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...Southern Methodist...
Pittman's father is a Methodist minister in Mississippi who taught him to "do whatever you think is right and stick with it." When Pittman wanted to take flying lessons, though, his father said he would have to pay for them himself. So he got a job as a radio disc jockey...
Like many other rural congregations, the Kinmundy United Methodist Church (congregation: 170) in southern Illinois has long relied on the collection plate for its modest income. But all that changed this year when a tract of farm land, which had been willed to the church nearly 30 years ago, began spewing oil at the rate of 165 bbl. a day and producing $10,000 royalty checks for the church every month. Since then the membership has been arguing over God's intentions for the money...
...Methodist...
...Holy Writ of the "male bias" that supposedly runs through both the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures and subsequent English translations. This means expunging any references to a male God, such as "the Lord," "the Father" and masculine pronouns like "he." Says Committee Member the Rev. Sharon Ringe of the Methodist Theological School in Delaware, Ohio: "Much hurt is caused by oppressive speech...