Word: lutheranism
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Seldom, if ever, in the U.S. has there been so ecumenical a chorus of concern. The signers of the seven-point declaration included the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, the United Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church in America, the Episcopal Church and the United Church of Christ. The political spectrum ranged from right-whig TV Evangelist Jerry Falwell to Bishop James Armstrong, the liberal Methodist who heads the National Council of Churches. Twenty-three Roman Catholic bishops added their names, as did Jewish Leaders Albert Vorspan and Rabbi Wolfe Kelman. The prestige of the clergymen, as well...
...University Lutheran Church, located within a block of four River Houses, opened its doors to the homeless in mid-February, despite the fact that they violated zoning and health ordinances. City officials acknowledged the critical need for the shelter, and granted an exemption through the winter months...
When the longtime secretary of the Bethel Lutheran Church in Auburn, Mass., decided to retire last year, the new minister, the Rev. Edward Voosen, was petrified. "Here was the whole institutional memory about to walk away," he says. He found salvation in a Radio Shack computer, which he now uses to keep track of the personal and familial problems of his flock. Voosen also charts the membership of his seven choirs, Sunday school, nursery school and church committees. "It's no miracle maker," he says. "But it sure makes life easier...
Another shelter project that has bumped into various city health and zoning laws is a temporary community residence founded by Stewart Guernsey, a first-year Divinity student, in the basement of the University Lutheran Church on Winthrop...
Even before 10 p.m. when the door to the basement shelter opens, the dark figures who sit on their large bags or carry them with them pace the cold street outside the University Lutheran Church, anxious to get inside for the night. One wiry man repeatedly approaches passersby, sets down his two large sacks and says, "My name's Billy. Could you help me get home and get some dinner?" After gaining admittance to the shelter, Billy receives an offer for a subway token, but he chooses to spend the night...