E&R Church. Commission on Stewardship.

The Committee on Stewarship was established in 1939 under the General Council and administered by the Secretary of the Church. In September 1947 the General Council authorized hiring a part-time executive secretary and Rev. James W. Bright, pastor of Ascension E & R Church in Norristown, PA was appointed to fill that position serving 1/4 time, the remaining 3/4 time as executive secretary of the Commission on Evangelism. In 1957 Dr. Bright accepted the full-time position as executive secretary of the Commission on Evangelism and Rev. Paul E. Strauch was called to serve as the first full-time executive secretary of the Commission on Stewardship serving in that capacity until the final formation of the Stewardship Commission of the United Church of Christ in 1962.