Church Cooperation in Community Life

As one travels through the rural districts of America and observes differences in the standards of living he is convinced that human welfare depends very largely on economic con...

In his book on Social Control Professor Ross has pointed out that certain institutions are essentially conservative in their nature. They are solid, permanent organizations but...

The past few years have witnessed a marked widening of the concept of the functioning of the church. But there is still considerable question concerning the basis for the progra...

When one begins to discuss a subject it helps very much if his readers know what he has in mind in the terms used. In the title selected for this text there are at least three w...

Rural progress under church leadership has been much like the first drops of water on a placid lake at the beginning of a rain. Little rises of water appear and some waves circl...

The task of the minister is primarily to deal with man, either in his own personal life, his relations to his Maker, or to his fellow-man. Unlike the farmer, whose interest lies...

Many city pastors, and some rural ones too, lament the fact that people do not come to listen to them preach. This condition is in marked contrast to the good old New England da...

The thesis that the church should provide building and equipment for conservation of the social and recreational life of the church introduces standards and objectives that do n...

Since the arousal of interest in rural welfare by the studies made by the Country Life Commission in 1908, probably no movement has made more rapid progress than that concerned...

responsibility shall have been allocated to provide the best-trained leadership and the best service of which it is capable out of consideration to the other denominations that...

Long years of experience in foreign missionary service has vitally affected the methods of carrying the gospel of Christian living to those who have not yet come under the influ...

The occupation of a field by any denomination after conference and agreement shall give to that denomination the right to the field and the responsibility for its Christian cult...

In the preceding chapters the effort has been made to outline some of the conditions and principles involved in organizing the rural church for community service. The field has...

5,000, plans should be worked out whereby the different denominations concerned shall cooperate in providing adequate building and equipment for community service. Such building...