Cooperative Evangelism.

Failed Effort.

A Mask of Prosperity.

The failure of the Interchurch Movement was only one symptom of the decline of Protestant vigor This decline was hidden in part, as the prosperity of the decade permitted many urban congregations to build splendid new sanctuaries In New York City work continued on the great Cathedral of St John the Divine, and the members of the Park Avenue Baptist Church moved into a new sanctuary, only to agree to move by the end of the decade to the enormous Riverside Church Many congregations, such as the Calvary Baptist Church in New York City, followed the assurances of political and business leaders that the problems of poverty had essentially been solved and went deeply into debt to construct new buildings. These mortgages would haunt their accounts in the coming decade of depression

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Marshall Olds, Analysts...