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While some Lutheran traditionalists in Bavaria chose to leave their church, conservatives in the U.S. have consolidated control of the administration and seminaries of the 2.8 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. But it may be at the cost of a serious schism...
...Vietnam, as in many other countries, this schism helped maintain dominance by foreigners. Bao Dai, the first head of state of Vietnam to be recognized by the western powers, was at heart a Frenchman. He spent most of his time at his villa in France, and when in Vietnam he lived in regal European style. Bao Dai, the Catholic Ngo Dinh Diem, and the other would-be westerners who have ruled South Vietnam in succeeding years are barely thought of as Vietnamese. So it is hardly surprising that they would join forces with foreign armies against their own people...
During Bok's first year, some spoke of a split between Mass Hall and University Hall, that Bok's Whiz Kids were trying to take over the academic administrator's jobs as well, but this schism (if any existed at all) was less real than an expected aspect of transition...
...Among U.S. Southern Presbyterians, a minor defection has exploded into a full-scale schism. At a meeting last week in Atlanta of representatives from 261 congregations, the delegates voted 349 to 16 to form a new denomination called the Continuing Presbyterian Church. The dissident congregations encompass some 70,000 of the 950,000 members in the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. All 70,000 may not make the break, since local congregations must still approve the move, but feelings are strong among the seceders against what they see as liberal trends in the church...
Delegates' speeches quickly revealed a bitter schism between radical and moderate socialist factions within the Congress Party. The radicals were angry over what they consider to be foot dragging by Mrs. Gandhi's government on social reform since her overwhelming victory in March, 1971. The critics charged that despite her campaign pledges to oust corrupt old-line bosses, the party is still controlled by a conservative elite that to the radicals seems more and more out of touch with India's impoverished masses...