Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Eldred Edward Iungerich in St. Cloud, Seine et Oise, France. Handwritten copy attached. Pendleton has received Iungerich’s letters of January 10th, 14th, and 20th with enclosures. Pendleton and Bishop DeCharms decided not to read the forwarded exchange between Henri de Geymuller and Theo (Pitcairn) aloud to the Consistory. Pendleton reports that he has officially called Theo Pitcairn back to Bryn Athyn from South Africa, though he has not yet received...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Eldred Edward Iungerich in St. Cloud, Seine et Oise, France. Pendleton has received Iungerich’s letter of April 16th. Pendleton continues to relay the latest in a series of letters exchanged between himself and Albert Bjorck. In this exchange, Bjorck argues, “The disturbance existing in the Church is caused by the uncharitable misrepresentation of the Hague position persisted in for years.” Bjorck accuses Iungerich of falsely representing the Hague...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Theodore Pitcairn has accepted the position of second assistant pastor of the Bryn Athyn Church, and therefore will be resigning as pastor of the Durban Society. This was to be exspected as a result of his (Pitcairn's) recent marriage. Acton is now Minister of the Durban Society, "directly under the Bishop, who according to our order, is the Pastor of any Society which for any reason is without a Pastor."...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton acknowledges Acton's letter of December 14th and discusses the very successful mid-year meetings. The Joint Council agreed that the next Assembly take place in London. Pendleton hopes it will be planned for the summer of 1928, but some in London prefer 1929. Describing the meetings, Pendleton writes, "the indication of unity and fraternal feeling was so marked that some one expressed the thought...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Elmo C. Acton in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton informs Acton that he (Pendleton) and Mrs. Pendleton, along with Rev. Theo Pitcairn and Mrs. (Marijke) Pitcairn, will be visiting South Africa in September. Pendleton hopes to ordain several South African "natives" into the first or second degrees of the priesthood, and he asks for Acton's advice in this matter. Pendleton thinks it may be advisable to ordain Moffat Mcanyana into the second...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Ernst Deltenre in Brussels, Belgium. Signed for N.D. Pendleton by Freda Pendleton. Pendleton has received Deltenre’s letter of June 12th; Pendleton hopes Deltenre’s doctor is right and he will indeed be able to begin walking again by mid-July. Pendleton learned from the Portland Journal that Rev. Charles Nusbaum has accepted a call to Mauritius and will stay for a year before returning to Portland. Pendleton does not think there will be a...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Ernst Pfeiffer in The Hague, Holland. Pendleton advises Pfeiffer on how best to organize his society. Pendleton suggest a Council or Board, made up of the society’s leading men, presided over by Pfeiffer as Pastor. Later, Pfeiffer may want to form a subordinate financial committee, creating a separation between ecclesiastical and lay functions. Pendleton writes that his recent trip to Europe was both enjoyable and useful; He was especially encouraged...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Ernst Pfeiffer in The Hague, Holland. Pendleton has received Pfeiffer’s report of July 1922. He is pleased with the results of Pfeiffer’s first year as Pastor of the Hague society. The report will be placed before the Executive Committee when they meet again in the Fall. Pendleton informs Pfeiffer that Mr. Alden is no longer secretary-treasurer of the General Church, having been replaced by Mr. Caldwell as interim secretary and Mr. Hyatt as interim...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Ernst Pfeiffer in The Hague, Holland. Before departing on his trip to Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Denver, Pendleton offers a brief response to Pfeiffer’s last letters. Pendleton is pleased with the work Pfeiffer has done over the last four years in Holland. He informed the Executive Committee of the results of Pfeiffer’s work, and Pfeiffer should expect to receive official word of the Committee’s favorable response to his request shortly. Names...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Ernst Pfeiffer in The Hague, Holland. Pfeiffer’s letter of Dec. 17th with enclosed report arrived in time for the mid-year meetings. Pendleton notes with interest Pfeiffer’s record of baptisms over the past year and that Mr. Zelling has completed a Dutch translation of the first volume of the Arcana. The Church has recently restructured itself so as to allow more members on the Executive Committee, and Pendleton asks that Pfeiffer send him the name of...