Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-10-20 | Page 2 | Church Union Not Endorsed

CHURCH UNION NOT ENDORSED i iL Lutherans L u the r a n s Criticized Methods l Used in World l RICHMOND Va Ya Oct O-Dy O 20 ODyThe ByTh The Associated Press Press Press-A A dispo disposition dispo- dispo disposition to withhold full endorse endorse- endorsement endorsement ment mont or of movements among church denominations denomination I is revealed In the tho th report of ot the tho th ex- ex ex executive board of ot the biennial con con- convention convention con convention of ot the United Lutheran Church of or America Three Threll pha phases pharos es of or unionism ef of et- et effort torte fort are ar criticized by as a many many- Lutheran commissions These report reports were presented to the tho convention today through h the tho executive board The Th three thre agencies geneles which failed to 10 receive the th approval a of or the Lutheran are ar the Federal Council of ot the th or of Christ In America which claIm claims to represent some Dome twenty million Protestants the th universal I Christan tan conference on ure and work held at Stockholm and tM the proposed world conference on faith and order The Bt of or the tho Luth Luth- Lutherans Luth- Luth Lutherans erans crane Is directed at the methods employed and results thus tar far attAined rather rather- than at the ob- ob objectives objectives ob objectives as defined by promoter or of these l movements Lutherans Lutheran are arc participating to some extent In the tho th undertakings which which they th y criticize thus show show- showIng Ing a spirit of or operation co-operation but reports of or Lutheran butI I Indicate that they are ar not di posed ills posed to favor a 0 0 merger of or do- do denominations de denominations nominations and whatever en- en endorsement dors cn-dors m nt they have hav given riven to movements will be by substantial reserva r reservations Lions 00 00