The Ohio Independent Baptist, June 1964

World Council • Is attempting To build one church Says observer The World Council of Churche is attempting to build a one-world church and to create a theology to fit that one church. A nation·al observer of 1he ecu– meni cal movement made this charge in speaking at the clo ing e ion of the spring conference of the Ameri– can Council of Christian Churches of Ohio, he'ld at Calvary Bapti t Church, orwalk, Ohio. Dr. J. Philip Clark, general secre– tary of the Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Mis ions, out– lined the teps he believes the Na– tional and Word Council of Churcbe are following in a drive for unity. Thi s unity, he said, would elimin– ate denomination within the Prot– estant religion and unite all Chr istian churche under the Roman Catholic Church, with the ultimate goa l of bringing all world r eligions into one. Dr. Clark poke on behalf of the American and International Council of Christian hurches, organizations formed in op,position to the World ounciI of Churches. He has at– tended a number of international conferences on the ecumenical move– men t. and he ba ed hi s speech on book and report published by the World ounci l of Churches. ' 'Welding Together' ' He de\cr1 bed the final pha e of unity a synchroni sm, the welding to gcther of all religions into one. By working toward th i , he said , the World Cou ncil o f hurche i ad– vancing the theory th at all per on will be aved, wi th or wi thout a be- lief in J esu hrist. In the World ounci l's <.J oc tr1nc, he said , ·· hristiani ty is no t cons id– ered the true religion." He repor ted on a a1 adian 111ect– ing i11 wJ1ich tt1e l~aith and OrcJcr 0111111ittee of the World OL1nci l dre\\ 1 up a theology tha t wotil d fi t all Prote ta11 t ch t1rcl1es. He e aJJ d thi a con ensu theo– Jog)'., anc.l said it V,'il l be, l))' r111d Jarge, the I<. 111a11 111 1 g)'. ..J hi 11 e11 u tl1eol g}', 11 , aid, \\'ill ac- e '"Pl tractiti n 11 an qL1aJ l>a i Vt' it11 Thi s article, s1-tpplied to 1-ts by R ev. J o1in E. Millheim , pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, N orwallt, is fro1n the front page of the Nor– walk R efleotor-H erald. The Rev. l\,1r. Millhei1n, who was elected president of American Council of Christian Churches of Ohio at this April meeti1ig, spolte at the N ational A CCC spring m eeti1ig at J acl{son, Miss. April 21 -M ay 1, on the sub– ject, "The NCC-M odern R eligious Trends." the Scripture, ,and will accept the Roman Catholic belief in the acra– ment of Holy Communion. Adopting of this consen u theo– logy wi ll ,pave the road for unity with the Roman Catholic Church, ba ic doctrines. In cr iticizing what he called the World Council's movement for yn– chroni m, he explained a basic dis– agreement between the American and International Councils and the National and World Councils. It is the duty of Christian to carry the world of ,the Go pel to all non-believer in the wor'Jd , he s 1 aid and n,ot to decide the Gospel isn't important and all peoples can be saved without J esu Clmi t. Dr . Clark was guest peaker at three essions of the two-day spring conference, which included election of s tate officers. The Rev. John E. Millhein1, pa - tor of Calvary Bapti t hurch, wa elected pre ident of American Coun– cil of Chri tian hurche of Ohio . Elected vice-,pre ident wa Dr. Ed– ward Morrell of Arcanum, and elected ecretary-trea urer wa the Rev. John A. Myer of North Olm- ted. Contributions to Home and Camp, Inc. Leland G. Howa rd, Treas. P. 0. 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