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Another distinction involves church affiliations. Evangelicals often coexist amicably with liberals within mainline denominations, such as Methodist and Presbyterian groups, that hold membership in the National Council of Churches. These bodies tolerate a variety of beliefs. All true Fundamentalists, strictly speaking, belong to congregations or denominations that root out any hint of liberalism. As many as 10 million members worship in wholeheartedly Fundamentalist churches.* There are several times as many Evangelicals, both inside and outside the mainline groups. The largest Evangelical body, the 14.4 million-member Southern Baptist Convention, is now facing a powerful takeover campaign by its Fundamentalist wing...
...program, a branch of New York's public high school system, was named in honor of the San Francisco official and homosexual activist who was murdered in 1978 along with that city's mayor, George Moscone. Housed in space rented from the Washington Square United Methodist Church, it is administered by the city's board of education in conjunction with the Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth, a private advocacy group. Board of education officials pointed out last week that Harvey Milk is only one of 38 adjunct school programs in New York. Others serve drug addicts...
...victory advanced the Cantabs into the round of 16 against Monty Oppenheim and Jon Ross of Southern Methodist University and overshadowed a disappointing performance by Harvard's singles players...
John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Hosea Williams, a King deputy, rallied 600 blacks and a few whites outside the Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday, March 7. They would march despite an order from Alabama Governor George Wallace, who had earlier declared that mass demonstrations "led by career and professional agitators" would not be permitted. Selma Mayor Joe T. Smitherman also opposed the march. The crowd at the church included Jesse Jackson...
...Southern Methodist moved up a notch to second place, while Duke, ranked second for the past five weeks, dropped to fifth after suffering two-point overtime losses last week...