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...last week--when the Rising Sun Missionary Baptist church in Greensboro, Alabama, and a former sanctuary at Matthews-Murkland Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, were torched--30 black churches in an eight-state arc from Louisiana to Virginia had been burned over the past 18 months. Only a handful of these arson cases have been solved. Such senseless destruction strikes at the soul of congregations. But their anguish deepens when they, the victims, also become suspects...
...mass "wedding" ceremony last month made a loud political statement in San Francisco, Gerry Crane planned his commitment ceremony to be a private and discreet affair. On a misty day last October, 80 of Crane's closest friends gathered at a botanical garden in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a Presbyterian minister presiding, Crane, 31, a high school music director, and his lover of four years, Randy Block, 36, affirmed their love and exchanged gold rings. Almost immediately the religious right directed its ire at Crane with the pinpoint accuracy of a laser-guided missile...
...Judas and wasn't resurrected on Easter. Next they'll be telling us that Christmas is the birthday of Santa Claus. Any thinking person must question the objectivity of a panel of self-appointed "experts" who have their own agenda for rewriting history. GARY YAGEL, Pastor Shady Grove Presbyterian Church Germantown, Maryland...
...Biloxi, a once sleepy, now casino-bedecked resort, Grey preaches at the imposing, white-columned First Presbyterian Church. "I'm here to recruit fighters! He's your enlistment sergeant!" Grey announces, pointing to the Rev. James Richter. Richter has seen two recent suicides and several bankruptcies due to gambling. "A lot of roads have gotten paved," he says. "Personally, I'd rather have a few more potholes and a few more lives intact...
...alienated if the bishops decide that there is a church doctrine on sexual morality." Ostling notes that a number of other churches will soon grapple with the issue of a sexually active gay clergy. "The Methodists will take up this issue at their conference in April, and the Presbyterian church has also been forced to look at this as well...