The Reunion of Christendom

Authors

Th. Engelder, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

9-1-1943

Document Type

Article

Keywords

lutheran church, christian church, macfarland, christendom, atheism

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

A third slogan of the unionistic propaganda is: "Unite or be submerged!" (C. S. Macfarland, Trends of Christian Thinking, p. 146.) The union of the churches is the supreme need of the Church, "the essential and basic need." (Loe. cit., p. 136.) The unionists are honestly convinced, and they want to convince us that unless the churches unite to present an unbroken front to the forces of evil, the Church will go down in defeat. J. D. Rockefeller, Jr., declared that "only a united Christian world can stem the rising tide of materialism, of selfishness, of shaken traditions, of crumbling moral standards, and point the way out," and therefore recommended that the eleven Protestant churches of Tarrytown, N. Y., give up their individual existences and form a community church.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Engelder, Th. (1943) "The Reunion of Christendom," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 14, Article 52.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol14/iss1/52