Word: schism
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...Moonchildren tries to take on too much--anti-war demonstrations, the "generation gap," cohabitation: Weller can't organize the bits and pieces of these students' lives into a coherent whole. His play's major flaw is the schism between the student world and the adult world; an assortment of "real" people enter and exit, but their collective intrusion is distracting rather than dramatic...
There is already impassioned talk of schism, whether the convention says yes or no. If ordination wins, the bishops may propose a local-option solution like that adopted by the Anglican Church of Canada, where each diocese has the right to decide whether to ordain women as priests. Chicago's Bishop James Montgomery says he would not bar ordinations in his diocese, but he might refuse to conduct them himself...
...split does occur, it is uncertain how many would leave the Missouri Synod. Tietjen predicts that more than 1,500 congregations will depart. Others put the figure much lower, at a maximum of 500 congregations encompassing some 250,000 members. Whatever happens, the moderates themselves reject the word schism...
...schism; it's a purge," argues the Rev. Richard Neuhaus, Brooklyn pastor, author and political activist. "Preus won't let us stay in and believe and practice what we have for 20 years. We are not pulling out; we are being forced...
...just as the schism over the clubhouse funding rages, so goes the debate over the large Fund figure. Some of the newer slate of officers would like to see both the $15,000 endowment and more money from local alumni used for funding scholarships for area students, an area where Philadelphia's Harvard Club lags far behind others, Humenuk says. Philadelphia's alumni are wealthy but they regularly give to their class instead of the local-level scholarships, Randall says not un-approvingly. He claims the Philadelphia alum's give most religiously, especially when the funds are badly needed, regardless...