Ecumenical groups start fund drive. (News)

From: The Christian Century | Date: July 14, 1993 | Copyright information

Although the ecumenical movement is going through hard times, supporters hope to tap what they see as enthusiasm for interchurch cooperation at the local level and bring in $150 million for the National and World councils of churches. Organizers of the campaign have embraced a strategy most likely to appeal to people in the pews: a cafeteria-style approach that gives potential donors a variety of program options.

Albert Pennybacker, a professor at Lexington Theological Seminary in Kentucky who is heading up the capital campaign effort, dismisses suggestions from critics that ...

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