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Show g Cg Cg Cg' C3 g Q BEIllliS ACCEPT MIST! TO DISCUSS MOVE Call Meeting To Be Held in Philadelphia In February UNITED CHURCHES OF CHRIST TO BE NAME Gradual Merger of Christian! interests Is Object of the New Project NEW YORK, Jan. G. Commissioners Commission-ers of approximately 20 denominations have accepted an invitation from the Presbyterian church to confer in Philadelphia Phil-adelphia February G to 7 on a proposal pro-posal for a national merger of Christian Chris-tian interests under the name of the United Churches of Christ in America, according to announcement today from Presbyterian headquarters in this city. The movement started some time ago by the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the United States, proposes formation of a council coun-cil elected by the supreme bodies of the various denominations. The council coun-cil would comprise two ministerial and two lay delegates for each 100,000 communicants. Complete Union. rue proposeu constitution oi uie new organization, the announcement; stated, "looks forward ultimately to aj complete organic union of the Prosts-J lant churches entering upon the membership mem-bership of the council." The announce-' ment added that the constitution "opens the way for a gradual merger of the interdenominational interests while retaining the present denominational denomina-tional ecclesiastical organizations," and "is an advance on the present organization of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, as it opens the way for consolidation of administrative agencies and the carry-J carry-J ing forward of the general work of the churches through the council of the 'United Church" Tho proposed plan of the council calls for administration of home and foreign missions, in behalf of the United Churches, :s well as other administrative ad-ministrative agencies on the approval I of the supreme governing or advisory bodies. It accepts the ordination and doctrinal views of the evangelical churches joining the council and provides pro-vides also for admission of community j churches and independent organizations. organiza-tions. Churches Interested. Among denominations concerned are: I Presbyterian church in the United States of America; Methodist Episco-Ipal Episco-Ipal church; Protestant Episcopal church in the United States; Reformed Church in the United States; Congregational Congre-gational .Church; Disciples of Christ; Christian Union of the United States; Northern Baptist convention; Evangelical Evangel-ical synod of North America; Reformed Reform-ed Episcopal church; Moravian Church in America; United Presbyterian Presby-terian church; United Brethren, and Primitive Methodists. Other denominations which have unofficially un-officially approached tho -proposed organic or-ganic union with tentative approval arc the Society of Friends, United Lutheran Lu-theran Church and Reformed Church In America. |