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...Leaders of the 2.1 million-member Assemblies of God emerged from a caucus at Springfield, Mo., headquarters to pronounce that there had been no takeover plot and no blackmail, but an apparent "moral failure," which Bakker had covered up. The church investigation is continuing...
Bakker, meanwhile, has resigned not only from PTL but from the ministry of the Assemblies of God, a Pentecostal denomination (membership: 2.5 million) based in Springfield, Mo.; he remains on the clergy rolls pending the church's own investigation of the scandal. Dortch has also resigned as an Assemblies minister because the PTL congregation has become independent of the Assemblies. Meeting with Falwell in California last week, Bakker pleaded with the Virginia preacher to assume the chairmanship of PTL's board. Falwell, who is already fully preoccupied with politics, pastoring and his own struggling cable-TV network, said...
...contender for this super bowl. In the past two weeks, network and cable- television stations have fairly throbbed with elimination games, often featuring heroic and nameless underdogs with authentic chances. Within 90 minutes of Southwest Missouri State's invitation, a spontaneous pep rally of 3,000 fans lighted up Springfield on a Sunday night. The Bears upset Clemson and almost Kansas...
After Cambridge center Russel Jarvis (22 points) began the third overtime period with a score, Blake drew a goal tending call and tied it. Eventually, with 2:01 left, Springfield took the lead for good when Bill Muldrow hit the front...
Cambridge sealed its own fate when a pass to Tony Washington went out of bounds, giving Springfield the ball with :05 on the clock. Cambridge fouled the first man to touch the ball, Sean Rogers, who hit the free throw and ended Cambridge's hopes of retaining its state crown...