The Archive · 1937

German Pastors to

CALL RESISTANCE — Parleys with Nazi Leaders Broken Off

Berlin, Aug. 29.

Hundreds of Congressional pastors throughout the "nation to-day read a manifesto announcing that truce negotiations between the government ud the church had collapsed. They called upon their parishioners to fight to preserve God's word, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

The pastors announced that 1,100 of their body had so far been arrested, 32 banned from their parish and 31 forbidden to preach. They also charged that storm troopers had ousted theological students despite the faithful service, Police ordered evangelical pastors to report who preached, as well the amounts of the collections and for what purpose the money was to be used—United Press

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