education, Howard Uni
versity.
Evangelical and Reformed Church
DIR. Charles Enders, pastor Of
Concordia Evangelical and Re-
formed Church.
Methodist Church-Bishop Flint
and the Rev. John w. Rustin, pas
tor of Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church.
A. M. E. Zion Church-Bishop
Matthews and the Rev. H. J. Calls,
retired, formerly pastor of Lomack
A. M. E. Zion Temple, Arlington, Va.
Presbyterian Church in the U.
IS. A.-Wilbur La Roe. jr., of Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church. former
moderator of the national body.
Protestant Episcopal Church-The
Rev. John w. Burgess, Episcopal
student chaplain, Howard Uni
versity.
United Lutheran Church in Amer
ica-The Rev. Oscar F. Blackwelder,
pastor of the Church of the Ref
ormation.
Issues to Be Debated.
Far-reaching international and
domestic issues are expected to be
debated by the nearly 500 delegates
and church leaders at the three
day meeting.
The delegates represent % Prot
estant denominations and three
Eastern Orthodox groups in the
United States. Among the issues to
be discussed are those bearing on
human rights, juvenile delinquency,
displaced persons legislation, great
er lay participation in church af-
fairs and the responsibility of the
churches for older people.
These questions, will be debated
in six group sections. The findings
and recommendations of the sec
ton will be acted upon at the gen.
eral business section Friday.
DR.. Samuel McCrea Cavert, gen.
eral secretary of the Federal Coun-
cil will present his biennial report
tomorrow. Department reports will
be given by DR.. j. Quinter Miller.
associate general secretary of the
body.
Member Applications.
Applications for membership in
the council by the Religious So
ciety of Friends of Philadelphia and
Vicinity and of the Romanian Or
thodox Church in America will be
included in the business of the
opening day.
Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Ok
nam of New York and DR.. George
w. Richards of Lancaster, Pa, presi-
dent emeritus of the Theological
Seminary of the Evangelical and
Reformed Church, will speak at the
anniversary dinner tomorrow.
Election and installation of off,
GERS will take place on Friday. The
COullCll WILL C1CCG d plcS1ucIlIs NlC6
president, treasurer and recording
secretary.
Present officers are Mr.. Taft, pres
ident; Bishop John S. Stamm of the
Evangelical United Brethren Church,
vice president; Harper Sibley, treas
urer, and w. Glenn Roberts, record
ing secretary. 1t is expected that
minister will be chosen to head the
council for the next two years to
keep the alienation of clerical and
lay heads of the body.
Two preconvention meetings are
being held today at the Hotel Glib
son, convention headquarters. The
councils Joint Commission on Plan
ming and Adjustment of Local Inter =
Church Relations and the National
Conference on Home and Church
are acting on questions pertaining
to their particular spheres at con-
ferences attracting more than $50
church leaders.