---
title: 'The 1943 Plan of Reunion'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Bell Woodworth'
date: 1945-06-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Congregational-Presbyterian Plan of Union'
- 'Presbyterian Polity'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 37'
- '1 Timothy 3'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/woodworth-1945-the-1943-plan-of-reunion
---

# The 1943 Plan of Reunion

A sharp critique of the 1943 Plan of Reunion arguing it threatens Southern Presbyterian polity—undermining congregational rights, property, eldership parity, deacons, and inviting state control.

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