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that found their latest and greatest social statement in the su- 

 preme Prophet of Nazareth, so that the individual conscience 

 shall function in social terms. The forum is doing this in 

 many communities, and for a rapidly increasing number of 

 individuals. Its greatest actual achievement so far is the num- 

 ber of social sinners it has converted into social servants. 



A COMMUNITY CHURCH 



In what has already been said is implied what may yet be the 

 greatest of all the contributions of the forum to the community 

 life of to-morrow. It is increasingly apparent to all thoughtful 

 people that one of the great problems of our time is the rein- 

 tegration of divisive and competitive and mutually limiting sec- 

 tarian organizations into a new religious unity. The forums 

 are making a distinct and increasing contribution to the solu- 

 tion of this problem. The working creed of the Open Forum 

 is " the belief that we must all move together toward the solu- 

 tion of the successive problems of mankind through the dedica- 

 tion of each to all, the devotion of all to each, and our com- 

 mon consecration to all the nobler ends of life." Its spirit is 

 the modern spirit that has changed religious emphasis from 

 other-world individualism to the increasingly heroic endeavor 

 to bring in the Kingdom of God among men. It is inspired 

 by the religion of the common life; it may yet prove a powerful 

 help in the development of the church of the common life. 



