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The

YEAR BOOK

of the

CONGREGATIONAL

CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

of the United States of America

Combining Volume No. 73

The Congregational Year Book

anci Volume No. 79

The Christian Annual

STATISTICS for 1950

This volume is designed to provide a directory and a body of statistical data relative to the Congregational Christian Churches and other Congregational Christian organiza- tions. It is compiled from information supplied to the General Council from various sources. Effort has been made to check the material contained herein, but its accuracy is not guaranteed.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX

PAGi:

A.B.C.F.M. {See American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions)

Advertisements 328-352

Afro-Christian Convention Statistics 222

Alabama Statistics (Southeast Convention) 191-193

Alabama- Mississippi Statistics (Convention of the South) 57, 64

American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 10, 231-233

American Missionary Association, Division Institutions & F'ields of Service 24

American Missionary Association Division of the Board of Home Missions 12

Andover Newton Theological School 328

Annual Statistics of Churches 31-222

Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers 14

Arizona Statistics 4(J

Arkansas Statistics ■■ 64, 139

Associations 19-22

Atlanta Theological Seminary Foundation 335

Bangor Theological Seminary 329

Board of Home Missions 11,12

Boston Seaman's Friend Society, Inc 337

California, Northern Statistics 32-35

California, Southern & the Southwest Statistics 36-41

Central South Statistics 42, 43

Chaplains in U. S. Armed Forces 235, 236

Chicago Theological Seminary 330

Christian Education Division of the Board of Home Missions 12

Christian Summary 227

Church Extension and Evangelism Division 12

Colleges 23

Colorado Statistics 44-40

Commission on Interchurch Eelations and Christian Unity 6

Commission on Stewardship 6

Committee on Credentials 5

Committee on Denominational History 7

Committee on Resolutions 5

Comparative Table by Conferences 224, 225

Comparative Table by Years 226

Conferences, Directory of Officers 16-18

Congregational Board of Ministerial Relief 12

Congregational Board of Pastoral Supply 15

Congregational Christian Service Committee 13

Connecticut Statistics 47-56, 118

Convention of the So\ith Statistics 57-65

Corporation for the General Council 14

Council for Social Action 13

Delaware Statistics 130

Department of the Ministry 6

Directors of Religious Education 239-242

Directory of Conference Officers 16-18

District of Columlna Statistics 130

Division of Church Extension and Evangelism 12

Executive Committee, General Council 5

Executive Committee of The General Convention of the Christian Church 8

Explanation of Schedules 31

Florida Statistics 66, 67, 193

General Convention of the American Christian Church, Meetings 9

General Council, Corporation 14

General Council, Financial Statement 228

General Council, Meetings 9

General Council, Officers, Committees and Commissions 5-7

Georgia Statistics (Southeast Convention) 193-195

Georgia-South Carolina Statistics (Convention of the South) 58

German Conference, Summary 223

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Hartford Seniiuarj- Foundation . . .^ . . 331

Hawaii Statistics 68-71

Home Missions, Board of 11, 12

Howard University School of Religion 335

Idaho Statistics 72, 211

Illinois Statistics 73-81

Indiana Statistics 82-87, 176

International Congregational Council 6

International Congregationalism 230

Iowa Statistics 88-93

Kansas Statistics ' _ ■ 94-96

Kentucky-Tennessee Statistics (Southeast Convention) 176, 195, 196

Kentucky Statistics (Convention of the South) 64

Lay Members Directory ^ 243-245

Laymen's Fellowship 12, 233

Licentiates 246-260

Louisiana Statistics (Central South) 42

Louisiana Statistics (Convention of the South) 63

Maine Statistics 97-104, 146

Maryland Statistics 130, 182

Massachusetts Statistics 105-122

Michigan Statistics 123-129. 220

Middle Atlantic Statistics 130-132

Ministerial Relief Division of the Board of Home Missions 12

Ministers in Full Standing 261-320

Ministers, Local with Limited Ordination 320

Minnesota Statistics 133-137

Missions Council 15

Missionaries, A.B.C.F.M 231-233

Mississippi Statistics (Convention of the South) 57

Missouri Statistics 88, 138, 139

Montana Statistics 140, 141

National Council of the Churches of Christ 7

National Council of the Congregational Churches 7

National Council, Meetings 9

Nebraska Statistics 45, 46, 95, 142-145, 190

Necrology 25—30

Nevada Statistics 35, 40

New Hampshire Statistics 146-151

New Jersey Statistics 130-132, 222

New Mexico Statistics 40

New York Statistics 152-162, 181, 222

Nominating Committee 5

North Carolina Statistics (Convention of the South) 59-62

North Carolina Statistics (Southern Convention) 198-202

North Dakota Statistics 163-166, 189

Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology 332

Officers, Committees and Commissions of the General Council 5-7

Ohio Statistics 86, 167-176

Oklahoma Statistics (Central South) 42

Oklahoma Statistics (Convention of the South) 63

Ontario, Canada, Statistics 161

Ordinations 237, 238

Oregon Statistics 177, 178

Pacific School of Religion 333

Pastoral Supply, Congregational Board of 15

Pastors not Members of Associations or Conferences 246-260

Pennsylvania Statistics 176, 179-182

Pilgrim Press Division of the Board of Home Missions 12

Plymouth Statistics (Convention of the South) 63

Promotion and Missionary Education Division of the Board of Home Missions .... 12

Puerto Rico Statistics 183

Radio Committee 12

Religious Education, Directors of 239-242

Retirement Fund for Lay Workers 14

Rhode Island Statistics 184, 185

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Schauffler College of Religious and Social Work 336

Social Action, Council for 13

South Carolina Statistics (Convention of the South) 58

South Carolina Statistics (Southeast Convention) 194

South Dakota Statistics 186-190

Southeast Convention Statistics 191-196

Southern Convention Statistics 197-202-

Summary I, Comparative Table by Conferences 224, 225

Summary II, Comparative Table by Years 226

Supplementary Summary 227

Tennessee Statistics (Convention of the South) . ■ 64

Tennessee Statistics (Southeast Convention) 195, 196

Texas Statistics (Central South) 40, 43

Texas Statistics (Convention of the South) / 63

Theological Seminaries ^ 24, 328-335

Unit Plan, Financial Report bv States 229

Utah Statistics 203

Vermont Statistics ' 147, 204-210

Virginia Statistics (Convention of the South) 60, 62, 65

Virginia Statistics (Southern Convention) 132, 197, 198, 201, 202

Washington Statistics 211-214

West Virginia Statistics 176, 197

Wisconsin Statistics 215-220

Women State Presidents, Fellowship of 234

World Council of Churches 7

Wyoming Statistics 46, 221

Yale University Divinity School 334

Yankton College School of Theology 335

1950]

General Council GENERAL COUNCIL

Moderator — Rev. Vere V. Loper, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, Cal.

Assistant Moderators — Rev. Archie H. Hook, Seattle, Wash.; Mr. Ronald Bridges, New York, N. Y. Rev. William E. McCormack, San Francisco, Cal.; Rev. Vaughan Dabney, Newton Centre, Mass. Mrs. Walter C. Giersbach, Forest Grove, Ore.; Rev. Alfred W. Swan, Madison, Wis.

Minister and Secretary — Rev. Douglas Horton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

Associate Minister and Secretary — ^ Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

Secretary Emeritus — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 60 Gramercy Park, New York 10, N. Y.

Treasurer — Mr. P. Donald Folwell, 227 N. Bowman Ave., Merion, Pa.

The Executive Committee

Chairman: Rev. Arthur D. Gray, 5712 Prairie Ave,, Cliicago 37, 111.

Ex-offlcio: The Moderator

Term Expiring 1962: Term Expiring 1964: Term Expiring 1966:

Mrs. Marion Bradshaw, Me. Rev. Arthur D. Gray, 111., Chm. Rev. Wallace W. Anderson, Me.

Mr. Ronald Bridges, Me. Mrs. Fred B. Dole, Mass. Mrs. Arthur T. Calvert, N. Y.

Mr. Gurney Edwards, R. I. Rev. L. Wendell Fifield, N. Y. Mr. Roscoe Graves, Kansas

Rev. Boynton Merrill, Ohio Rev. Stanley C. Harrell, N. C. Mr. H. Reginald Horton, Conn.

Mrs. Cleon Swarts, Ind. Rev. Ervine P. Inglis, Mo. Rev. Carl Martenson, Mich.

Rev. Raymond A. Waser, Cal. Rev. Arthur S. Wheelock, N. Y. Rev. Raymond B. Walker, Ore.

Corresponding Members — Rev. Douglas Horton and Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer. Secretaries of the General Council; Rev. Frank J. Scribner (Annuity Fund), Rev. David McKeith, Jr. and Mr. Ronald Bridges (Am. Bd.), Rev. William E. McCormack and Rev. Truman Douglass (Bd. Home Missions), Rev. Ray Gib- bons (C.S.A.), Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher (Missions Council), Mr. Walter A. Graham (Laymen's Fellow- ship), Mr. Kenneth Stokes (Pilgrim Fellowship), Mrs. William H. Medlicott (Women's Work), Rev. Charles C. Merrill, (Comm. on Interchurch Relations), Rev. James F. English (Comm. on the Ministry), Dr. William C. Jones (Comm. on Stewardship), Rev. James H. Lightbourne (E. Prov.), Rev. W. Wilder Towle (Midw. Prov.), Rev. Paul A. Davies (Pac. Prov.), Rev. William N. Tuttle (S. Prov.), Rev. L. Merle Rymph (W. Prov.).

The Nominating Committee

Term Expiring 1962 Term Expiring 1964

Rev. Nathanael M. Guptill, Me., Chm. Judge Charles Adams, Vt.

Pres. James F. Findlay, Mo. Rev. L. Maynard Catchings, D.

Mrs. Claude C. Kennedy, Minn. Mrs. Elmer Otting, Mass.

Mrs. Glenway W. Nethercut, 111. Rev. WiUiam T. Scott, N. C.

Mr. Veo F. Small, Wash. Rev. John C. Walker, Ohio

Rev. Paul W. Yinger, Cal. Mrs. William Weber, N. Y.

Chairman of the Committee on Credentials

(1952 Session) Dr. Fred S. Richards, Ore.

Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions

(For the biennium) Rev. Archie H. Hook, Wash.

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Commission on Interchurch Relations and Christian Unity

Term Expiring 1962: tRev. C. C. Merrill, Mass., Chm.

Rev. Charles T. Brewster, Kans.

Rev. Robert E. Burtt, Mich.

Rev. Howard J. Conn, Minn. tRev. Noble S. Elderkin, Ohio tMr. II. D. Frame, Wis.

Mr. Sidney Law, Mas.s. tMr. J. C. Molyneux, N. Y. tRev. Russell H. Stafford, Conn. tRev. Alfred G. Walton. N. Y.

Term Expiring 1964-'

Mrs. G. L. Davey, S. D.

Mr. W. Harold Denison, Conn. tRev. Charles M. Houser, Iowa

Rev. Theodore S. Ledbetter, Conn.

Rev. James H. Lightbourne, R. I. tRev. Arthur C. McGiffert 111, tRev. Frederick M. Meek, Mass.

Mrs. H. Winnett Orr, Neb.

Rev. Stephen C. Peabody, Cal. tRev. Walter Schlaretzki, 111. tRev. Ormund Schulz, Ohio

Term Expiring 1966: Rev. W. Murray Allan, Iowa Rev. William C. Burton, Tex. Mr. Cecil W. Dell, Mont.

tRev. Thomas C. Dick, Colo.

tMr. Raymond F. Elliott, N. Y. Mrs. J. Taylor Gordon, Ore.

tRev. Wilhelm Pauck, III. Rev. Robert F. R. Peters, Ohio

Term Expiring 1952: tMr. Baylor Brooks, Cal. tMrs. Bryan N. Brown, Cal.

Rev. Ralph V. Conard, Cal.

Rev. J. Leslie Dunstan, T.H.

Mr. Percy G. Foor, Pa. tRev. Jesse F. Perrin, Cal. tProf. Hugh Vernon White, Cal.

Rev. Homer V. Yinger, Ohio

Commission on Stewardship

Term Expiring 1964: tDr. William C. Jones, Cal., Chm,. tRev. Nelson C. Dreier, N. Y, tProf. Harlan F. Hogue, Cal.

Rev. Frederick M. Meek, Mass. tRev. Clinton E. Ostrander, Wash.

Rev. Clarence E. Parr, N. M.

Rev. John F. Stearns, N. Y.

Mrs. John G. Truitt, Va.

Term Expiring 1966: Rev. Bedros Baharian, Mass. Mrs. Walter C. Candy, Wis. Mr. Clarence M. Fowler, Cal. Rev. Alan T. Jones, Ind. Mr. Lowell C. Larsen, Wyo. Rev. George O. A. McKinley, 111 Mr. Lynn Sheldon, Minn. Rev. Wallace Winchell, Mich.

Department of the Ministry

Director: Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer Members of the Commission

Term Expiring 1952: Rev. James F. English, Conn., Chm. Prof. Francis L. Childs, N. H. Mr. Sumner A. Dole, Vt. Rev. C. Fosberg Hughes, Kans. Rev. Frederica Mitchell, N. Y. Prof. Llewelyn A. Owen, Ohio Rev. C. Franklin Parker, Ariz. Mr. Charles L. Varney, Mass.

Term, Expiring 1964: Mrs. Alfred H. Bartter, N. D. Rev. John W. Claxton, Wis. Rev. Alfred W. Hurst, D. C. Rev. George A. Pollard, Ida. Rev. Harry Trust, Me. Rev. Tertius van Dyke, Conn. Mr. Jake Vande Visse, Mich. Mr. Winthrop Wadleigh, N. H.

Term Expiring 1968: Rev. Lyman V. Cady, Tenn. Rev. David J. Davis, Fla. Rev. Clay E. Palmer, S. D. Rev. George G. Parker, N. Y. Rev. Robert W. Putsch, N. Y. Rev. Walter H. Upton, Kans. Rev. Daniel D. Williams, III. Rev. Ernest A. Yarrow, N. J.

Co-opted — Rev. Gaius Glenn Atkins, N. Y. ; Rev. Daniel Bliss, Conn. ; Mr. Ronald Bridges, N. Y. ; Mr. Walter Graham, Ky.; Rev. Marvin Halverson, 111.; Prof. Hugh Hartshorne, Conn.; Rev. Carl H. Kopf, D. C; Rev. William A. Leath, N. Y.

Cooperating Staff — Rev. Henry R. Rust, Rev. Horace G. Robson, Rev. Harry T. Stock, Rev. Walter C. Tong, Boston, Mass.; Rev. G. Bryant Drake, Chicago, 111.; Rev. Robert Bruce, Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, Rev. Andrew V. McCracken, Rev. Stanley U. North, Rev. Frank J. Scribner, Rev. Thomas A. Tripp, Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse, New York, N. Y.

Executive Committee of the International Congregational Council

Term Expiring 1966: Mr. Theodore V. Bastel, Ohio Rev. Dwight L. Cart, Wash. Rev. Richard M. Fagley, N. Y.

Mrs. Ellis Hemingway, N. J. Mrs. Elbert A. Read, Iowa Rev. Henry R. Rust, Mass. Rev. Russell H. Stafford, Conn.

t Active members of Commission.

1950]

General Council

Conference of U. S. Member Churches, World Council of Churches

Term Expiring 1954:

Principals: Alternates:

Dr. Ronald Bridges, N. Y. Mrs. Fred S. Buschmeyer, N. J.

Rev. Theodore A. Greene, Conn. Rev. Albert B. Coe, Mass.

Rev. Douglas Horton, N. Y. Rev. VVilford H. Evans, Wis.

Mrs. Robert G. Williams, Fla. Rev. J. Taylor Stanley, N. C.

Committee on Denominational History

Chairman — Rev. Arthur H. Bradford, R. I.; Secretary — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, N. Y.; Mr. F. W. Allen, Mass., Rev. William E. Gilroy, Mass., Rev. Roger Hazelton, Mass., Rev. Frederick M. Meek, Mass., Rev. Charles C. Merrill, Mass., Rev. Roy M. Pearson, Mass., Rev. William W. Rockwell, N. Y., Rev. Mat- thew Spinka, Conn.

Members of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in America

Laymen, Principals: Dr. Ronald Bridges, N. Y. Mr. Athem P. Daggett, Me. Dr. Walter G. Daniel, D. C. Mr. George E. Forbes, Ohio Mr. Walter A. Graham, Ky. Mr. Charles H. Seaver, N. Y. Mr. Kenneth Stokes, Cal.

Laymen, Alternates: Mr. Harold B. Belcher, Mass. Mr. Alfred E. Buck, N. Y. Mr. George B. Hastings, Neb. Mr. George Colclough, N. C. Mr. Harold R. Semple, R. I. Mr. Frank J. Sulloway, N. H. Mr. Albert B. Tucker, 111.

Laywomen, Principals: Mrs. Henry Beckman, N. Y. Mrs. James F. English, Conn. Mrs. Walter Judd. D. C. Mii5s Helen Kenyon, Conn. Mrs. E. E. McCUntock, N. Y. Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Mass. Mrs. Henry W. Schneider, Mich.

Laywomen, Alternates: Mrs. E. E. Briggs, Iowa Miss Hilda Camp, Conn. Mrs. Thomas L. Crosby, 111. Miss Ann Gates, Ohio Mrs. N. W. McBeath, Iowa Mrs. G. V. S. Ryerson, N. Y. Mrs. John H. Sargent, N. Y.

Ministerial, Principals: Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, N. Y. Rev. Truman B. Douglass, N. Y. Rev. Henry David Gray, Cal. Rev. Samuel C. Kincheloe, 111. Rev. David McKeith, Jr., Mass. Rev. Liston Pope, Conn. Rev. Luther A. Weigle, Conn. Rev. Henry R. Rust, Mass.

Ministerial, Alternates: Rev. Arthur F. Elmes, D. C. Rev. Joseph H. Evans, Ohio Rev. Stanley U. North. N. Y. Rev. Albert W. Palmer, Cal. Rev. Albert D. Staufifacher, N. Y. Rev. Frederick H. Thompson, Me. Rev. Arthur E. Wilson, R. I. Rev. Hubert S. Beckwith, Conn.

THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES

Organized Oberlin, Ohio, November 17, 1871. Merged with the General Convention of the Christian Church, Seattle, Washington, June 27, 19.31. Meets biennially in conjunction with the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches for necessary legal business. Only such offices, committees and com- missions as are necessary to its legal operations are maintained.

Moderator — Rev. Verb V. Loper, Cal.

Assistant Moderators — Mr. Ronald Bridges, New York, N. Y.; Rev. William E. McCormack, San Francisco, Cal.; Rev. Vauqhan' Dabney, Newton Centre, Mass.; Mrs. Walter C. Giersbach, Forest Grove, Ore.; Rev. Alfred W. Swan, Madison, Wis.

Minister and Secretary — Rev. Douglas Horton, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

Associate Minister and Secretary — Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

Secretary Emeritus — Rev. Frederick L. Fagley, 60 Gramercy Park, New York 10, N. Y.

Treasurer — Mr. P. Donald Folwell, 227 N. Bowman Ave., Merion, Pa.

Executive Committee, and other committees and commissions — The Congregational members of the corre- sponding bodies of the General Council.

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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

OFFICERS Chairman — Rev. Archie H. Hook, Seattle, Wash. V ice-Chairman — Rev. James H. Lightbouhne, Providence, R. I. Secretary — Rev. Warhen H. Denison, Grinnell, Iowa Treasurer — Mr. J. Lewis Reck, CoWngton, Ohio

Secretary of Home Missions — Rev. Harley H. Short, Hagorstown, Ind. Secretary of Foreign Missions — Miss Lucy M. Eldredge, New York, N. Y. Secretary of Christian Education — Rev. Seldon B. Humphrey, New Haven, Conn. Secretary of Publications — • Mr. Harvey E. Sims, Piqua, Ohio Secretary of Evangelism and Life Service — Rev. McD. Howsare, Tucson, Ariz. Secretary of Stewardship and Finance — Rev. Warrex H. Denison

At the time of the union of the National Council of Congregational Churches and of the General Convention of the Christian Church in 1931 at Seattle, Wash, into the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches, the General Convention of the Christian Church amended its constitution and took the following action, "The said Executive Committee shall have and exercise all the powers formerly inhering in the Gen- eral Convention, its General Board, its Executive Committee, and its several boards, departments, bureaus, committees and other component organizations. It shall have power to fill vacancies in its own membership."

The Board of Control of Franklinton Christian College is composed of: Rev. E. C. Gillette (deceased). Rev. J. A. Henderson, Rev. Robert Lee House, Rev. Eugene C. Lawrence, Rev. John G. Truitt, Mr. L. L. Vaughan and Rev. James H. Lightbourne.

General Council

MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES

Year	Place	Moderator	Preacher
1865	Boston, Mass.	Hon. W. A. Buckingham	Julian M. Sturtevant
1871	Oberlin, Ohio	Rev. William T. Budington	Leonard Bacon
1874	New Haven, Conn.	Hon. L. S. Foster	Richard S. Storrs
1877	Detroit, Mich.	Hon. William B. Washburn	Zachary Eddy
1880	St. Louis, Mo.	Rev. Henry M. Dexter	Samuel E. Herrick
1883	Concord, N. H.	Rev. Arthur Little	Frederick A. Noble
1886	Chicago, lU.	Hon. Lorrin A. Cooke	Prof. George P. Fisher
1889	Worcester, Mass.	Pres. Cyrus Northrop	Israel E. Dwinell
1892	Minneapolis, Minn.	Rev. A. H. Quint	Charles M. Lamson
1895	Syracuse, N. Y.	Hon. Nelson Dingley	F. W. Gunsaulus
1898	Portland, Ore.	Rev. Frederick A. Noble	Albert J. Lyman
1901	Portland, Me.	Rev. Amory H. Bradford	WiUiam J. Tucker
1904	Des Moines, la.	Kev. Washington Gladden	Alexander McKenzie
1907	Cleveland, Ohio	Hon. Thomas C. MacMillan	George A. Gordon
1910	Boston, Mass.	Rev. Nehemiah Boynton	Pres. W. D. Mackenzie
1913	Kansas City, Mo.	Rev. Charles R. Brown	Charles E. Jefferson
1915	New Haven, Conn.	Hon. Henry M. Beardsley	Ozora S. Davis
1917	Columbus, Ohio	Rev. William Horace Day	Charles S. Mills
1919	Grand Rapids, Mich.	Pres. Henry C. King	Raymond Calkins
1921	Los Angeles, Cal.	Rev. William E. Barton	G. Glenn Atkins
1923	Springfield, Mass.	Rev. Rockwell H. Potter	S. Parkes Cadman
1925	Washington, D. C.	Mr. Frank J. Harwood Rev. Dan F. Bradley	Carl S. Patton
1927	Omaha, Neb.	Rev. Ozora S. Davis Hon. William E. Sweet	Albert W. Palmer
1929	Detroit, Mich.	Dr. Fred B. Smith Mr. Franklin Warner	Henry K. Booth

MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Year	Place	President
1902	Norfolk, Va.	Rev.	Oliver W. Powers
1906	Huntington, Ind.
1910	Troy, Ohio
1914	Springfield, Ohio	Rev	William D. Samuel
1919	Conneaut, Ohio
1922	BurUngton, N. C.
1926	Urbana, lU.
1929	Piqua, Ohio	Rev.	Frank G. Coffin

MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

Year	Place	Moderator	Preacher
1931	Seattle, Wash.	Rev. Carl S. Patton Rev. Frank G. Coffin	Harry P. Dewey
1934	Oberlin, Ohio	Rev. Carl S. Patton Rev. Frank G. Coffin	Ashley Day Leavitt
1936	South Hadley, Mass.	Rev. Jay T. Stocking	Ferdinand Q. Blanchard
1938	Beloit, Wis.	Mr. Roger W. Babson	Oscar E. Maurer
1940	Berkeley, Cal.	Rev. Oscar E. Maurer	Mcllyar H. Lichliter
1942	Durham, N. H.	Hon. William E. Sweet	Miles H. Krumbine
1944	Grand Rapids, Midi.	Rev. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard	James W. Fifield, Jr.
1946	Grinnell, Iowa	Mr. Ronald Bridges	Norman A. Holmes
1948	OberUn, Ohio	Rev. Albert W. Palmer	Boynton Merrill
1949	Cleveland, Ohio	Miss Helen Kenyon
1950	Cleveland, Ohio	Miss Helen Kenyon	Frederick M. Meek

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AMERICAN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS

(Tlic Foreign Missionary Arm of the Congregational Christian Churches of the United States)

Congregational House, 14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.

Organized in 1810, Incorporated in 1812

President — Dr. Ronald Bridges

Vice-Presidents — Rev. Stuart L. Anderson, Rev. Carl Heath Kopf, Mrs. Thomas L. Crosby

Recording Secretary — Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin

Assistant Recording Secretary - — Rev. Edward J. Vorba

Executive Vice-President — Rev. David McKeith, Jr. /

Corresponding Secretaries, Foreign Department — Miss Margaret Blemker, Miss Alice E. Cart, Rev. Raymond A. Dudley, Rev. Harold S. Matthews, Dr. John A. Reuling.

Treasurer — Mr. Harold B. Belcher

Associate Treasurer — Mr. E. Carl Thiessen

Assistant Treasurer — Mr. Earle E. Smith

Medical Secretary — Mark H. Ward, M.D.

Cajididate Secretary — Rev. Walter C. Tonq

Librarian and Research Secretary — Miss Mary A. Walker

Historical Research — Dr. Fred Field Goodsell

Executive Secretary and Minister of the Missions Council — Rev. A. D. Stauffacher

Associate Executive Secretary and Minister of the Missions Council — Rev. R. Norrib Wilson

Associate Executive Secretary of Promotion — Mrs. William H. Medlicott

Education Secretary — Miss Ruth I. Seaburt

Secretary for the American Board in the Missions Council — Rev. Quentin Leisher

Research Secretary — Rev. Armstrong Hunter

Secretary of Project Department — Rev. Ralph R. Shrader

News Editor — Miss Dorothy P. Gushing

Publishing and Purchasing Agent — Mr. Harvey L. Meeken '

Prudential Committee: Chairman — Rev. P'rederick H. Thompson; Clerk — Mark H. Ward, M.D.; Assista7it Clerk — Rev. Walter C. Tong; Mr. Frederic E. Abbe, Mr. James S. Allen, Mr. Harold L. Blakeslee, Rev. Daniel Bliss, Mr. Philip L. Garret, Rev. Russell J. Glinchy. Rev. Franklin P. Cole, Mrs. William E. Cox, Mrs. James F. English, Miss Elsie Farris, Mrs. Franklin G. Field, Mr. Alden C. Hebard, Rev. William A. Keith, Rev. Joseph F. King, Mr. William A. Kugler, Dr. Theodore K. Lawless, Rev. John H. Leamon, Rev. Frederick M. Meek, Mrs. H. Winnett Orr, Mr. Ward Phelps, Rev. Henry E. Robinson, Miss Edith Scamman, Mr. Walter P. Schmitter, Mrs. John G. Schroeder, Miss Mary E. Stearns, Mr. Edmund D. Steele, Rev. Joseph H. Stein, Mrs. James P. Stimson, Rev. E. Paul Sylvester, Mr. Sherman R. Thayer, Rev. Frederick H. Thompson, Rev. Roger E. Treat, Mrs. Harlan E. Walley, Mr. Sargent H. Wellman.

1950] National Societies 11

THE BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS OF THE CONGREGATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

General Offices, 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

President — Rev. William E. McCormack

Vice-Presidents — Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiger, Mr. Nathaniel A. Talmage, Rev. Joseph H. Evans

Executive Vice President — Rev. Truman B. Douglass

Treasurer — Mr. William F. Frazier

Assistant Treasurers — Mr. Alfred Boser, Jr., Mr. A. M. Bushfield, Miss G. B. Richards, Mr. W. F. Williams, Mr. William J. Nelson

Secretary — Mr. William Kincaid Newman

Recording Secretary — Mrs. A. H. Sharp

Board of Directors

Ex Officiis ■ — The President and Vice-Presidents Chairman — Rev. William E. McCormack * Vice-Chairman — Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiger *

Class of 1962: Mrs. W. G. Bek, N. D. Rev. Wm. Earl Brelini, 111. Mrs. A. P. Brooks, Minn. *Rev. Eugene M. Bushong, Mass. *Rev. Adelbert J. Buttrey, N. J. *Rev. Howard Conn, Minn. Rev. Frank Crook, R. I. Mr. George N. Emory, Conn. *Mr. George E. Forbes, Ohio Mr. George Hastings, Neb. Mrs. Scott Haymond, Cal. *Mr. John H. Ives, Conn. Mrs. N. W. McBeath, Iowa *Mr. Robert H. Milloy, N. Y. *Mr. E. Donald Preston, Md. *Mr. Loren H. Rockwell, N. J. *Mrs. Rees T. Williams, N. Y. ♦Mrs. W. E. Wisseman, N. C.

Vice-Chairman — Mr. Nathaniel A. Talmage * Vice-Chairman — Rev. Joseph H. Evans * Clerk — Mrs. \. H. Sharp

Class of 1954:

*Rev. Howard Stone Anderson, N. Y.

Mr. Egbert E. Briggs, Iowa

Mrs. Lyman T. Grossman, Cal.

Rev. Maurice L. Haehlen, Wis.

*Mrs. Hal C. Hardin, Mo.

Mr. Alfred H. Hauser, N. Y.

*Mrs. Robert C. Johnson, Ala.

*Rev. Samuel C. Kincheloe, 111.

*Mr. D. Richard Mead, Fla.

*Rev. Roy L. Minich, Mass.

Mrs. Clarence L. Murdey, Wash.

Prof. Egbert S. Oliver, Ore.

Mr. F. Rogers Parkin, N. Y.

*Mrs. Henry W. Schneider, Mich.

Rev. Herbert R. Smith, Vt.

Rev. Mark B. Strickland, N. H.

Mrs. H. J. Stroh, Colo.

Rev. R. Clyde Yarbrough, Mass.

* Membera of the Executive Committee.

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American Missionary Association Division

General Secretary — Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse Director of Race Relations ■ — Mb. Herman H. Long Director of Community Services — Miss Ruth A. Morton Director of Puerto Rican Work — Rev. Howard E. Spragg

Christian Education Division

14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass. General Secretary — Rev. Harry T. Stock Secretaries — Rev. Leila W. Anderson Rev. Henry R. Rust

Miss Dorothy E. Claypool Rev. Erwin L. Shaver

Rev. Bryant Drake (Chicago) Miss Grace E. Storms

Miss Merle L. Easton Miss Mildred C. Widber

Rev. J. Elliott Finiay Miss Ruth E. Curry

Rev. Paul R. Reynolds (Chicago) Miss Frances Eastman

Division of Church Extension and Evangelism

General Secretary — Rev. Stanley U. North departments City Work: Director — Rev. Ira Donald Black Church Building: Secretary — Mr. William Kincaid Newman

Church Financial Adviser — Mr. Curtis R. Schumacher Field Research : Director — Rev. Ross W. Sanderson Evangelism: Director — Rev. Wofford C. Timmons

Associate — Rev. Elmer S. Freeman Town and Country Work: Director — Rev. Thomas Alfred Tripp

Associate Director- — Rev. Wesley A. Hotchkjss

Ministerial Relief Division

General Secretary — Rev. Frank J. Scribner Associate — Rev. Percy C. Ladd

Pilgrim Press Division

14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass. 19 South La Salle St., Chicago 3, 111. General Manager — Mb. Charles A. Butts (14 Beacon St., Boston S) Editor, Advance — Rev. Andrew Vance McCracken (287 Fourth Ave., New York 10) Manager, Boston Book Store — Miss Dora Brown Manager, Chicago Book Store — Mrs. Marjorie Kniffin

Promotion and Missionary Education

Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, Minister of the Missio7}s Cou7icil

Rev. R. Norris Wilson, Associate Minister and Executive Secretary of the Missions Ccuncil

Mrs. William H. Medlicott, Associate Executive Secretary of the Missions Council

Miss Helen Frances Smith (Information)

Miss Ione Catton {Resource)

Rev. Ralph R. Shrader {Project)

Rev. W. Armstrong Hunter (Research)

Rev. Nelson C. Dreier {Special Promotion)

The Laymen's Fellowship

National Director — Mr. Walter A. Graham, Pembroke 1, Kentucky

Radio Committee

220 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. Director — Rev. Everett C. Parker

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THE COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL ACTION

289 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

1164 E. 58th St., Chicago 37, lU.

1751 N Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

Chairman — Rev. Liston Pope Director — Rev. Rat Gibbons

Vice-Chairman — Rev. Richard M. Fagley Recording Secretary — Rev. Charles T. Brewster

Treasurer — Rev. Albert J. Penner

Rev. Charles T. Brewster, Mr. Russell Dixon, Mr. Edward N. Doan, Rev. Frank D. Doret, Mr. Harrt E. Drobish, Rev. Richard M. Fagley, JMr. Harold X. Felton, Mrs. W. G. Hay, Rev. Fred Hoskins, Mrs. Charles S. Johnson, Mr. Harry C. Markle, Rev. W. Robert Mayhew, Rev. Liston Pope, Mrs. B. A. Redington, Mr. Lloyd P. Rice, Mrs. Ross Sny'der, Mr. Herbert G. Winter, Mrs. Theron X. Zimmerman.

Co-opted: Rev. Fred S. Buschmeyer, Rev. Truman B. Dougl.^s, Rev. Bryant Drake, Mr. Ralph H. Earle, Jr., Mr. Walter Graham, Rev. Emerson G. Hangen, Rev. Douglas Horton, Rev. Vere V. Loper, Rev. DA\aD McKeith, Jr., Rev. J.^mes A. G. Moore, Rev. Albert D. STAurFACHER, Rev. Thomas A. Tripp, Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse.

EXECUTIVE staff

Director — Rev. R.\y Gibbons International Relations — Rev. Herman F. Reissig

Agricultural Relations — Rev. Shirley E. Greene Legislative — Rev. Thom.\s B. Keehn Industrial Relations — Rev. Francis W. McPeek Race Relatirns — Rev. Galen R. Weaver Social Action — Rev. Kenneth Underwood, Editor

Miss Jennie Evans, Managing Editor

THE CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE COMMITTEE, INC.

no E. 29th St., New York 16, X. Y.

Chairman — Rev. Joseph H. Stein Treasurer — Mr. Harold B. Belcher

Vice-Chairman — Rev. Raymond A. Dudley Executive Secretary — Rev. Eable H. Ballou

Secretary ^ — Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse Associate Executive Secretary — Rev. Joseph X. Howell

Assistant Treasurer — iliss Lucy V. Seidler

Displaced Persons Program Secretary — Rev. William F. H.*.stings

The Service Committee has the following members, elected by the Corporation, which is composed of members of the Prudential Committee of the .\merican Board.

Class of 1952 — Mrs. James F. EngUsh, Rev. Elden H. Mills, Mr. Harold K. Norton, Rev. .\lbert J. Penner, Mrs. John C. Schroeder, Rev. Philip M. Widenhouse.

Class of 1953 — Rev. Daniel Bhss, Rev. Raymond A. Dudley, Mrs. Lincoln D. Kelsey, Mr. Clj'de McDufBe, Dr. Elmer L. Sevringhaus, Rev. Joseph H. Stein.

Co-opted Members — Mrs. Frieda J. Demarest, Rev. Thomas B. Keelm, Mr. Harold S. Miner, Rev. Henrj' R. Rust, Miss Helen Frances Smith, Rev. Donald Strickler, Rev. Arthur S. Wheelock.

Ex-OJficio Directors — Mr. Harold B. Belcher, Rev. Earle H. Ballou, Rev. Truman B. Douglass, Rev. Ray Gibbons, Rev. Douglas Horton, Rev. David McKeith, Jr., Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher.

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THE ANNUITY FUND FOR CONGREGATIONAL MINISTERS

Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 1914 287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

ANNUITY FUND OFFICERS

President — Mr. Leslie R. Rounds

Vice-President — Mr. .Joh.n' T. Beach Treasurer — Rev. Willi.\m F. Frazier

General Secretary — Rev. Frank J. Scribner Actuary — Mr. George A. Huggins

Assistant Secretary — Mrs. Alma K. Quimby

Assistant Treasurers — Mr. Alfred Boser, Jr., Miss Gertrude B. Richards, Mr. W. F. Williams

TRUSTEES Rev. Robbins W. Barstow, Mr. John T. Beach, Mr. Harold B. Belcher, Mr. Ashby E. Bladen, Mr. Charles M. Bliss, Mr. George N. Emory, Mr. Alfred C. Howell, Mr. J. Watson MacDowell, Mb. Ray D. Murphy, Rev. William W. Patton, Mb. Leslie R. Rounds, Mr. William D. Winter.

RETIREMENT FUND FOR LAY WORKERS

Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, 19.30

287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

The ofiicers and trustees of the Retirement Fund for Lay Workers are the same as the officers and trustees of The Annuity Fund for Congregational Ministers.

THE CORPORATION FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL

OF THE

CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES OF THE U. S.

287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y.

President — Mr. William D. Winter

Vice-President — Mr. J. Watson MacDowell

Secretary — Rev. Frank J. Scribner

Assistant Secretary — • Rev. Douglas Horton

Treasurer — Mr. William F. Frazier

Assistant Treasurers — Mr. Alfred Boser, Jr., Mr. Wm. J. Nelson, Miss Gertrude B. Richards, Mr. W. F. Williams

Term Expiring 1952: Term Expiring 19o4-' Term Expiring 1956:

Mr. John T. Beach, N. J. Mr. P. Donald Folwell, Pa. Mr. Frank Barrows, N. J.

Mr. Charles M. Bliss. Conn. Mr. Walter H. Gilpatric, N. Y. Mr. Walter Dingley, N. Y.

Mr. Alfred C. Howell, Conn. Mr. John H. Hosch, Jr., Conn. *Mr. James M. Hills, N. Y.

Mr. LesUe R. Rounds, N. Y. Mr. William Osgood Morgan, N. J. Mr. J. Watson MacDowell, N. Y.

Mr. Frank C. Van Cleef, Ohio Mr. John J. Schumann, Jr., N. J. Mr. William D. Winter, N. J.

* deceased.

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THE MISSIONS COUNCIL

287 Fourth Ave., New York 10, N. Y. 14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.

19 S. La Salle St., Chicago 3, 111.

Chairman — Mrs. Judson E. Fiebiqer, Grinnell, Iowa

Viee-C hair man — Rev. Daniel Bliss, Greenwich, Conn.

Treasurer — Mr. Harold B. Belcher, Boston, Mass.

Recording Secretary — Mrs. Ross Snyder, Chicago, 111.

Minister and Executive Secretary — Rev. Albert D. Stauffacher, New Y^ork, N. Y.

Associate Minister and Executive Secretary — Rev. R. Norris Wilson, New York, N. Y.

Associate Executive Secretary — Mrs. William H. Medlicott, New York, N. Y.

Associate Executive Secretary — Rev. Frank L. Edwards, Chicago, lU.

Office Secretary and Assistant Treasurer — IMies Lucy V. Seidler, New York, N. Y.

Business Agent — • Mr. Harvey L. Meeken, Boston, Mass.

Secretaries — Miss Elizabeth McGuffie, Chicago, 111.; Miss Dorothy P. Gushing, Rev. William Armstrong Hunter, Rev. Quentin Lbisher, Miss Ruth I. Seabtjry, Rev. Ralph R. Shrader, Boston, Mass.; Miss Ione Catton, Rev. Nelson C. Dreier, Rev. .\lexander B. Ferguson, Mrs. E. E. McClintock, Miss Helen Frances Smith, William K. Wilson, New York, N. Y.

Membership

The Missions Council consists of the thirty-six members together with the President and the Vice- Presidents of The Board of Home Missions, the thirty-six members with the President and Vice-Presidents of the American Board and the eighteen members of the Council for Social Action, and the Secretarj- of the General Council, ex officio.

CONGREGATIONAL BOARD OF PASTORAL SUPPLY

14 Beacon St., Boston 8, Mass.

Established 1894

Secretary — Rex. Horace G. Robson Secretary Emeritus — Rev. Charles C. Merrill

Chairman — Rev. Ralph H. Long

To assist Congregational Christian Churches in finding suitable pastors.

Maintained since 1916 by the New England Congregational State Conferences.

Co-operates with The Midwest Pastoral Relations Committee, 1104 Garfield St., Madison .5, Wis., and The Department of the Ministrj' of the General Council.

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