Religion: Mouthpiece Muffled?

If U. S. Protestantism has a mouthpiece it is the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, founded 24 years ago to give its constituent worshippers voice on moral (not theological) questions. With altering lay attitudes on social questions the Federal Council has tried to keep pace. Whether it has outrun the minds of its constituency will be apparent this week, when some 400 clergymen and laymen representing 26 denominations gather in Indianapolis for the Sixth Quadrennial Meeting of the Federal Council. Ready for the delegates' perusal are voluminous reports by many...

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