Concordia Theological Monthly
Article Title
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
