CHRISTIAN CHURCHES UNITE
; OVER THE WRECKAGE OF 3000 PLACES OF WORSHIP Movements of Britain’s population - will be taken into account before de- ; cisions are finally made to build again • the churches bombed by Nazi airmen. More than 3000 of them have been either destroyed or badly damaged and . the Government will pay compensation | for each. ! Almost every Christian denomination in Britain has a member on the Christian Churches Mam Committee now considering with the War Damage Com- . mission the problem arising out of the j ! wreckage of their places of worship, j Represented on it are the Church of j England, the Catholic Church, the Episj copal Church of Scotland, Scotch Pres- ; byterian Church, the Baptist and > j Methodist churches, the Presbyterian j i Church of England, the Congregational- | ; ists and the Church of Wales, j “A common misfortune has drawn the ; churches together,” said Mr E. H. John- \ ; son, scerelary of the sub-committee j which deals with the question. “A church, like any ordinary build- ; ing. cannot be rebuilt during the war: 1 a license is necessary even for essential | “Therefore we are looking further ; ahead to the time when the vast task : of rebuilding must be undertaken We j shall need much help in addition to! Government compensation."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 10 September 1941, Page 7
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