Black History Month events at SIUC and area churches
SIUC hosts a 7 p.m. drama at Farr Auditorium titled Songs in the Key of Life produced by Katie Robinson and directed by Joe Doss. The Soul Food Festival runs 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the SIUC Student Center Ballrooms with Rev. James Hubbard as guest speaker on What the Black Church Means to Blacks Today. Tickets $6 adults $3 students. Also on Sunday 8:30 a.m. a Mass at the Unitarian Fellowship Building features Rev. James Zinzow on The Mystical Significance of the Parable of the Five Talents. Rev. Paul H. Beattie speaks at 10:30 a.m. on Recovering the Humanist Heritage at the First Unitarian Fellowship. A film series Focus on the Family begins Sunday at First Christian Church in Hurst, The Strong-Willed Child. The Arrabon Singers will lead an evening service at Second Baptist Church in Herrin at 7 p.m. Sunday. The Peace Makers services start 7 p.m. Saturday at Old Pentecostal Church in Royalton. Rev. Carl Cummins named new pastor of Fountain United Methodist Church and United Methodist Church in New Burnside. Mr Gospel Sax performs at 7 p.m. Sunday at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vergennes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Conference of
Carbondale and
Farr
Pulliam Hall
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Pam
Katie Robinson
Joe Doss
Rock Hill Baptist Church
James Hubbard
Hopewell Baptist Church of
Carbondale
Black Affairs Council of
SIUC
Hubbard
Ministerial Association
Illinois National Baptist State Convention
Dorothy Smith
James Zinzow
Our Lady and All Angels
Liberal Catholic
Milwaukee
Wis
Church of St
Paul H. Beattie
All Souls Unitarian Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Fellowship of Religious Humanists
First Unitarian Fellowship of Carbondale
West Frankfort Men’s Breakfast with Guest Speaker Pritchard
West Frankfort at Antioch United Methodist Church hosts a 7 a.m. Sunday breakfast with West Frankfort guest speaker Gene Pritchard, a certified lay speaker from Wood River. Carterville hosts a Baptist Men’s Day Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church. Rev. and Mrs. Duke Stone of Cleveland Tenn conduct revival meetings at 7 p.m. nightly through Feb 15 at Church of God of Prophecy Johnston City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Pritchard
Wood River
Antioch United Methodist Church
West Frankfort
Duke Stone
Cleveland
Tenn
Church of God of Prophecy
12Th and
Pine Streets
Johnston City
Presbyterian supreme court upholds Kaseman ministerial status
The United Presbyterian Church Permanent Judicial Commission in Washington DC ruled that Rev. Mansfield M. Kaseman’s examination answers on Christ’s divinity were not denials of doctrine. The ruling supported the Capital Union Presbytery in approving Kaseman’s ministerial standing, despite earlier charges over his beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
United Presbyterian Church
Permanent Judicial Commission
Mansfield. M. Kaseman
Jesus Christ
Kaseman
Rockville
Washington, D.C
Capital Union Presbytery
United Church of Christ
United Presbyterian
Rockeville
Rise of Christian right named top religion story of 1980
Religion Newswriters Association named the rise of the Christian right as 1980s top religion story, citing Moral Majority and Christian Voice backing Reagan and aiding the conservative coalition surge. Other noted items include Catholic family life, Klan activity, biblical inerrancy debates, Archbishop Romero’s assassination, and Vatican political clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Cornell
New York
Religion Newswriters Association
U.S
The
Moral Majority
Christian Voice
Ronald Reagan
Raw
Willmar Thorkelson
Minneapolis Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wisconsin
Religious Humanists
First Christian Church
Herrin
Arrabon Singers
Baptist Student Union
Second Baptist Church
Mike Roberts
BSU
Royalton
Peace Makers
Old Pentecostal Church
S. Royal St
Marion
Carl Cummins
Hidalgo
Fountain United Methodist Church
Route 5
Cummins
Tember
United Methodist Church
New Burnside
Loretta
Vergennes
Gospel
Wesley United Methodist Church
Vergehines
Carterville
First Baptist Church
Carl and
Loretta Cummins
Presbyterian ‘Supreme Court
Washington Area
Stewart J. Rankin
Christ
Presbytery
Jesus
God
Jesus of Nazareth
World Synod of Roman Catholic Bishops
Rome
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist
Bailey Smith
Oscar Romero
el Salvador
Vatican
Hans Kung
Tunbingen University
West Germany
United States
Marjorie S. Matthews
China
Boston
Humberto Medeiros
Massachusetts
Femena
Grandma
Grandpa
Southern Illinoisan Classified Dept
Southern
Hoto
Murphysboro
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