3 Mar.

A commission of U.S. Roman Catholic and Lutheran theologians declares that the issue of papal primacy need not be an obstacle to the reconciliation of the two denominations, divided since the Reformation.

8 Apr.

Rev. C. Shelby Rooks is named the first black president of the predominantly white Chicago Theological Seminary.

Rev. Dr. Lawrence Bottoms is elected as the first black moderator of the Presbyterian church (U.S.).