On December 4, 1960 Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church and one of America’s most prominent mainline Protestant clergymen, addressed an assembly of the (U.S.) National Council of Churches at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco--the church led by heretic Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike--and proposed a plan to merge four major Protestant bodies: the Methodist Church (9,815,460 members); Protestant Episcopal Church (3,126,662); United Presbyterian Church (3,145,743); and United Church of Christ (2,223,732).
Although Dr. Blake stressed that he spoke as an individual and not as an official spokesman of his church, the proposal was acclaimed by some Protestant leaders as a hopeful step toward Protestant unity. Bishop Pike offered his endorsement and commendation, and it became known as the "Blake-Pike proposal." The proposal marked the beginning of what became the Consultation on Church Union (COCU). Later in the day, Billy Graham addressed the assembly, with Bishop Pike at his side.
See my earlier post on COCU for more information.
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Easter 3 - "Since Abraham received such joy
before it had yet transpired, but was only in word and promise, how much
more can and will he receive it in the future after it has transpired and
is proclaimed in the earth and even in heaven by the angels!"
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*Complete Sermon - Third Sermon: Christ’s Death and Resurrection; the
Comfort Christ Ministers to his Disciples, and the World’s Joy*
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