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Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
dx30-85

CHURCHES

(See also Cathedrals; Christendom; Clergy; National Council of Churches; War; World Council of Churches; individual churches by name)

(Note centered headings below: List by Place; Quotations)

abortion: w77 668; w73 419-420

American Indians: g75 1/22 31

attacks on: g71 8/22 14; g70 3/8 29

attendance: g80 4/22 30; g77 8/8 30-31; w75 200; w75 323-324; g75 4/8 24; g75 12/22 30; w74 15; g74 1/8 29-30; g74 9/8 29-30; g73 3/22 29; g73 9/8 4; g72 4/8 21; g72 11/8 29; g72 12/22 30; g70 4/22 6-7; g70 5/8 31; g70 6/8 30; g69 2/22 31; g69 4/22 3-4, 30; g69 10/22 30; g68 2/22 3-4; g68 5/8 30; g68 12/8 26; g67 2/8 30-31; g67 5/22 30-31; g67 8/8 8-11; g67 10/22 30; w66 456; g66 3/22 31; g66 4/22 30-31; g66 9/22 4; w65 755; g65 5/8 27; g65 5/22 13; g65 6/8 30-31; g65 10/8 21; g64 4/22 4-6, 11; g64 8/8 8, 10; g64 8/22 29-30; g64 10/8 30; g64 11/8 21-23; g63 2/22 30; g63 5/22 30-31; g63 7/8 30-31; g63 10/22 30; g63 11/8 30; w62 453-455; g62 3/22 30; g62 4/22 23; g62 5/22 24, 31; g62 6/22 27; g62 11/22 30; g62 12/8 15; g61 3/8 30; g61 12/8 30; g60 10/8 30; w59 722-723; g59 3/22 6; g58 9/8 23; g55 12/8 19; g54 2/22 16; w53 649-652; g53 9/22 3-4; g52 6/22 20; w50 100; g49 6/8 16; g49 12/8 18; g35 8/28 758; g31 9/30 858; g30 4/16 471-472; g30 9/17 827

Canada: g82 6/8 29-30

Cuba: g77 2/22 31

efforts to get people to church: g85 8/8 31; w83 7/1 4-5

Finland: w79 11/15 12

France: g80 12/8 3

Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g82 9/8 29; g79 10/22 30

Italy: g82 12/8 26

motive: w64 293, 295

survey as to women’s attendance during midweek: g78 12/8 29-30

United States: w82 12/15 11; g82 9/8 29

attending wedding in: w74 766-767

attitude toward—

Bible: g82 3/8 4-13

Christ’s presence: w84 12/1 4-8

communism: g77 10/8 31; w73 707-708

excommunication: w83 6/15 26

gambling: g84 3/8 29

homosexuality: w85 2/15 26; g83 2/8 30; w81 7/1 7; w81 10/1 8; g76 6/8 31

modern Israel: w83 5/15 15

nuclear war: g84 9/22 28; g84 11/8 12-13; g83 6/22 29

nuclear weapons: g85 1/8 11; w83 5/1 23; g83 2/22 29; g83 9/8 31

persecution of Witnesses in Nazi Germany: g83 5/8 30

polygamy: g78 2/8 29

pornography: g80 3/8 30

premarital sex: w84 5/1 11

smoking: g82 11/8 29

tobacco growing: w84 3/15 26

baptism of children: g78 8/8 30

bells: g62 9/8 29-30; g53 4/8 24; g43 4/14 31; g40 9/18 24

black independent churches: g81 1/22 12-15

British Council of Churches:

warning against “taking too evangelistic an approach in discussions with people of other faiths”: w81 10/15 10

buildings: w75 263; w74 490-491; g72 8/8 30; g70 7/22 21-22; g69 7/8 3; g69 10/22 30; w68 39, 451-452, 630-633; g68 2/22 4; g68 5/22 31; g68 12/22 31; g67 11/22 18; g67 12/22 29; g66 11/22 30; g64 8/8 9; g64 11/8 22; g63 4/8 30; g63 11/8 30; g62 1/22 31; g62 4/22 23; w57 425; g57 11/8 25-26; rm 45-46

for sale: g79 5/22 30; g71 2/22 30

largest: g75 1/8 22

charismatics: g82 2/8 3-11

children’s view of: g75 3/22 30; g75 8/22 29-30

choirs: w75 112

church-run child-care agencies: g79 6/8 30

church schools: g79 7/8 19

clergy:

women: g82 11/8 29; g78 5/8 22; g77 7/22 30; g77 8/8 27-28

clergy-laity distinctions: w81 4/1 15; w80 1/1 23; w74 491; g64 4/22 14-15; g62 4/22 24

closed: w75 631; g73 3/22 29; g73 9/22 4; w70 451-452; g68 1/22 30

United States: g61 6/8 30

comment on house-to-house calls: g80 9/22 21

commercial ventures: g71 2/8 17; g70 2/8 21-23; g70 7/22 30; g70 9/8 30-31; g69 6/22 30; g67 2/8 9-12; g67 10/22 30; w63 646

court ruling regarding: g79 6/8 29

compared with early Christianity: g64 8/8 11; g62 12/8 15

converts through relief supplies: w60 643-644

corruption: g83 1/22 13-14

criticism proper: g74 11/22 27-28

decline: g83 3/22 31; g82 6/8 29-30; g82 6/22 29; g82 9/8 29; g82 12/8 25-27; g81 6/8 21-23; w80 10/15 22-23; yb80 34-35; g80 2/22 16-20; g79 5/22 30; g79 7/22 20; g77 9/8 31; w76 360; g76 6/22 29; w75 41; w75 172; w75 200; w75 323-324; w75 631; w75 684; g75 2/8 31; g75 3/8 30; g75 4/8 24-26, 31; g75 9/8 30; w74 15; w74 556; g74 1/8 29-30; g74 5/8 31; g74 7/8 29; tp73 85-86; g73 1/8 29; g73 1/22 30; g73 2/22 3; g73 5/8 30; g73 6/8 30-31; g73 9/22 3-4; g73 10/22 31; w72 323, 340; g72 2/22 30; g72 3/22 29; g72 4/8 21-24, 30; g72 4/22 30; g72 5/22 30; g72 6/22 9-11, 29; g72 7/22 31; g72 8/8 30; g72 8/22 17-18; g72 10/8 12; w71 329-330; w71 407-408; w71 472; w71 483-484; w71 739-740; g71 1/8 29; g71 1/22 29; g71 2/8 30; g71 3/22 3, 31; g71 4/8 29-31; g71 5/8 3, 5, 31; g71 8/8 29; g71 9/22 9-12; g71 10/8 31; g71 11/8 30; g71 12/22 31; w70 241, 451-454; g70 1/8 30; g70 1/22 29-30; g70 2/22 30; g70 3/8 31; g70 4/8 29; g70 4/22 3-7, 29-30; g70 5/22 29-31; g70 6/8 29; g70 6/22 29-30; g70 7/8 30; g70 8/8 31; g70 8/22 30-31; g70 11/22 29; g69 4/8 30; g69 4/22 3-5, 30-31; g69 7/22 31; g69 9/8 30; g69 9/22 29; g69 10/22 29; g69 11/8 30

British Free Churches: g84 5/8 30

decline in membership is a phenomenon of youth (quote): g80 6/8 19

survival strategies: w75 631

United Methodist Church: g84 8/8 30

decorations: w57 425

destruction: w82 11/15 3, 5-7; w74 53-54; w74 318; g74 4/8 19; g73 12/8 19-20; w71 471-472; g70 4/22 23-24; g69 4/22 18-19, 28; g68 2/22 6-7

predicted: g72 6/22 29

dishonesty: w79 1/1 27

disunity: g85 1/8 11; w83 9/15 5-9; w83 12/1 28; w80 12/15 23; w74 678-679; g74 9/8 29; g74 12/8 14-15

class distinctions: g71 7/22 9; g69 10/8 16; g67 1/22 30; w64 261-264; w63 18-19, 141-146; g63 6/22 29; g62 5/22 29; g61 3/8 12; g61 10/8 30

fights within: g76 7/8 30-31; g75 6/8 29; g68 9/8 31

racial discriminations: g78 7/8 29-30; g78 12/8 15; g68 11/22 29; w66 389; g64 3/22 6; g64 9/22 29; w63 196

ecumenism: w84 10/15 26

efforts toward church unity: g84 5/8 3-6

Electric Church: g81 3/22 5-12

evangelism: w74 492; g74 12/8 12-15; w73 742-744

exorcism: g78 3/8 31

experiences:

church office worker: g70 6/22 23

couple quit because of immorality in: g74 10/8 28

couple seek Christian fellowship: yb71 121-122

members quit to become Witnesses: g77 4/8 21-22; g74 3/8 22; w72 327; yb71 119

pastors accept truth and turn churches into Kingdom Halls: yb78 48-50

Witnesses give talks: g69 5/22 19; yb68 104-105; yb67 102-103; g66 8/8 12; g65 6/22 26

woman searches for truth: g70 8/22 16

face the east: g59 9/22 18

failure: w84 4/1 9; w84 6/1 31; w84 6/15 9; g84 3/8 8-9; g84 5/8 4-6; g84 11/22 25-27; w83 4/15 28; g83 4/8 29; g83 5/8 16-19, 29-30; w82 3/1 11; w82 6/1 15; w82 6/15 30; g82 5/22 29; g82 6/8 29-30; g82 10/22 30; w81 3/1 28; w81 8/1 11; w81 8/15 18; w81 9/1 28; w81 11/1 7; g81 2/22 30; g81 6/8 22-23; g81 7/22 13-14; w80 7/15 10; w80 9/1 11; g80 7/22 29; g80 8/8 30; g80 11/22 24; w79 1/1 27; w79 11/15 29; g79 4/8 3; g79 4/22 30; g79 7/22 20; w78 10/15 24; w78 11/1 24; g77 7/22 30; g76 2/22 30; g76 10/22 31; w75 355-358; w75 759; g75 1/8 4; g75 3/8 29; g75 4/8 17, 25; g75 6/22 31; g75 9/8 25-26; w74 100-101; w74 263; w74 324; w74 492; g74 2/8 29-30; g74 7/22 30; g74 8/22 30; g74 9/8 29-30; w73 483-484; g73 2/22 29; g73 5/8 29; g73 8/22 6; g73 9/22 3-5; g73 11/8 30; w72 423-424, 639; w72 639; g72 3/8 29, 31; g72 3/22 11; g72 9/8 30; w71 254; w71 419-422; w71 483-484; w71 548-549; g71 5/8 3-6, 31; g71 6/8 30; g71 8/22 30; g71 9/8 31; g71 10/22 29; g71 11/8 29-30; w70 71-72, 241; w70 241, 454, 579-580; g70 10/8 31; g70 11/8 29; is 175-179; g69 4/22 5; g69 5/22 16-17, 31; g69 6/8 30; g69 6/22 30-31; g69 7/22 15-16; g69 9/8 30; g69 9/22 31; g69 10/8 6-7; g69 11/8 29-30; g69 11/22 30; w68 3-4, 285, 462-465, 483; g68 1/8 24; g68 2/8 31; g68 2/22 23-26; g68 3/22 4-7, 30-31; g68 4/22 25; g68 5/8 30; g68 5/22 30; g68 9/22 7; g68 10/8 11, 15; g68 11/8 13-15; g68 12/22 30; g67 1/22 30; g67 2/22 30; g67 3/22 20; g67 5/8 16; g67 7/22 31; g67 8/22 30; g67 11/22 11, 17-20; g67 12/22 30; g66 5/8 30-31; g66 12/8 30-31; g65 5/22 30; g65 6/8 30-31; g65 10/8 21; w64 294-298, 390-391; g64 7/8 15, 26; g64 8/8 8-12; g64 10/8 16; g64 11/8 24, 30; g64 12/8 29

not preaching gospel: w74 100-101; w73 743-744; g73 9/22 4-6

not teaching children: g75 6/8 29

to provide spiritual food: w79 8/1 26

to teach about God’s Kingdom: g81 10/8 10

with regard to Nazi era: g85 6/8 8-10; g77 2/22 29

financial support: g75 3/8 30; g75 5/8 29; g75 9/8 24-26; g74 8/22 30; g73 9/8 4

attitude toward money: g74 8/8 31

collections: g73 11/22 24-25; w71 505-506; w70 100; g70 12/8 29, 31; g69 2/8 30-31; g69 3/8 29; g69 3/22 9-11; g69 7/8 3-4; g68 1/22 5-6; g67 1/8 30; g67 10/22 21-22; w65 277-278; w63 277, 645-646; w62 278; g62 11/8 20; w61 327; w57 31, 48, 241-242; w56 459; w55 316, 381, 656; g55 2/8 25-26; w45 360; w36 24

collections by credit card: w75 651

donations per year in United States: g80 5/8 15

financial problems: w79 5/15 28; g71 1/22 30; g71 2/8 30; g71 3/8 29; g71 3/22 31

gambling: w81 7/15 26; w80 2/1 29; w79 3/15 23; w77 282; w77 668; g75 1/8 31; g74 10/22 27; g74 11/8 12-13; g73 11/22 30; g71 11/8 30; w70 99; g70 1/22 30; g68 5/8 31; g68 7/8 30; g68 11/8 29; g67 6/22 30; g67 7/22 31; g67 10/22 22-24; g66 5/8 30; g65 1/8 20; g64 9/22 30-31; g64 10/8 15; w63 645; g61 3/8 29; g61 4/22 30; g61 7/22 29; g61 8/8 30; g61 8/22 31; g61 12/22 29; g60 10/8 25-26; w59 675-676; g59 3/22 7; g57 4/8 20; w55 167, 413; g55 1/8 4-8; g55 3/8 16; w54 94-95; w53 624, 710-711; g53 10/8 24; w52 452; g52 1/22 8; g52 6/22 13-15; w51 324; g51 9/8 9; g49 7/8 24; g48 7/22 6-7; g45 8/29 18-21; g44 2/2 24; g44 5/24 12-13; g40 6/12 12-13; g40 12/25 20; g39 4/19 20; g38 4/6 14

money institutions owned by: g80 3/8 30

money-raising schemes: g84 4/22 30; w82 3/1 10; w82 11/15 26; g81 3/22 5-8; g76 11/22 30; w75 263; w75 651; g75 9/8 25-26; w74 524; g74 11/8 12-13; g73 12/8 29; w72 419-420; w71 505-506; w71 709; g71 6/8 30; g71 7/22 29-30; g71 8/22 13-14; w70 99-100; g70 7/22 15; yb69 152; g69 4/22 9; g68 1/22 5-6; g68 6/8 30; g67 2/8 9-12; g67 10/22 21-24, 30

South Africa: w83 6/1 11

taxation: w71 407; g71 3/22 3-4; g70 2/8 21, 23; g70 5/22 30; g70 6/8 30; g70 6/22 29; g69 3/22 9-11; g69 7/8 3-4; g69 11/22 29; g68 5/22 29; g68 7/8 29; g68 12/8 29

fraud:

Life Science Church: w82 8/15 15

funerals: w70 191-192

for mobsters: w78 8/15 7

homosexual: g79 9/22 27-28; g74 2/8 30; g73 5/22 29; g70 2/8 30

hymns: g69 4/22 31; g64 11/8 23; g63 3/8 30

hypocrisy: w83 5/1 23; w81 6/15 18

influence waning: w78 11/1 24; w75 364; w75 684; g75 4/8 26; w74 360; g74 1/22 30; g73 6/8 30; g73 10/22 31; g72 4/8 21; g72 9/22 29; g71 1/22 30; g71 2/22 5-6; g71 4/8 30-31; g71 10/22 29; g70 2/8 23; g70 7/22 13-15; g70 8/8 30; g69 4/22 17, 30-31; g69 5/22 29; g68 2/22 3-6; g68 7/8 31; g68 10/8 30; g68 11/22 30; g68 12/22 23-24

invitations to speak to church groups: km 3/67 4

involvement in social reform: w84 6/15 9

laity: g74 12/8 14-15

Lincoln’s (Abraham) comment on: g84 1/8 13

Lutheran Swedish State Church:

objection to viewing God as male: w77 110

Mafia:

church used as clandestine financial center: g78 4/22 29

magazines: w75 327; g75 3/8 30

meaning of word: w74 491; w63 203, 213; g62 4/22 8; w60 559, 697-698; w55 229; g54 9/8 25; lg 125; w51 345; w47 164-165; g43 12/22 17; g36 2/26 337

members’ comments: g72 8/8 30; w70 648; g70 7/22 13-15; g70 10/8 31

membership: g80 8/8 30; g79 12/8 30; w78 3/1 22-23; w75 323; g75 5/8 29; g75 6/8 30; g74 7/8 29; g73 9/8 4; pm 257; g72 10/22 29; g71 5/8 3; g71 11/8 30; g67 2/8 30-31; g65 4/8 30; g65 8/22 30; w64 295, 334-335; g64 4/22 4-6, 11, 31; g64 8/22 29-30; g64 12/8 29-30; w63 295; g63 2/8 8; g63 2/22 30; g63 4/8 5; g63 5/8 30; w62 453; g62 5/22 5-8; w61 70, 367; g61 7/8 30; g61 10/8 4-5; w60 579-580; g60 12/8 29-30; g60 12/22 5-6; w59 79; g59 9/8 3; w58 651, 696; w57 11; g57 6/22 28; g56 1/8 24; g56 4/8 16; g56 6/8 24; g55 5/22 3-4; g53 5/22 16; w52 420-423; g52 10/8 21-23; g52 11/8 13-17; g49 8/8 24; w47 282; w40 51; g38 8/24 28-29; g36 5/20 516-517; w30 202-205; g30 4/16 471-472

decline in Britain: g83 4/8 30

decline in Finland: g83 3/22 31

decline in membership among British Free Churches: g84 5/8 30

name removed from rolls: yb74 86, 248; km 6/66 3

number in Federal Republic of Germany terminating: g80 12/8 3

number in Vienna terminating: g84 8/8 29

percentage of adults who claim church membership: g84 1/8 10

tax: w75 364

mergers: g75 11/22 21-24; g72 3/8 16; g72 7/22 30; g70 4/8 30; g70 6/8 30; g68 2/22 4; g67 1/8 30; g67 12/22 29; g66 6/22 29; g65 4/22 5-6; g65 10/22 30; g64 8/8 9-10

moral condition: w81 10/1 8; g80 11/22 24; g75 4/8 25; w74 14; w74 100-101; g74 9/8 5; w73 355-356; tp73 28-32; g73 9/8 5, 7, 29; w72 100; g72 3/8 29; g72 4/8 23-24; g72 4/22 18-20, 30; w71 451-452; w71 628; g71 5/8 29; g71 5/22 7; g71 10/22 30; g71 11/8 30; g70 6/8 31; g70 8/8 9-10; g69 4/22 30; g68 3/22 6; g68 4/8 29; g68 7/8 30; g68 11/8 31; g67 7/8 30; w64 431

ministers who have sex with their parishioners: g84 5/22 29

nudism: g75 5/22 30

United Church of Christ synod condones immorality: w77 668

music: w71 643-644; g71 3/8 29; g70 4/22 11-12; g70 8/22 30; g69 10/22 31; g67 8/8 8-11; g64 11/8 22-23; g48 3/8 13-15

National Council of Churches:

study of American religion: w82 12/15 11

nationalism: g82 8/22 17

Nazism: g85 12/22 5; g77 2/22 29

churches gave “massive support”: w78 4/1 7

support given Hitler by churches: g81 10/8 29

on wheels: g64 3/22 31

opposition to Witnesses: yb83 138-139; w81 2/1 14; yb81 45, 50, 71-72, 77-78, 188-189, 195, 221-222, 234; w80 11/1 25-26; yb80 80, 186-187, 193-197; yb79 114, 132, 149

during World War I: yb79 104, 108-110

during World War II: yb79 137, 139-141

pagan influence: g82 1/8 16-20

art: w78 4/1 7

pagan practices allowed: w84 9/15 21

pagan rituals approved: g83 9/22 29

parishioners locked in church: g78 5/8 31

peace movement: g83 8/22 5

pilgrimages: g69 8/22 30

play pokes derisive fun at much of church life: g83 6/22 29

political activities: g84 2/22 29; w83 6/15 26; w83 8/1 12; w82 1/1 3-7; w82 4/1 13; g81 3/22 3-4, 8-11; w76 135; w75 357; w74 217; w74 677-679; g74 1/22 29; g74 5/22 29; g74 8/8 31; g74 9/8 29; g74 11/22 3-6; g74 12/8 14; w73 675-676; g73 1/22 29; g73 6/8 16-19, 23-25; g73 8/8 20; g73 9/8 6-7; g73 9/22 4; g73 11/8 29; g73 12/8 16-19, 29; g73 12/22 29; w72 340, 366-367, 639; yb72 142-143; g72 2/22 30; g72 3/8 19; g72 4/22 3-5, 14-17, 30; g72 6/22 9-10, 24-26; g72 7/8 31; w71 420; w71 740; g71 1/8 29; g71 3/8 30; g71 5/8 3-4; g71 7/22 6-8; g71 8/22 29; g71 12/8 3-4; yb70 276; g70 4/22 19-20, 25, 30; g70 5/22 30; g70 10/22 29-30; g69 4/22 6-7, 31; g69 5/22 30; g68 1/8 30; g68 1/22 6-7; g68 2/22 5-6; g68 4/22 21; g68 5/22 30-31; w67 88, 90, 502; g67 5/8 19, 23; g67 12/8 30; w66 647; li 319; g66 8/8 13-16; g66 9/22 3; g65 4/22 31; g64 4/22 17-20; g64 7/8 6-8; g64 12/22 30; g63 1/22 30-31; g63 6/8 29

disappointment because of compromising with political and financial powers (quote): w85 6/15 4

history: w85 8/1 3-7

kingdom of God is a political one (quote): w81 9/15 15

Moral Majority: g81 3/8 29; g81 3/22 9-10

should not object to voting booths in: g79 1/8 29

talk by Jim Branch, “Has Religion Gone Too Far?”: w81 2/15 10

prayers: g74 1/8 10

programs: w73 742-744; w72 509; g72 4/8 22; w71 643-644; g71 3/8 29

striptease dancer: g75 6/22 30-31

pubs in churches: w74 492

Queen of England attends St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Diego: g83 6/8 29

religious “renewal”: w84 10/15 3-7

resolutions: w62 584

revolutions: w74 678-679

seminaries: g75 3/8 27

sermons: w84 3/15 26

spiritual deficiency of: g81 2/8 31

slavery: g77 10/8 7, 28-30

social activities: w72 639; g69 4/22 30; w68 484-485; g67 8/8 9-11; g67 10/22 23-24; g65 5/22 14; g65 6/8 30-31; g65 7/22 5; w64 295; g64 4/22 4-6, 11; g64 7/8 30-31; g64 11/8 21-24; w63 645; g63 2/8 6; g62 1/22 31; g62 6/8 31; g61 5/8 30; g61 10/8 4-5; g60 6/8 12; w59 294; g59 9/8 3-4; w58 518; w57 510; g55 10/22 3-4, 7; w53 649-650; g53 9/22 3; g49 12/8 18; g35 8/14 723; g34 3/14 369

stampede inside church: g68 7/22 30

steeples: g64 7/22 11

Sunday schools: g81 3/22 29; w74 555; g70 9/22 19-26; w69 734; g69 4/22 23, 25; g68 5/8 31; g67 2/22 5-9; g66 2/8 6; g66 9/8 30; g66 10/22 8; g65 2/22 31; g65 4/22 13; w64 335; g64 8/8 10; g63 7/22 7; w62 458; g62 8/22 30; w61 174; g61 4/22 30; g57 5/22 5-8; g46 7/17 12-15

decline: g80 8/22 31

surveys regarding—

church hospitality: g77 5/22 31

influence of churches on individuals: w81 8/1 30

members talking to others about their faith: w79 9/1 15

number of religious programs on television: g84 4/22 30

people quitting: w81 3/15 5

reading of the Bible by members of: w81 8/1 30

those who have left the Lutheran Church in Finland: g83 3/22 31

view the Korean people have of: g83 4/8 29

whether a child is sinful at birth: w83 12/1 28

whether the world’s many religions lead to God: w83 12/1 28

why people attend church: g77 5/22 30-31

swastika: g70 7/22 21-22

Trinity:

development of: w84 8/1 20-24

ushers: g65 7/22 26

vandalism: g81 7/22 29-30; g75 2/8 31; g69 1/8 30; g69 12/8 29-30

art thefts: g71 7/8 29

stealing of religious articles from: g81 5/8 30-31

victims of crime: g75 12/22 30

violence: g80 4/22 30; g80 7/22 29; g77 11/8 29; g74 11/22 4-5; g72 4/22 17; w71 420; w71 740; g71 2/22 3-5, 30; g71 7/8 30; g70 2/22 4; g69 4/22 8; g69 7/22 15; g69 8/22 29; g68 9/22 25-26; g68 11/8 14-15; g68 12/8 25; g67 11/8 29; g67 12/8 29; g66 9/22 3

war: g85 12/22 3-7; w82 5/1 7; g82 3/22 4-7; yb79 103-104; g78 9/22 29; g78 12/22 12; g75 2/22 18-23

attitude of members: g85 12/22 4-6

comments by columnist Mike Royko: w85 9/1 7; g85 12/22 6-7

comments by Harry Emerson Fosdick: g85 12/22 5; g78 12/22 9-10

comments by president of Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.: w85 9/1 7

comments by Professor Reo M. Christenson: g85 12/22 6-7

few secular political rivalries ever generate the bloodthirsty fervor of religious war (quote): w84 4/1 9

“just-unjust war” theory: g84 3/22 6

support of: g85 12/22 4-6; g83 5/8 29-30; w80 1/15 6

world conference at Uppsala University, Sweden: g84 11/8 12-13

World Council of Churches: g84 5/8 4-6

working for: w64 703

World Council of Churches: w85 10/15 22; g84 5/8 4-6; g84 8/8 25-27; g76 6/22 16-19

support of guerrillas: g82 1/22 29; w78 11/15 12

worldliness: w75 631; g75 6/22 31; w74 100-101; w74 217; g74 9/8 29; g74 10/8 17; g74 11/8 12-13; g74 12/8 13-15; g73 12/8 16-19, 29; g73 12/22 29; w72 639; g70 6/8 31; g67 11/22 11; g67 12/22 30; w66 659; g66 9/22 3; g64 12/8 29-30

Worldwide Church of God:

financial problems: w79 5/15 28

YMCA’s relationship to: w79 1/1 30-31

youths:

attitude toward churches: g81 9/8 18-19; g78 8/8 31

quitting: g76 3/8 29

List by Place

Austria: g84 8/8 29

Britain:

British Council of Churches: w81 10/15 10

decline in membership: g84 5/8 30; g83 4/8 30

Canada: g82 6/8 29-30

Cuba: g77 2/22 31

Finland: w79 11/15 12

decline in membership: g83 3/22 31

France: g80 12/8 3

Germany, Federal Republic of (West): g82 9/8 29; g79 10/22 30

government support of: g78 7/8 30

number of members terminating: g80 12/8 3

Ghana:

faith-healing churches: g84 2/22 29

Italy: g82 12/8 25-27

Korea, Republic of (South): g83 4/8 29

Moscow:

number in: g79 7/22 30

South Africa:

can open doors to blacks: g78 12/8 15

financial support: w83 6/1 11

money-making schemes: w83 6/1 11

Soviet Union: g80 3/8 29

Sweden: g84 11/8 12-13; w77 110

United States: w82 12/15 11; g82 9/8 29

Quotations

churches are hypocrites in that they seem to be accepting that conventional war is O.K. and nuclear war isn’t: w83 5/1 23

churches are in bondage to the war system: w82 5/1 7

churches are the finest blood-lust creators: g85 12/22 5

churches have justified and blessed almost every war in history: g83 6/22 29

churches serve mammon instead of God: w82 5/1 7

church’s involvement in war is the shameful part of our history: g83 5/8 29-30

clergy preach “sloppy agape”: w82 6/15 30

decline in membership is a phenomenon of youth: g80 6/8 19

few secular political rivalries ever generate the bloodthirsty fervor of religious war: w84 4/1 9

First Amendment has erected a wall between Church and State which must be kept high and impregnable (U.S. Supreme Court): sj 26

how comfortable would Jesus be at a service in a cathedral?: w83 4/15 28

how much does Jesus have in common with present church leaders?: w83 4/15 28

kingdom of God is a political one: w81 9/15 15

most church people accept war as a normal instrument of public policy: w82 5/1 7

much that masquerades as religion would shock St. Paul: w83 7/1 5

ominous future: w78 11/1 24

preaching rotten sermons defrauds laity: w77 77

replaced the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the trendy gospel of leftist politics: w85 10/15 22

warning against “taking too evangelistic an approach in discussions with people of other faiths”: w81 10/15 10

we want to preach politics and to change politics: g83 8/22 7

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