Hunger and church policy split focus at May General Assembly
Presbyterian moderator Rev. John T. Conner says global hunger is the major problem, while the assembly will decide whether avowed homosexuals should be ordained. He notes the church supports civil rights and that current policy allows homosexuals in church roles but stops explicit sexual orientation as a barrier.
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John T. Conner
General Assembly
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Conner
Glidden
Coe College
Thomas F. Staley Foundation
Church
Church leader laments gender and minority gaps in clergy
Moderator Conner warns about low female and minority representation in the denomination and outlines hunger work. He cites only about 2 percent of ordained clergy are women, 35 percent of seminarians are women, and roughly 15 percent of church officers are female. He urges reforms alongside global hunger programs and an inclusive vision for planetary stewardship. He and seven nominees, including Dr. Joseph E. McCabe of Coe College, face succession after his term ends.
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Conner
General Assembly
National Council of the Denomination
Joseph E. McCabe
Coe College
Mormon monument to women planned in Nauvoo
Barbara B. Smith leads a campaign by Mormon women to fund a 13 statue garden and central nine foot figure in Nauvoo Illinois. The $1 million project honors women in study teaching art family and service and is to be dedicated June 28 with music and dance.
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New York
Barbara B. Smith
Nauvoo
Ill
Dennis Smith
Alpine
Utah
Florence Peterson Hensen
Sandy
Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake City
Women's Organization of the
Church of the Latter-day Saints
Evangelists and church events fill weekend schedule
Message Center highlights Terry Bell leading nightly revivals at Immanuel Baptist Church and Josh McDowell speaking at Noelridge and First Covenant Churches. A Jewish group watches The Holocaust, a Mercy Center workshop on Dance as Prayer, and church growth prompts Cedar Rapids Stake reorganization. A Yenisel River note concludes.
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Terry Bell
Decatur
Immanuel Baptist Church
F Ave
University of Missouri
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Sharon Sutherland
Salvation Army to Host Guest Speaker Maj William Himes
Salvation Army guest Maj William Himes divisional secretary from Peoria Illinois will be a guest speaker at the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center located at 2920.
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William Himes
Peoria, Ill
Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center
Mission talk on South Africa at Oakland Church
The Oakland Church of the Nazarene at 3000 42nd St. NE hosts a missionary convention through Sunday featuring Rev. and Mrs. Paul Dayhoff of Oskaloosa, long time South Africa missionaries since 1952. Dayhoff will speak at 6 p.m. tonight at the Faith Promise Banquet, and Sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. with lantern slides during some services.
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Josh McDowell
Campus Crusade For Christ
Noelridge Baptist Church
First Covenant Church
25Th St. NE
Oakland
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