The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 23 July 1966 — Page 3
Religion In America
By LOUIS CASSELS It is rumored from time to time that disgruntled church members are conducting a “givers’ strike” in protest against church involvement in the civil rights movement and other social reform activities. Some individuals doubtless have cancelled pledges. And some local congregations probably have felt the pinch of financial reprisal. But a UPI survey of major denominations this week turned lip no evidence of a givers’ strike on a national scale. ; Only one big Protestant body — the Lutheran Church in America — has encountered fi-
nancial problems that may coni ceivably reflect membership dissatisfaction with its policies. During the past two years, the LCA has received from its 131 regional synods only 85 per cent of the funds it requested to support the work of the naj tional church, including home
and foreign missions.
Denomination officials say that a white backlash against the LCA’s strong stand on race I relations may be one factor in ; the situation. But they point to other factors which may well be more important, including a i sharp controversy over Presi- ! dent Franklin Clark Fry’s pol-
icy of combining church edlleges and seminaries. The Uni^d Church of Christ also has experienced a drop in the amount of money available to the national denomination for its programs. But the decline has been relatively slight —from $11.1 million in 1963 to $10.6 million in 1965 — and is more than offset by an increase over the same period in the budgets of the United Church’s state conferences. In other words, total contributions have gone up, but state conferences are taking a larger share of the giver’s dollar, at the expense of the national body. This kind of jurisdictional jockeying has no relation to the United Church’s liberal policies on so-
cial issues.
In all the other denomina-
tions surveyed, the picture eras clearcut: Instead of buttoning up their pocketbooks, their members are giving more than
ever.
The United Presbyterian Church, which has been particularly forthright in its commitment to the cause of social justice, reports that its total contributions increased from $298 million in 1963 to $317 million in 1965. Part of this was due to membership growth, but per capita giving also went up from $90.46 to $95.75 per year. Contributions to the world service funds of the Methodist Church — which finance the denomination’s national programs and foreign missions—increased 6 per cent from 1963 to 1964, . and another 10 per cent from 1 1964 to 1965.
At fhfl Episcopal Church, the amount of money passed along by dioceses to the national denomination has increased by 18
per cent since 1963.
The Southern Baptist Convention, largest U.S. Protestant body, has been relatively conservative on social issues, but not so conservative as to avoid some fairly sharp controversy among its membership. The controversy, however, has had no visible effects on its financial support. Since 1960, the income of the convention has in-
creased by 38 per cent.
The Roman Catholic Church does not publish financial reports. A spokesman for the National Catholic Welfare Conference said he knew of no Catholic diocese that has suffered serious financial problems be-
causfl of fflssatfsf&etion with*
the church’s social policies. When the Archdiocese of New
Orleans integrated its Catholic schools in 1962, militant segregationists waged a public campaign to organize a givers’ strike. But contributions actu-
ally increased that year.
The Man From The BANNER
League of Women Voters circulating petition urging City Council to appropriate money for a Master City Plan Three
Tho Dally Banner/ Greeneastle, Indiana Saturday, July 23, 1966
So. Jackson and Washington Streets Mayor Fisher received telegram from Governor Branigin, inviting him to attend the President’s major speech on Monument Circle Saturday. Mayor Fisher and his wife are planning to attend .... Basketball backboard and goal lying on ground in backyard
near Franklin Street.
Hoosier Held
Wilson, alias Henry Ware, had been sought by the FBI on a charge of interstate flight to avoid prosecution in Lake County, Indiana, where he was in-
dicted by a grand jury.
Lake County authorities said extradition proceedings are under way to bring Wilson back to Indiana to face charges of shooting his sister-in-law, Mrs. Catherine Anderson, 40, Ham1 mond, last January and deliver- : ing her body to the lobby of St.
! Margaret Hospital.
RACINE, Wis. UPI — Julius
„ . Authorities said the shooting Woodrow Wilson, 47, who was i , ,
huge log trucks going south I described as being wanted in ! occurred when WlIson ' vas ar - through Greeneastle | Indiana on a murder charge, j S uin g with his wife, pointed a “Wait—Delayed Signal” signs j was held here today -after his | gun at her and fired, hitting barely legible at intersection of i capture by police. j Mrs. Anderson.
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