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...this is Arkansas's image isn't so unfounded. During the campaign, George Bush didn't even know where the state is. (He placed it between Oklahoma and his "native" Texas.) One columnist from The Washington Times even wondered "whether [Bill and Hillary] use corncobs or Charmin on their Baptist bottoms...
Likewise, history will probably remember Clinton's visit here last week more for the pictures it produced than the battles it presaged. But everyone wants a piece of the new man: even neighborhood Baptist churches have begun quietly to vie for the city's newest parishioner. The struggle over President Clinton's body and soul is just beginning...
...women's reformation continues to shake up the Protestant churches as well. Fierce conflicts have occurred in the 15 million-member Southern Baptist Convention. Since local congregations have power to ordain, there is a sprinkling of women pastors and lay deacons. But the rising Fundamentalists who run national agencies passed a 1984 resolution against the practice and do all they can to discourage it. Even in the more progressive Presbyterian, Methodist and United churches, leaders worry about the implicit "patriarchy" that excludes women from the powerful pulpits and relegates them to small parishes or associate positions...
...with mutual respect. And unlike any other prominent Democrat since Jimmy Carter, he is not tone deaf to the religious chords that can help bind American society. Not only does he know how to clap on the back-beat of gospel hymns, he also draws unabashed strength from his Baptist upbringing...
...McKissic, whose address was sponsored by the Black Students Association and Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Impact, is author of Beyond Roots and pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist Church of Arlington, Texas...