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...boards that govern the vast complex of Southern Baptist seminaries and agencies, replacing moderates (as terms expire) with conservatives. Rogers' election ensures that by 1990 Fundamentalists will control most boards and be in a position to remove instructors and other employees with less hard-line views. With his preacher's butter-smooth baritone and a thriving local church, Rogers, 54, made a compelling candidate. He had already served as president for a year; his election in 1979 signaled the start of the Fundamentalist surge. ''The word of God,'' says Rogers, ''is not up for a vote.'' He insists, for example...
...Yorker ... I think there's a cleaner way to do the joke. Cleaner in the sense that it might communicate to a larger audience - which is the thing that's driven me nuts about the urban myths about Obama. They hate him because they don't like his Christian preacher, and because he's a Muslim. Put those two together...
...popular belief is that the Jemaah Islamiyah terror cell that claimed responsibility for the Bali bombs has been decapitated. Three of the key operatives - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, the smiling bomb builder, Ali Gufron, the devout preacher, and Imam Samudra, the fanatical field commander - have been convicted and sentenced to death, and are in the final stages of the appeals process...
...While Abu Sayyaf's leadership seems to be lying low in the face of the rewards program, replacements have been found. Abu Sayyaf's latest leader is believed to be Yasir Igasan, an Islamic preacher in his 40s who was one of the group's founding members. According to a recent report by the International Crisis Group, Igasan has ties to wealthy donors abroad who could "recharge the flow of foreign funds" to the group. Authorities also believe J.I. members being sheltered by Abu Sayyaf are trying to recruit Filipino suicide bombers...
...meeting that included Wright, several church board members and other senior leaders. According to those sources, Moss, 37, expected the meeting to finalize transition plans. Instead, Wright suggested the board merely declare Moss "senior pastor-elect" because the younger cleric needed "supervision" - effectively ensuring Wright remains Trinity's preacher-in-chief. Wright's essential argument hinges on a technicality: Moss is an ordained Baptist minister who has yet to be fully ordained in the United Church of Christ, the predominantly white protestant denomination of which the roughly 8,500-member Trinity is the largest congregation...