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The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
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The 20th quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Memphis adjourned on May 21 after 16 days, deferring decisions on unification with the northern church and the fundamentalist-modernist debate, including a creed acceptance resolution by Rev. Bascom Anthony.
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TWENTIETH QUADRENNIAL CONFERENCE TERMINATES BUSINESS YESTERDAY AFTER LENGTHY SESSION
(By Associated Press)
MEMPHIS, May 21. - The twentieth quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, had passed into history here today following adjournment sine die yesterday, after 16 days, in which the principal points at issue have been unification and the ever-present fundamentalist-modernist fight.
No really conclusive action was taken on either of the major issues before the conference. Both sides in each controversy won skirmishes, but the main encounter was side-stepped.
The question of unification with the northern church was deferred, and so is a dead issue so far as decision is concerned for another four years.
Only once in the course of the conference sessions did the modernist controversy, as such, come out for open consideration on the conference floor. That was when Rev. Bascom Anthony, Thomasville, Ga., offered a resolution calling upon all clergy of the church either to accept verbatim the creed of the church or get out, that resolution also passed into a four year quiescence.
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May 21
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The twentieth quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, adjourned after 16 days without conclusive action on unification with the northern church or the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. Unification was deferred for four years. A resolution by Rev. Bascom Anthony requiring clergy to accept the creed verbatim or leave was also deferred.