World Council of Churches Papers, 1941-1961.

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World Council of Churches Papers, 1941-1961.

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Chiefly minutes, leaflets, and articles printed in Quaker and other periodicals, relating to the council and possible relationship of Quaker bodies to it; together with correspondence of Bliss Forbush and others on behalf of Friends General Conference, with the council's secretariat regarding council membership.

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Swarthmore College, McCabe Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7171649

Swarthmore College, McCabe Library

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Forbush, Bliss, 1896-

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Quaker educator, administrator, and author. Bliss Forbush was the Headmaster of Baltimore Friends School, Chairman of Friends General Conference, and Executive Secretary of Baltimore Monthly Meeting. Born in 1896, the son of William B. and Maud Forbush, he married E. La Verne Hill in 1915; he died in 1987. From the description of Papers, ca. 1915-1945. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30462529 ...

Friends General Conference (U.S.)

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The Friends General Conference was organized in 1900 as the representative body of seven yearly meetings of Hicksite Friends. At present, Friends General Conference includes 14 Yearly meetings and regional groups and 16 directly affiliated monthly meetings in North America. It is organized into an operating body, the Central Committee. The Executive Committee, appointed by the Central Committee, is reponsible for budget and coordination of programs. The names of the program committees have chang...

World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...