Federal Council of Churches - Revision history

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Harry F. Ward - Secretary

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The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book|url=|https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America|date=1976|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref>

It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].

==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/42973968?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Internationalizing the Social Gospel: The Federal Council of Churches and European Protestantism, 1914-1925]

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−	The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290\|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America\|date=1976\|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref> The council was at the fore-front of left wing Christianity, fighting against the [[Wealth redistribution\|unequal distribution of wealth]] and working toward [[Industrial Democracy]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n3_QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 Quadrennial Report, Volume 5	+	The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290\|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America\|date=1976\|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref> The council was at the fore-front of left wing Christianity, fighting against the [[Wealth redistribution\|unequal distribution of wealth]] and working toward [[Industrial Democracy]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n3_QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 Quadrennial Report, Volume 5]</ref>
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	It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].		It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].

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-The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America|date=1976|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx  Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref>
+The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America|date=1976|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx  Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref>  The council was at the fore-front of left wing Christianity, fighting against the [[Wealth redistribution|unequal distribution of wealth]] and working toward [[Industrial Democracy]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n3_QAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA63 Quadrennial Report, Volume 5
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	==External Links==		==External Links==
	* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/42973968?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Internationalizing the Social Gospel: The Federal Council of Churches and European Protestantism, 1914-1925]		* [http://www.jstor.org/stable/42973968?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Internationalizing the Social Gospel: The Federal Council of Churches and European Protestantism, 1914-1925]
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	It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].		It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].
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		+	Early on, [[Harry F. Ward]], a prominent communist and later president of the [[ACLU]], was the council's secretary.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tHcAAAAAMAAJ The Social Creed of the Churches], by Harry F. Ward</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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−	The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book\|url=\|https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290\|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America\|date=1976\|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref>	+	The '''Federal Council of Churches''' was a prominent cooperative of churches, formed in 1908, at the height<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y5rZw3B4pw0C&pg=PA290\|title=The Social Gospel: Religion and Reform in Changing America\|date=1976\|publisher=Temple University Press}}</ref> of the [[Social Gospel]] movement.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Social_Gospel.aspx Social Gospel facts, information, and pictures]</ref>

	It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].		It merged in 1950 with other organizations to become the [[National Council of Churches]].