Ecumenism: Turning Four Churches into One

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Last month, after nearly a year of living with the experiment, Schellsburg's Protestants voted 101 to 25 to dissolve their four separate congregations. Next week, they will celebrate the first formal services of the newly organized United Church of Schellsburg. On hand will be officials of the four denominations and of the National Council of Churches, who believe that the give-and-take approach of the Schellsburg congregations is an example that can be followed with profit by other overchurched communities.