Word: baker
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...Iowa City, Iowa, last week, a seven-man ecclesiastical court of clergy and laymen formally convicted Dr. Joseph E. Baker and his wife Matilda of disrupting the "peace and unity" of the First Presbyterian Church. The couple were indefinitely suspended from membership in the congregation, in a rare and unusual Presbyterian Church trial...
...whether or not the First Presbyterian congregation should tear down its present church. Last winter, by a vote of 169-121, the congregation accepted the recommendation of a building committee to demolish the First Presbyterian's 112-year-old church and erect a much-needed larger one. Baker, 62, a professor of Victorian literature at the University of Iowa, protested that the old church was an "architectural gem" and should not be destroyed. With his wife, he embarked on a vociferous campaign to save...
Stolen Vineyard. As Baker's war of words grew increasingly shrill, exasperated elders of the congregation demanded that he be brought to trial on charges of violating church discipline under provisions of the Presbyterian Book of Order. The trial, which began Dec. 9, was held in the basement of the church, with two members of the congregation serving as prosecution counsel. Baker-who had melodramatically nailed a copy of the hearing notice-to the church door on Reformation Sunday-acted as his own defense attorney. In a closing summation, he linked himself with Naboth of the Old Testament whose...
Unimpressed, the church court ruled that "the path of protest you have followed is not an appropriate testimonial to faith in Jesus Christ nor of love within the family of believers." Under terms of suspension, the Bakers can still attend services at the church, but cannot take Communion or vote at congregational meetings-and they can be excommunicated if they do not repent. Much to the embarrassment of Presbyterian officials, Baker has no intention of resting his case. Immediately following the verdict, he appealed to the Iowa Synod, and he plans, if necessary, to carry his case to the General...
Harvard's unit of captain Jeff Huvelle, Baker. Trey Burns, and Dave McKelvey established itself as the second best two-mile relay team in the East with a 7:33.8 clocking. Baker busted open a lead for Harvard with a 1:51.9 second leg, and Burns held ten feet of it for McKelvey...