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Growing Fast. In the troubled '60s there began to appear the "neo-Pente-costalists," most of whom prefer to be known as Charismatics. They share Par-ham's belief in baptism by the Holy Spirit, but they prefer to remain in their own churches rather than join a Pentecostal church. They are predominantly white and middle class, and they are growing rapidly. Starting within one parish in California in 1960, the Charismatics now number about 5 million...
...supreme commander of Ian Smith's tough but makeshift security force is Rhodesian-born, Sandhurst-trained Peter Walls, 51, a dour disciplinarian but popular with his troops. Walls' baptism of fire took place after World War II in Malaya, where he learned counterinsurgency techniques. Walls has publicly stated that there can be no military victory over the guerrillas without a political settlement that provides the country's blacks with tangible economic gains. He has also declared that he and his army are ready to "serve under any Rhodesian government"-presumably including one headed by blacks. Meanwhile, though...
...aspect of doctrine, Moltmann has come to a radical conclusion for a theologian nurtured in a state church. He argues that infant baptism should be phased out because it signifies ties to "family, nation and society" as much as a person's identification with Christ. The church, he says, should baptize only those who "confess their faith." If Moltmann had added total immersion in water, a Southern Baptist would have felt right at home...
...League basketball season kicks off in earnest this weekend, as the Crimson cagers journey to Jadwin Gym and to the Palestra for back-to-back games against Princeton and Penn. The road trip against the League's perennial front-runners could prove a baptism by fire for Coach Satch Sanders' slumping quintet, which dropped three in a row over vacation...
...says one exposes the wrongs of his past and basically clears up the record when he accepts pardon from God through faith. She says that baptism, an integral part of the Southern Baptist church, symbolizes the old life being cleansed and the new emerging...