Christianity’s concern with the preservation of the State of Israel as “oasis of freedom and democracy” in the Middle East in the present cold war era was stressed today by Dean James A. Pike and other distinguished Church dignitaries at an Israel 10th anniversary luncheon tendered here by the American Christian Palestine Committee. Some 250 persons representing major religious and civic bodies attended the function which was also devoted to a farewell reception in honor of Dean Pike who is leaving New York this week to become Bishop Coadjutor of the Protestant Episcopal Church of California.
Father George B. Ford, recently retired from the Corpus Christi Catholic Church, said that “the happenings in Israel during the first ten years of this young and vibrant nation should bring great satisfaction to Christians. ” He noted that “the sacred places are accessible and revered. “
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