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A p p o x i m ately t w o years have elapsed since the significant “ Conference on Church and Society” was held by the World Council o f Churches in Geneva, Switzerland. The word “ revolu tion” was the clarion call which occurred and reoccurred through out the various papers read at the conference and subsequently released in revised and edited form. Since then the pattern out lined at that Geneva conference is being implemented at least in documentary form at an alarming rate. There were four issues that predominated in the conference. “ One, modern technology — the need for accelerated development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Two, the struggle for world peace. Three, the problem o f just political and social order. Four, the changing role o f the state.” To us in the United States the significance o f the findings o f the World Council o f Churches lies in the fact that the National Council o f Churches, made up o f most o f the major denominations in our land, is an honored member o f the World Council. It is not our purpose here to give a critical re view o f the findings o f the conference; however, the net result o f the conference decision in regard to point number one stated above would be to do away with the whole capitalistic system in the United States and make it a socialistic government instead in which the Marxian doctrine “ From each according to his ability to each according to his needs” would be supreme. The method o f the World Council to bring about this so called desired result is frightening to say the least. The World Council called for complete redistribution o f wealth, land, industry, and labor in order to bring all people into an equal situation. A critic o f the World Council plan has stated, “ To effect such redistribu tion and restructuring o f the advanced nations’ economies in favor o f the backward ones, there would be only one possible way— total enslavement o f populations in advanced and back ward nations. For this there would be required a world dictator ship, and the reality was recognized by the World Council o f Churches which called for a 'world economic plan for the ulti mate aim —- an international division o f labor.’ ” Probably the most terrifying aspect o f the World Council findings and the Geneva Conference had to do with the relation ship o f the churches and civil laws o f the respective countries. At this point the World Council actually endorses complete civil dis obedience under certain extenuating circumstances which are ac cording to the individuals’ whims and fancies. Its findings at this point state "political involvement at times confronts Christians THE KINO'S BUSINESS
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