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Last week's debate was the first full-dress N.C.C. discussion of the issue. There have been hints that some denominations might quit the council if Metropolitan was admitted. During the session, a Greek Orthodox spokesman called acceptance unthinkable. A delegate from the African Methodist Episcopal Church called homosexuality "an aberration and perversion." Although the United Methodist Church officially finds homosexual relationships "incompatible with Christian teaching," Theologian Roy Sano, representing the denomination's liberal wing, said the N.C.C. should "fear for its soul" if it spurned the gay church...
...politicians are as much a product of their cities as Washington is. Both his grandfather and father were Methodist ministers there. After his parents were divorced, Harold, the youngest of four children in a family in which there were also six stepchildren, was raised by his father Roy, who was a lawyer as well as a minister, and a Democrat in an era when most blacks were Lincoln Republicans. During World War II, Harold did a three-year stint in the Army Air Corps and emerged with sergeant's stripes. He attended Roosevelt College on the G.I. Bill...
...shelter more than 100 illegal refugees, mainly from El Salvador, who have escaped from Central America. Hundreds of other churches are giving aid to refugees and supporting the movement. To hide their identities, many of the fugitives wear masks while on public view in the churches. The United Methodist Church and United Presbyterian Church have asked their 47,000 congregations to proclaim sanctuary, and the board of directors of the American Friends Service Committee has urged Quakers to give asylum to the refugees...
Maggie-Peachtree United Methodist Church...
...looks. He is an attractive, boyish-looking man, with a beaked nose, a nasal-baritone voice, and graying, sandy hair. He has an easy, likable manner and a quick wit he often turns on himself. His self-deprecation springs from his country roots in Minnesota. His father was a Methodist minister of Norwegian background who spoke with both a strong accent and a stutter. To augment his $1,800-a-year church salary, he sold corn and cabbages out of his garden. His mother Claribel helped out by giving piano lessons. Fritz, as he was called, had his own chores...