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title: 'The Present Task of the Ministry: An Address at the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Hartford Theological Seminary'
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authors:
- 'Thomas Woodrow Wilson'
date: 1912-01-01
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subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 4'
- 'John 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/wilson-1912-the-present-task-of-the-ministry-an-address-at-the-seventy-fifth-anniversary-of-hartford-theological-seminary
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# The Present Task of the Ministry: An Address at the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Hartford Theological Seminary

Wilson urges ministers to be intellectual mediators—integrating religion with science and society, reclaiming spirits, and restoring the church's central educative and moral role.

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