AME Bishop’s Council
Holds Special Session
Name Presidents
Of Various Boards;
Greene Presides
CINCINNATI, Ohio — (ANP)
—The Council of Bishops of the
African Methodist Episcopal
church convened in extra session
last week in Cincinati, Ohio, with
Bishop S. L. Greene, Atlanta, the
newly-elected president, presid
ing, with other newly elected of
ficers including: Bishop F. Madi
son Reid, Columbia, S. C., vice
president; Bishop D. Ward Nich
ols, Philadelphia, secretary; and
Bishop Alexander J. Allen, Cleve
land, Ohio, assistant secretary.
The other bishops in attendance
were: William A. Fountain, Sr.,
senior emeritus; J. A. Gregg, ac
tive senior; *R. C. Ransom, G. W.
Baber, J. H. Clayborn, L. H. Hem
mingway, D, O. Walker, Joseph
Gomez, I. H. Bonner, W. R. Wilkes,
C. A. Gibbs, H. T. Primm, F. D.
Jordan and E. C. Hatcher.
The purpose of the meeting was
to execute the mandates of the
recent session of the General Con
ference and to consider other mat
ters properly brought before it.
Important features highlighting
the session include: :
1. The election of three dele
gates to the World Conference on
Faith and Order convening at
Lund, Sweden, August 15-28, 1952,
viz: Bishops S. L. Green, J. A.
Gregg, A. J. Allen.
2. The election of four repre
sehtatives on the Lay Church I
Men’s Commission of the National
Council of Churches, viz: Drs.
A. S. Jackson, R. W. Manse, A. A.
Billings and A. G. Gaston.
3. Favorable action on the re
quest for the selecting of one
young minister for study in the
gradute school of Ecumenical
Studies, Geneva, Switzerland,
opening Oct. 1.
4. Favorable action on the re
quest for one representative from
the denomination to the Inter
national Congress for Hymnology
and Church Music in Berne, Switz
erland, Aug. 30 to Sept. 4.
5. Favorable action on the re
quest for approval of the annual
budget for the: (a) World Coun
cil of Churches (b) National
Council of Churches (c) Fraternal
Council of Negro Churches.
6. Acceptance of invitation to
participate in the joint conference
on Protestant Unity, Buch Hill
Falls, Penna., Oct. 29-31.
7. Acceptance of invitation to
participate in National Conference
on Rapidly changing Racial, Poli
tical and Social conditions in
Africa, South of the Sahara, con
vening at Wittenberg College,
Springfield, Ohio, June 16-25 with
the following representatives be
ing selected: Bishops I. H. Bon
ner, C. A. Gibbs, H. T. Primm,
F. D. Jordan and E. C. Hatcher.
8. The projection of a special
campaign to aid emergency pro
jects in our four foreign mission
fields. The following annual al
lotments for four years, being ap
proved (a) 14th District, $10,000
(b) 15th District, $3,000 (c) 16th
District, $10,000 (d) 17th District,
$7,000.
| Other important features en
acted by the Council were:
I 1. The selection of New Or
leans, la., as the place for the
holding of the annual session,
I Feb. 18-20, 1953.
2. The election of the chairmen
of the various boards and com
missions which resulted in the
following:
j Publication board, Bishop
Greene, president; Bishop Clay
'born, first vice president; Bishop
Gregg, second vice president.
Board of Missions, Bisliop Bon
ner president; Bishop Jordan, first
vice president.
Board of Finance, Bishop
Walker, president.
Board of Church Extension,
Bishop Reid, president.
Board of Pension, Bishop Nich
ols, president.
Board of Women’s' Missionary
Societies, Bishop Gibbs, president.
Board of Connectional Evangel
ism, Bishop Hatcher, president.
Board of Incorporators, Bishop
Baber, president; Bishop Nichols,
vice president.
Board of History and Research,
Bishop Allen, president.
Board of Health, Bishop Primm,
president.
Board of Connectional Budget,
Bishop Wright, Jr., president.
Board of Rural Church, Bishop
Hemmingway, president.
Commission on Inter-Church
Councils, Bishop Greene, presi
dent.
Commission on Public Relations
and Social Welfare, Bishop Jor
dan, president.
Albert W. Wilson
Dies in California
Our beloved brother Albert W
Wilson, 92 years old, one of our
oldest pioneer laymen was struck
down Wednesday night, July 9
and passed Thursday July 10 at
1:15 a.m. Brother Wilson came to
California in the 80’s from At
lanta, Ga. He and his family fig
ured prominately in the growth
| of Southern California. He is one
j of the foundation stones of 1st
A.M.E., 8th and Towne, the oldest
racial church in Southern Cali
fornia. As a Layman, Brother Wil
son has filled every office in the
church.
He was a member of the Ma
sonic Lodge and was employed for
35 years in one of Los Angeles
leading banks.
He leaves to mourn a wife, Mrs.
Pinkie Wilson, brother, Sidney of
Atlanta, Ga., and the members of
8th & Towne church.
He left his footprints in the
sands of time.
by Camillia Leftridge.
Bishop F. D. Jordan
Visits Kansas City
KANSAS CITY—Bishop Fred
erick D. Jordan of Los Angeles
was a visitor in Kansas City re
cently en route to the West Coast
from Springfield, Ohio, where ne
attended the North American As
sembly on African Affairs spon
sored by the National Council of
Churches of Christ. He also at
tended the Bishops’ Council of the
AME church held in Cincinnati
in June.
It was Bishop Jordan’s first
visit to Kansas City since he was
elevated to the bishopric at the
AME General Conference in Chi
cago in May. During the few days
that he spent here, he was greeted
i by his many friends who knew
him when he was pastor of the
I Bethel AME church and dean ,-rf
I the Noah W. Williams School of
Religion at Western university in
Quindaro from 1936 to 1940.
Bishop Jordan, who was as
signed to the 17th Episcopal dis
tirct of the AME church in South
Africa, plans to sail for his post
of duty on Sept. 25 on the USS
| Queen Mary. He will be accom
panied by his wife, Mrs. Artisha
Jordan. Until that time, he will
continue to pastor Ward AME
church in Los Angeles from
which pastorate he was elected
bishop.
Bishop D. Ormonde Walker,
presiding bishop of the fifth Epis
copal district, has not yet assigned
a ministed to Ward to succeed
Bishop Jordan.
Bishop Jordan will hold his first
conference in his new district on
Oct. 16 at Capetown in South
Africa. His district embraces the
Transvaal, Zambese, Central
Africa and the Belgian Congo.
While in South Africa, Bishop
Jordan plans to build up th(
school of religion at Wilberforce
institute and to encourage wide
correspondence • bet ween men and
women of America and Africa
who are engaged in similar pur
suits.
While here, Bishop Jordan was
a guest in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Randolph Moore, 2418 E.
28th St. He worshipped Sunday
at the Ward Chapel AME church.
Anderson
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openings in the foundation so concretely that
these mistakes will not happen again.
As in all great corporations or business or
, ganizations there sometimes comes a time for
reformations. Leaders have to be elevated,
some changed, program, and buildings ex
panded, Youth and educational problems
solved. Financial levies or assessments and
disbursements must be carefully studied and
placed on a fair sound level that all concerned
even to the smallest share-holder or member,
pertaining to Churches from the largest to the
smallest church or Mission may feel and know
that they belong to, and are working in the
most reliable upright organization that it is
possible to have.
In this great meeting of African
Episcopal Methodism in Chicago,
let us go about our work intelli
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_^Greatestjible News in 341 Years*
After 15 years* labor by leading Bible
scholars, the Revised Standard Version
of the Bible will be published in the Fall.
It is sponsored by the National Council
of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.,
constituted by 29 Protestant and East
ern Orthodox communions with 32,000,000
members. “We have been revising the
King James Version and the American
Standard Version to get closer to the
Bible as it was originally written,” saye
Dr. Luther A. Weigle (above), dean
emeritus of Yale Divinity School and
chairman of the revision committee.,
“With the aid of the oldest manuscripts
yet known and with new knowledge of
Greek and Hebrew vocabularies, we have
really been recovering the Bible. In
this sense, the ‘new* Bible is the ‘oldest.’ ’*
gently, prayerfully, with great |
dignity and poise ever keeping in
I mind that God watches us and
that the eyes of the world are
watching our every move. Let
us not stoop to political banter or
be bought for personal gain. Let
us elect and retain men to be
leaders in all departments, who
are fully capable and qualified,
both in spiritual and business
spheres to do the work and lead
us on to greater heights in the
realms of Christianity of th<
' A.M.E. Church.
May we strive to serve to the
!best of our ability under God’s
guidance to expand, to reform
where needed, make revisions
where necessary, and to advance
the various soul saving, spiritual,
religious education in schools, fin
ancial and youth departments of
this great organization.
Yes, we the Laymen of the
African Episcopal Methodist
Church realize that we must work
with, and for our ministers and
leaders, when they rae in the
right, and they in turn must work
with and for the Laity when they
are working for the betterment of
church conditions, for one cqnnotj
succed without the other.
We cannot do these things alone,'
but we must take God Our
Father, Christ Our Redeemer,
Man our Brother as our Captians
in this great meeting, and March
on the Zion.
We of the Southwest Missouri
Conference appreciate the wisdom
and work of our Bishop, D.
Ormonde Walker, for the support
and recognition he has given the
Laymen and ask God’s Blessings
Sunday School
Lesson
SAMUEL, JUDGE AND
PROPHET
Scripture ... 1 Samuel lb to
8:22; 12;14-25.
i Memory Selection. Prepare your
I hearts unto the Lord, and serve
Him only. 1 Samuel 7:3.
Present Day Application
By Bishop Frederick D. Jordan
Los Angeles, California
The job of every Christian is
multiple, as was Samue’s. Chris
tians should exert political as well
as moral influence in the com
munity. Clean living, worship and
fellowship are required for an
ideal place in which to live. Clean
living means good government. If
the Christian refuses to interest
himself in the government of his
community and leaves it to others
like the Rankins, the Talmadges,
the Byrnes, etc., the result will be
a city of cut-throats, robbers,
gamblers and violators of homes.
A people that have no regard for
the rights and privileges of others,
a nation that feels another na
tion has "no right it is bound to
respect.” Christians in govern
ment and other places of authority
will bring about the unity of na
tions, a unity that war cannot
possibly create. War can never
be a weapon of peace.
upon him, praying humbly that his
strength may be regained that he
may ever carry and wave high the
Banner of and for CHRIST and
His righteousness in the A.M.E.
CHURCH.
ST. PAUL'S A.M.E. CHURCH
OSKALOOSA, KANSAS
12th Annual Reunion & Homecoming, August 3, 1952
>0*0 Sundar School S, Paul'*. - Topeka.
Miss Evelyn Toad, supc. Recognition of Spantsh-Amerlcan War Veterans, 53d reunion.
Welcome by John W. Roberts, editor Oskaloosa Independent.
11*00 Worship Service, High Schcol Auditorium v Address: Prominent Speakers. Gov. Arn will speak.
In charge of Rev. Blms, pastor 2d Christian Church, Lawrence, accompanied
by his choir. 4:00 Service.
. „ . - ■ « »* — v;n;«ors In charge of Rev. E. B. Childress, pastor 1st A. M. E. Church, Kansas City,
12:30 Offering: Introduction ot visitors Kansas, accompanied by his choir.
1:00 Big Free Country Dinner, served at the School grounds Ofierina.
Informal Fellowship Period. ‘
T da ’» Program is Dedicated to the Descendants of the late HENRY and MOLLIE BURNETT, charter members of this Church. Response for the family will be given
by McKinley Burnett of Topeka. All churches of the northeastern Kansas vicinity axe invited to join with us for this occasion. Rev. A. L. WARD. Pastor. St. Paul Committee