Church threatens ouster over unpaid pledges at parish
About 200 Noble Street Baptist Church members in Portsmouth Virginia received letters warning they would lose membership for unpaid pledges. Deleted members may still worship but cannot vote. weddings or funerals require rental fees. Pastor Ronnie T Northam Sr said money mattered more than salvation and pledged a chance at a clean slate for those unable to pay after consulting a deacon.
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Noble Street Baptist Church
Portsmouth
Ronnie T. Northam Sr
Deacon
Northam
FBI builds expert list on religion for future crises
Attorney General Janet Reno told the House committee that the FBI has created a resource list of experts in mainstream and non-mainstream religions. She said the agency can tap their expertise and contacts in a future crisis, amid criticism it was unprepared for the Branch Davidian siege.
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Janet Reno
House
Joint Committee
FBI
Catholic League wary of Disney ABC Buyout
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights voiced concerns over Disney's 19 billion purchase of Capital Cities/ABC. President William Donohue warned it could bring anti Catholic programming to ABC. He cited films Priest and Kids as evidence of harmful content.
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Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights
Walt Disney Co
Capital Cities
ABC Inc
ABC
William Donohue
Catholic League
Disney
Donohue
Baptist woman sues over discrimination by Texas groups
Raye Nell Dyer of Houston, once a Baptist Student Union director at UTMB Galveston, files July 17 suit against the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Galveston Association alleging sex discrimination and roles in her firing. The case cites a 1994 Houston Post quote linking the decision to women's ordination.
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Texas Baptist
Raye Nell Dyer
Houston
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston
General Convention of Texas
Galveston (Texas) Baptist Association
Dyer
Houston Post
Galveston Baptist Association
Bishop Adams Rebukes Climate of Hate in Nation
Bishop John Hurst Adams says churches must answer a climate of hate, criticizing affirmative action foes and political forces seen as enemies of freedom. Speaking at Allen University in Greenville, South Carolina, he denounces a Christian right he calls blasphemous and un-Christian.
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Methodist Episcopal Churches
John Hurst Adams
Hiack
Adams
Allen University
Greenville
S.C
Adems
Boswell Indiana Woman Reaches Century in Church Centenary
Velva Dunbar of Boswell Indiana turns 100 as her Church of Christ marks its centennial. Since 1895 she has attended the small farm town church where she was baptized and where her family has long worshiped. Despite aging and a hospital scare she remains active and visits from 18 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren and eight great great grandchildren.
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Velva Dunbar
Indiana
Boswell
Ind
Dunbar
Church of Christ
Mieviion Duaig An Ypei Trust
Fred
Catherine McVicker
John Dunbar
Williamsport
John
Mary Good
Gene
Earl Park
Mrs. Dunbar
Mat
Bae
Weapons and humanity under the threat of war
A reflective essay argues that weapons do not increase security and that humanity's best traits must prevail. It surveys nuclear history from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Oppenheimer and Rhodes, urging a broader moral response beyond arms races to achieve true peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rhodes
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Truman
United States
Soviet Union
Hiroshima
Rodders
Daniel Defoe
Robison Crusoe
Vacation Bible School and Crusade Programs Across Syracuse Area
Churches near Camillus Cicero and Syracuse advertise vacation Bible schools for children from kindergarten through sixth grade with times in mid August. Additional events include a four day Believers Chapel program featuring Trevor Yaxley of New Zealand, a Bible teaching night at Church of New Hope, a chicken barbecue fundraiser for a North Syracuse girl needing a liver transplant, and a Syracuse Christian Motorcycle Association meeting.
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Warners Road
Camillus
Adult Bible
Pam 'S
Faith Chapel
West Seneca
Onondaga
Sid Roth
Ace
Joy Clark
Hamilton
Ontario
Ace Clark
Canada
Believers’ Chapel
Trevor Yaxley
New Zealand
Lifeway Ministries Trust
Yaxley
Thompson Road
Grimaldi
Chop House
Jan
God
Church of New Hope
First United Church of Ast
Syracuse
Franklin Park Drive
Karkville Rd
Kevin Conner
Australia
Dewitt Inn
Hills Plaza
Erie Boulevard East
United Methodist Men of Andrews Memorial United Methodist Church
North Syracuse
Church St
North
Liverpool Christian Church
Pridasr
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Cicero Chapel
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Deby
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