Soviet religious changes spark tense friction across faiths
Visiting Soviet philosophy professor Alexander Krasnikov at Wheaton College notes growing tolerance for religion in the USSR alongside rising friction among faiths. He cites Orthodox reassertion, limited religious rights, and lingering anti Semitism while urging equal rights for all confessions and continued tolerance of atheism as society evolves.
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Chicago
Soviet Union
Alexander Krasnikov
Center For Applied Christian Ethics
Wheaton College
Krasnikov
Russia
Ukraine
Uniates
Germany
Central Asia
Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow State University
Ramba and McGuire embrace militant ministry in Odessa concert
Reba Rambo and Dony McGuire travel to Life Unlimited Christian Center in Odessa to perform as ministers not musicians. They describe their calling as a warfare mantle to confront drugs, violence, and abuse, turning audiences into armies for change. They credit Rambo’s parents Buck and Dottie Rambo for heart over music.
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Atlanta
Rambo
Wiecca Road Baptist condemns firing of editors
Atlanta church members call on the Southern Baptist Convention to reverse the July 17 firings of Baptist Press editors Alvin Shackelford and Dan Martin. The Wieuca Road Baptist resolution labels the action as undermining credibility and contrary to free information flow among Southern Baptists. The Baptist Press serves Baptist newspapers and media outlets.
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Atlanta
Southern Baptist
The
Southern Baptist Convention
Wieuca Road
Southern Baptists."” the Baptist Press
Alvin Shackelford
Baptist Press
Dan Martin
Convention
Dottie Rambo to Undergo Surgery Next Week
Gospel songwriter Dottie Rambo, paralyzed by a back condition, plans surgery next week per son-in-law Dony McQuire at a Life Unlimited Christian Center meeting. Rambo has had seven surgeries in three years and penned about 2,200 songs including We Shall Behold Him. Send get well cards to Dottie Rambo, 5231 E Memorial Dr Suite 193 Stone Mountain GA 30083.
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Dottie Rambo
Sui
Dony McQuire
Life Unlimited “ Christian Center
Rambo
E. Memorial Drive
Stone Mountain
Excommunication still enforced across Protestant and Catholic churches
Excommunication remains powerful in some circles though its use has declined. The piece surveys Catholic and Protestant practices, noting disfellowshipment ranges from private admonitions to full excommunication, cites studies of pastors, and discusses rising church-state tensions and growing liberalism in major denominations.
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Dallas
Corpus Christi
Als
the of the
Providence
R.I
Planned Parenthood
Catholics For A Free Choice
Doris Kruger
Wisconsin
Church of God
Kruger
Worldwide Church of God
John Reed
Dallas Theological Seminary
Rod Crowell
Emmaus Mennonite Church
Whitewater
Kan
Crowell
Reed
America
William Martin
Houston
Rice University
Belvue parish teens elect local man pope in thrift shop chapel
In Belvue Kansas a 30 year old David Bawden of nearby St Marys was chosen by a six person council in a secret ballot to be pope Michael the first. He was crowned in a thrift shop chapel with a leopard print pew layout and a tall improvised throne. Supporters call it common sense while critics call the act sacrilegious.
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Belvue
Kan
Jesus
David Bawden
St. Marys
Pius XII
Bawden
Michael
St. Michael the Archangel
Brian
Clara
Tickie
Kenneth
Brian Bawden
Rome
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Vanity Fair & Hosiery
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DuraSoft
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