Show S V VOTE If ON OF CHURCH HURCH UNION 11 r IO Of DAY DETROIT May lIaY 31 United Press After Press After agreeing unanimously unanimous unanimous- 1 C ly Jy upon pr preliminary steps for th the t l largest g st ch church merger in Protestant history the Congregational Cons national council here today began acting J upon Incidental resolutions to comI complete com corn t I pleto tho the action h t e l The final vote ote will be next Tues- Tues day 4 k t The Congregational churches I J. J r I jn jn n the the United States are ate represented represent represent- t- t s ed ed ed by the council which voted to I I 1 unIte units with the general con convention br of the Christian church representatives taU S of or the latter body felt certain cot cot- r tain the action would be approved by the Christian convention meet- meet ing at Piqua 0 O. in October This will be the first union of r distinct denominations in the United United Unit Unit- ed ed States and Is expected to result In still larger mergers The convention con devoted its sessions ses ses- 4 lions today to hearing reports on foreign mission work and and hearing speakers from China Japan Africa A ca Bulgaria Turkey Philippines Philip Philip- and Other fields s pines s |