CHURCH UNION.

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 115, 12 November 1930, Page 6

CHURCH UNION.

PRESBYTERIAN MOVE

AUCKLAND' PROPOSAL

(By Telegraph.) . (Special to-"The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, This Day. ■ An important decision upon the subject of church ' union was made by the Auckland Presbytery last night. Tho Presbytery,-pronounced 'itself unanimously in favour of a union of the Protestant-dhurehes, and passed resolutions embodying the first general gesture for an amalgamation of interests that has ever been made in New Zealand. . . The move followed upon the lcceipt of a'letter some time ago from the Assembly Committee suggesting co-opera-tion with the Methodist Church- in the matter of church extension. ' Consideration of this matter was placed in the hands of -the Public Questions Committee, and as a- result of its deliberations the Rev. W. 'Lawson Marsh, convener, moved the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: — Whereas the question of Christian reunion engages the earnest attention of nearly all churches in the world, and. has been .tbe subject of fervent appeals from various mission fields, and notably by the'-Jerusalem Conference of 192Sj"t'lic General Assembly should:" (1) Declare itself heartily in favour of Christian reunion in New Zealand: (2) Invite the Anglican, Methodist, Baptist, and Cougrcgational Churches forthwith to appoint their representatives to a.JDominion council to explore the possibilities of reunion. (3) Itecommcnd pr-esbyteries to set up local committees on similar lines to promote co-opciation and prevent overlapping. /,