Catholic bishops light path to peace across faiths
The U S Roman Catholic bishops lead a broad peace movement with a 44000 word pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace drawing praise from Avery D Post and Rabbi Marc H Tanenbaum Other denominations including United Methodist Lutheran and Episcopal churches welcome the move and vow study and discussion The letter calls for a U S Soviet halt to nuclear arms expansion and a broader moral debate across faiths
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U.S. Catholic Bishops
Avery D. Post
United Church of Christ
American Catholic Bishops
Marc H. Tanenbaum
National Interreligious Affairs
American Jewish Committee
United Methodist Bishops
Little Rock
Ark
United Methodist
David Preus
American Lutheran Church
Crossroad Publishing Co
The
Episcopal Church
American Baptist Churches
United Presbyterian Church
United Methodist Council of Bishops
Lutheran Church In America
Friends United Meeting
Quakers
Mennonite Church
Presbyterian Church In the
U.S
Southern
Unitarian Universalist Association
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Synagogue Council of America
Pasadena
Calif
Uppsala
Sweden
Marriage as Covenant Says Bible Scholar at Cedar Rapids
Dr. William Beardslee of Emory University argues marriage reflects a biblical covenant beyond mere rules. He notes forgiveness follows failed covenants and urges churches to support imperfect marriages while focusing on a shared faith and service to a larger good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seous Engiioh
William Beardslee
Emory University
Atlanta
Beardslee
Cedar Rapids
God
Pastor Polk to join Brite Divinity Faculty in Fort Worth
Dr. David P. Polk longtime First Christian Church pastor Cedar Rapids resigns after 8 years to become associate professor in ministerial practice at Brite Divinity School Texas Christian University Fort Worth. He and his wife Kitty will leave Cedar Rapids end of July. Brue Divinity School is largest of four graduate seminaries of the Disciples of Christ.
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David P. Polk
First Christian Church
Third Ave. SE
Harold Glen Brown
Brite Divinity School of
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Polk
Kitty
Iowa
Church Women United
Cedar Rapids
Brue Divinity School
The
Christian Church
Disciples of Christ
Bible prophecy film and church events across Iowa
Multiple faith events are listed including a Bible prophecy film A Thief in the Night at Toddville Free Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Sunday, a Kings Men Four gospel concert May 22 hosted by Evangelical Free Church of Coralville, and a Chicago group Christian Missionary Singers performing at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. Cedar Rapids Women’s Aglow speakers Fran Wolfley of Des Moines, with meals and reservations, plus Ely First Presbyterian Church 125th anniversary Pentecost service at Rogers Grove May 22 rain site First Presbyterian Church.
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Toddville Free Methodist Church
Christ
Evangelical Free Church of
Christian Missionary Singers of
Chicago
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Eighth St. SE
Fran Wolfley
Des Moines
Jamaica
Cedar Rapids
Ely
First Presbyterian Church
Rogers Grove
James DeSmidt
Gospel Concert at Eastview Church by Gateway Singers
Gateway Singers of Centerville and Ottumwa present a Sunday morning gospel program at Eastview Christian Church 601 Old Marion Road NE featuring a stroke survivor giving testimony and another member sharing gospel illusions. The five younger singers, ages 6 to 12, will also perform and an offering will be taken.
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Celebrate Singers of
Seward
Neb
Bethany Lutheran Church
Forest Drive
Harry Giesselman
Eastview
Kenwood Parkterian Church
35Th St. NE
Haydn
Marilyn Blackhurst
Amy Roth
K. Floreen
Randall Thompson
Jill Domer
Linn Brass
al Naylor
Freedom Singers to Perform at Hillside Wesleyan Church
The Freedom Singers from Bartlesville Wesleyan College perform at Hillside Wesleyan Church on Sunday May 22 at 10 50 a m during a three month tour. Bill Wagner a Christian recording artist from Knoxville Tenn will speak at Central Assembly of God Church on Sunday at 10 30 a m with gospel music performances noted for traditional and hand clapping styles.
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Hillside Wesleyan
First Ave
Freedom Singers
Bartlesville
Okla
Wesleyan College
Bill Wagner
Knoxville
Tenn
Central Assembly of God
F Ave
Wagner
Clergy Conference Speaker to Address Medical Ethics
Dr. John Boyle of the University of Iowa will speak on Medical Ethics at noon Thursday during the Cedar Rapids Marion Conference of Clergy monthly meeting at Sirloin n Brew. Reservations urged by Tuesday with Rev. Paul Hasel or Rabbi Robert Ourach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Boyle
University of Iowa School of Religion
Cedar Rapids/Marion
Paul Hasel
Robert Ourach
God’s Prison Gang Film at Antioch Church of Christ
Antioch Church of Christ in Marion will screen the film Gods Prison Gang on Sunday at 6 p.m. The documentary, shot inside Attica Prison, profiles notorious figures including Al Capone’s getaway driver and Bonnie and Clyde’s last gang member who have turned Christian.
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Antioch Church of Christ
West 29Th Ave
Marion
New York
Attica
al Capone
Bonnie and Clyde
American Christians Tour Soviet Union for Peace Message
A group of 40 American Christians from 22 states traveled to the Soviet Union for a two week visit to share their peace concerns with Soviet Christians. The tour is invited by the Russian Orthodox Church and sponsored by the United Presbyterian Church and the National Council of Churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEW York
Soviet Union
United Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Church U.S
Southern
National Council of Churches
NCC Likely To Reject Homosexual Church
National Council of Churches deliberations in San Francisco indicate it will not admit Universe Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, a 27 000-member group with 80 percent homosexual membership, due to theological and cohesion concerns. Members cited opposition from Orthodox, Black, and Protestant denominations and a two thirds vote unlikely to pass. The process continues with no vote until November and potential membership decision next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dart
Los Angeles Times
San Francisco
National Council of Churches
Universe Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches
Council
Alexander Doumouras
Metropolitan Community Churches
James E. Landmire
National Council
Reader’s Digest
CBS
United Methodist
James Armstrong
Year of the Bible lawsuit filed in Los Angeles
A new federal suit challenges President Reagan’s 1983 Year of the Bible proclamation as violating the First Amendment. Sixteen signers including ministers rabbis Buddhists Sikhs humanists agnostics and atheists join the ACLU in Los Angeles federal court. A prior suit was filed in Madison Wisconsin by the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Reagan
House
Senate
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Madison, Wis
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Cambodians Urged U.S. Aid Over Refugee Crisis
A spokesman for U.S. Catholic bishops Auxiliary Bishop Anthony J. prompts U.S. help amid reports of an immediate and brutal threat to Cambodians who fled Vietnamese troops into Thailand. He cites a 64,000 refugee ceiling for Southeast Asia, with slow government procedures likely to cap at 35,000.
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U.S
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Scobey Road
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David Polk
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