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...hard to imagine a more unpopular cause than defending the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Attorneys for the Korean evangelist carried out a survey in 1982 and found that more than 75% of those questioned reacted negatively to Moon's name. He is widely thought of as a brainwasher and exploiter of American young people. Given this prejudice, officials of the Unification Church knew that they would need a lawyer with impeccable credentials to represent the self-proclaimed "Prophet of God" in an appeal of his 1982 conviction for filing false federal income tax returns. The advocate they eventually landed...
Next week Tribe will file a petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asking for a review of the Moon case. At first glance it might seem curious that a lawyer who sees himself as a champion of the poor should be coming to the defense of the powerful evangelist, who will have to serve 18 months in prison unless his conviction is overturned. Tribe has agreed to take the Moon case because he sees a basic constitutional issue at stake. The religious leader, he argues, was unfairly prosecuted for financial practices that are common among some larger, established churches; moreover...
...Something historic happened on this spot," said Billy Graham, standing in front of the Los Angeles County traffic court building where the tent had stood for his first crusade. But could it have been 34 years ago and could the evangelist be celebrating his 65th birthday? Yes on both counts. Last week 1,000 cheering fans and local politicians watched as Graham unveiled a plaque commemorating the 1949 start of his Crusade for Christ. During that eight-week stint, 350,000 listened to the young preacher; more than 100 million have done so since. "I have never changed my message...
DIED. Ruth Carter Stapleton, 54, evangelist and practitioner of "inner healing," who was instrumental in the 1966 spiritual rebirth of her elder brother, former President Jimmy Carter; of pancreatic cancer; in Fayetteville, N.C. A self-described "catalyst for God," the ebullient, unordained born-again Christian minister suffered a severe depression in the late '50s after the births of her four children and a car accident. Crediting her recovery to God, she mixed prayer with psychology to heal troubled or afflicted believers. After she learned of her terminal disease five months ago, Stapleton refused conventional medical treatment, saying, "I have...
...Nest church in Irvine, Calif. She recalls, "When the pastor said, 'Now if anybody here wants to give their life to the Lord, please stand up and come to the altar,' I didn't hesitate. That was it." She now has a new life as an evangelist. These days, Chapin is more concerned with the human family than the Anderson family. Says she: "God's love is the most complete love, and I think that's what I was looking...