UNION OF CHURCHES
MAY HAPPEN SOON I METHODIST AMI ( OXGKEG 1TIOXAI, MEETING BEING HELD IN WELLINGTON i I Per Piesa Association j WELLINGTON, July 17. i A Union of the Methodist and Congregational Churches in New Zealand may be the outcome of a meeting 01 representatives of botht denominations now taking place in Wellington. The following statement was mad--hy the Rev. Percy Paris, of Wellington: “Our last Methodist conference, in February, passed a resolution liiat we should seek to enter into conference or committee with other churches Howard an ultimate union with the 'Presbyterian and also Congregational I Churches. The committee of botii 'Methodist and C?ngrega.tional chuiches I is meeting in Wellington now and is j considering matters of church doctrine, church orders and church govicrnmenl. Good progress is bring nian? in a very friendly spirit, all pointing Howards the possibility of a union ol ;the two churches in the not very disitant future.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 168, 19 July 1939, Page 3
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