Calvin Synod Herald, 1975 (75. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1975-03-01 / 3-4. szám

REFORMÁTUSOK LAPJA 7 John Butosi, Joseph Kecskemethy, John Nemesnyik, Francis Vitéz. — Hungarian Reformed Church in America: Bishop Dezső Abraham, co-chairman; Dr. Zoltán Beky, Gabor Csor­dás, Alexander Daroczy, Alex Eger, Jr. (attorney), Dr. Andrew Harsanyi, Stephen Kovács, James Kovary, Louis Nagy, John Nemish. — Imre Bertalan (Hungarian Reformed Church affiliated with the Reformed Church in America) was invited and was present. New Models for Church Fund-Raising To the surprise of few, change is radically affecting ways of raising money for, and financing churches and their programs. No one knows this better than Raymond B. Knudsen who, as assistant general secretary for donor support of the National Council of Churches, is one of the most skilled and knowledgeable financial “developers” in church life today. In his second book New Models for Financing The Local Church (Association Press 1974, $6.95), parish ministers and financial chairmen and active canvassers will learn, to the astonishment of some, that giving today tends to be cashless and computerized. New terms for new techniques are discussed, such as “programmed sup­port,” the “charitable unitrust” and others. But these, while trends of today, are designs for tomorrow, for Dr.. Knudsen acknowledges that passing the plate and traditional ways employed by the every member canvass still have their validity and that they will be around for a long time to come. The Every Member Canvass is, of course, the heart of the matter. It’s the fresh approaches in the way it works that Dr. Knudsen sees as the key to its successful functioning in the future. His is the first book to deal with the new, and increasingly proven, methods, and it is clearly one that every pastor and stewardship committee member should examine and learn from, (/c) Tempo, Oct. 74---------------------------------------­Professor Nagy in East Asia Dr. Gyula Nagy, professor of the Budapest Theological Academy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary, who is at present on special commission in the Geneva center of the Lutheran World Federation, conducted a tour from the 7th of October to the 15th of November in the Lutheran churches and theological centers of East Asia. While in Singapore, he visited the Christian Council of Asia, had talks with the Council’s leaders and visited the Theological Seminary of Southeastern Asia. In Japan he gave lectures and conducted a seminar in Koyoto at the Doshisha University about the dialogue between Christians and Marxists and the life of the Hungarian churches. While in Tokyo, he visited the member churches of the Lutheran World Federation and the Lutheran Theological Seminary and had a discussion with Japanese professors of theology about theological cooperation among the Lutheran Churches of East Asia and the problems of pastoral training. The National Council of Churches Governing Board AT * A*GL ANCE New York, N.Y.—The policy-making Governing Board of the National Council of Churches, in a three-day business sessions at the Roosevelt Hotel here: ASSERTED: Its concern for human rights in a number of nations now under repressive governments, and CALLED ON: The U.S. Government to halt further eco­nomic and military aid specifically to the governments of Korea, Brazil, Chile and the Philippines until those countries restore essential freedoms. HEARD: Curtis Roosevelt, chief of NGO agencies at the United Nations, assert the churches have a unique role to play in providing answers in the meaning of life now asked by all. RECEIVED: A lengthy report on the world food crisis and reviewed a wide range of NCC activities in the fight against hunger. APPLAUDED: A four-member panel of church leaders for their candid and hopeful views on the future of ecumenism. HEARD: NCC General Secretary Claire Randall cite the churches responsibility to help people redefine the meaning of life in a time of radical change in society and life styles. DEPLORED: The violence attending the current public school crisis in Boston while at the same time the Board SCORED: President Ford’s ill-timed assertion of his opinion in opposition to the court orders for busing school children. ASSERTED: Its view that President Ford’s “earned re­entry” program for Vietnam war resisters in this country and in exile elsewhere “falls far short of the objective of helping, in Ford’s words, “bind up the nation’s wounds.” VOICED: Distress at the super-powers’ military interven­tion in Cyprus and urged immediate opening of ne­gotiations, with the people of Cyprus fully represented, to set the island on a future peaceful course. CALLED FOR: Open hearings on the operations of In­ternational Business Machines, Inc. in racist South Africa. AUTHORIZED: Further discussions between the NCC and representatives of the “Gay Church,” with a view to weighing a possible plant of action in future relationships. ADOPTED: A budget for NCC operations in 1975 amounting to $15.8 million (not including CWS re­imbursable ocean freight relief shipment costs of $2.1 million) covering basic ongoing programs and projects. ASKED: NCC’s Division of Church and Society to work on new policy for a program of evangelism. SUPPORTED: The right of self-determination for the people of Puerto Rico. ENDORSED: The designation by the United Nations of 1975 as Women’s Rights Year. WILL MEET NEXT: In Chicago, Illinois, March 5-7, at the McCormick Inn. ♦ ♦ ♦

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