The Sidney herald., 1959-06-24
PeMa Lutheran
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CONlINO ED rhOM TAOE 4
conducted by the Larsen brother:
2 Following the Communion Servic
! the Ordination Service was he'll
at the High School, at which tim
/ the following four young nae
were ordained into the Holy Min
istry: Raymond Thompson, Pau
i. David johnson, Donald Wahlgrel
and Stanley Hansen.
Special Features
Special reports were heart
from time to time during the Con
vention, from Boards and Com
mittees who were connected will
Foreign Missions, Home Missions
Institutional work, etc.
Among the guest speakers wht
brought inspiring messages were
Miss Margaret Nissen of Sudan
Africa; DR.. Paul Empie, Execu.
tive Director of the National Lu.
theran Council and The. Rev
Chris Christensen, General Sec
rotary of Copenhagen's Church
Foundation, and formerly the
Senior Representative of Luther
an World Federation in the Near
| East.
In a high-light address by DR..
Empie, greetings were conveyed
from the sister churches who have
cooperated SO closely during the
40 years existence of the Council.
He indicated that he hoped within
the next decade, the Lutheran
Church = Missouri Synod might
also be within the Council.
Our task, said DR.. Empie, is to
help the churches around the
world meet their own problems.
He illustrated this by giving x
anples of the kind of help Luz
theran World Action is giving
churches throughout the world.
In a thought provoking address
The Rev. Chris Christensen gave
the following report:
A Special Report
The Rev. Chris Christensen,
stationed first in the Damascus
area, later on in Jerusalem, Jor-
dan, expressed his gratitude for
the opportunity to visit this
country and stated that the pur-
pose of his visit was two-fold:
(1) To get acquainted with the
organization and the work of the
American Lutheran churches,
especially the program of home
missions for church extension;
and CD To interpret to American
churches the situation of the
Palestinian Arab refugees and to
express their gratitude to Ameri-
can Lutherans in America for all
help extended to them through
Lutheran World Relief and Lu-
theran World Action.
Pastor Christensen went on to
explain how the Church Founda-
ton of Copenhagen functions. The
background of the enormous
growth of Danish cities, especially
Copenhagen, which is a conse-
quence of the mechanization of
Danish farming. The children of
farmers go to town as soon as
they become of age, taking up
residence in suburban areas.
Thus new churches are needed.
At present the Church Foundation
is engaged in building 81 new
churches in Copenhagen alone.
of them are under con-
struction already. The money for
these churches is being raised all
over the country in local congre-
cations, which especially respond
generously to the appeal of the
Church Foundation to build chur-
,hes for their children. Large
amounts of money are being col
.ected in the local areas of Copen-
hagen where the churches are
% be built. Young Christian lay
go around visiting every
nome in the district, trying TO get
he people to support the build
ng program by committing them
selves to monthly pledges.
PALESTINE: Pastor Christian
zen went on to explain the Pales-
inc situation and expressed as
lis belief that no satisfactory
solution to all the unrest in the
Middle East can be found unless
/ just solution can be found for
Palestine. AS a consequence Of
he United Nations partition in
Palestine, there are 900, 900 Arabs
.oday who are homeless, who live
IS refugees in Syria, Lebanon, the
Kingdom of Jordan, and GAIA.
from 1913 to 1850 the Arab coun-
ries were alone in caring for the
-efugees.
From June, 1850, the United
Nations has had its own relief
agency in the Middle East. Theirs
vas a double task: ;(l) to provide
God and shelter for the refugees
nd ~ to provide resettlement
# the refugees in the Middle East.
1esettlement failed because the
efugees insisted upon going
lome. They consider Palestine to
their country, having lived
here for 400 years consecutive
Y. THE Jews" say the Arabs,
can resettle in Persia if they
,ant to. They are the ones who
ONE from outside. Palestine is ]
ur country" The refugees are ;
wing in tent camps, military {
arracks, mud huts, mosques; and {
everal thousand have found tenn I
orary shelter in caves and empty