Church to vote next year
IN! Press Association) NELSON, Oct. 27. The Associated Churches of Christ will vote on church union next year. This was decided at the annual conference in Nelson yesterday. The conference agreed that it should wait for the Anglican General Synod to) reach a final decision on the 1971 plan for union before) taking the vote. Several speakers claimed) that as church union had) been discussed at previous) conferences, further dis-1
cussion was a waste of time. Whether or not union was adopted, the various denominations in Auckland would need to work together! because of their limited) resources, said Mr R. D.! Russ, of Auckland. “In Auckland it will be! 1 impossible for churches to cope with the population) ') growth on their own,’’ he) ■ | said. The conference also de-l cided to accept guidelines! ) for forming “co-operating! j parishes” where it was not! ( possible to form union par-l ■fishes. I
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33676, 28 October 1974, Page 12
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153Church to vote next year Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33676, 28 October 1974, Page 12
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