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William H. Hunter, Pastor The United Methodist Church Cairo...
...murder rap for his part in a 1968 Black Panther Shootout, met a year ago at a religious gathering in Washington, where they discussed their recent conversions to Christianity. The pair appeared together again last week in Anaheim, Calif., at a "charismatic clinic" at Melodyland Christian Center, founded by Pastor Ralph Wilkerson. The topic of their joint lecture: "Solutions to crime in America today...
...William Chapman, pastor of Anita Bryant's church, needn't worry about burning down his parochial school "rather than permit a homosexual to teach" there. It's obvious that his parish has already been consumed by a much more ravaging force than fire -hate...
...divisions in the Plains Baptist Church became critical when black Preacher Clennon King challenged its whites-only membership policy late in the presidential campaign. When the deacons panicked and canceled services the Sunday before Election Day, Pastor Bruce Edwards told reporters that the eleven-year-old policy was "immoral and sinful" and that deacons routinely used the term niggers. At President-elect Carter's urging, the church later voted reluctantly to admit blacks. But an Old South faction, which disliked both Edwards' remarks and the fact that he had adopted a Polynesian boy, maneuvered to fire the pastor...
...situation in Plains now is that the main church, which is looking for a new pastor, has voted to admit blacks but does not really want any. The dissident church, which says it would welcome blacks, does not so far have...