The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 42, No. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 1, 1985 Page: 1 of 24
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Tornados
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sweep thru
Northeast
Lloyd, a member of the Brainard Church
of Christ in Chatanooga, Tenn., has strong-
ly supported the right to pray in schools by
co-sponsoring a pro-prayer amendment and
by speaking in the first all-night debate in
the House concerning school prayer.
Lloyd’s press aide reported that her office
has not received any calls, letters, or com-
ments concerning the supreme court ruling.
The school prayer issue was one of the
most politically active cases before the
Supreme Court this year.
The Reagan Administration said that such
state laws enhance the opportunity for
students to include silent prayer as part of
their activities at school."
Reagan favors an amendment that would
overturn the 1962 decision.
The 1962 ruling did not outlaw voluntary
prayer, therefore, even without “moment of
silence" laws any student can engage in
silent prayer without intervention.
As a prayer in schools advocate said, "You
can hardly engage in thought control.’—
MIKA B PO8TE1WA1T
ERIE, Pehn.—Christians in this area have
decided to "wait and see" how civil
authorities meet the needs of thousands who
have lost their property to May 31 tornados.
The continent-spanning storm hit hardest
in Penn., Ohio, and Ontario, with 60 of the
86 dead in Pennsylvania.
kirry Macomber, minister of the Grand-
view Boulevard Church of Christ, Erie, said.
We re going to wait 'til the dust settles' to
see if there are some needs in the communi-
ty not being met."
Church leaders came to that decision after
checking with Red Cross and government
relief workers and after contacting area
churches to find out if any members had
received property damage from the
tornados.
Upon finding no need among church
members, the church decided to put out the
word" June 9 and began gathering informa-
tion about needs not being met by insurance,
civil relief or federal government aid.
"I don’t know what to anticipate, but we ll
probably end up helping with medical
expenses—like I know of one family which
went to the hospital in an emergency situa-
tion which didn’t have very good insurance
coverage,” said Macomber.
"It’s kind of up in the air. These tornados
took all of us by surprise. They stayed on the
ground so long it’s just awesome."
Macomber said Christians in the disaster
area were encouraged by dozens of phone
calls from all over the nation from members
of churches interested in helping.
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with silent meditation in place if the law
does not mention "prayer" and if the state
lawmakers did not intend for the law to sup-
port school prayer.
WOMEN
Dallas Christians help
alcoholic women ... 8
meeting of the church and will cost
$60,000.
Jovanovic is raising funds to buy the
apartment by writing churches in Europe
and the United States.
Already $1,400 has come from two Euro-
pean churches, he said.
The Bammel Road Church of Christ,
Houston, is collecting the funds, which
Jovanovic hopes he wil use to finalize the
purchase in June.
This is the first time. Jovanovic said,
that the church has applied for recogni-
tion from the government.
Eear of contingencies on the church and
of denominationalism were concerns, he
said.
The group is now operating openly and
is using signs to advertise their meetings.
"We have people coming in and out,
bringing friends for coffee. They use it as
a place to meet and talk. It's exciting,”
said Jovanovic.—n scan lamascus
GERMANY
Forty years after Victory
in Europe........10
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PAID
Opf»nit NO
GREB, Yugoslavia—Christians here
ye apparently been given permission to
let in their newly-acquired facility and
Irate publicly after 14 years of meeting
homes.
me recognition comes after Mladen
ianovic and other leaders of the
member church made a February fil-
ter permission to meet in a rented
llity.
pvanovic was told that he would hear
bo days if permission were denied.
ie has not heard.
pvanovic is quick to point out that this
kess must be repeated by other groups
Jugoslavia. The recognition is on a con-
kational level.
application for legal status in
boslavia is an arduous task of finding
roperty-owner willing to rent a facili-
pan illegal group. Filing must then be
de for legalization.
but proprietors are hesitant to rent to
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murche« have larwid
Ivadv supp'r’..nganufr
I that the WBS added!
Its of the missionary.
Igful works for tMr
[though to WHS It isi
|it pays off.
Las a blow to WBS. M
Lemmons ha' given c®
Im. Lovell s family hd
F’ Coppinger of Visalu.
Iponent of the p regnal
Lear he began a World
to promote the needful
I continues to help thel
pry person who readtl
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814565. Dallas TexMl
[11 IE, Tenn.—Furman Kearley has
appointed editor of the Gospel
le
Bmouncement was made in the June
of the magazine. The appointment
effective July 18.
parley comes well-prepared for his
p as editor of the Gospel Advocate,'
til W. Anderson, publisher of the
K magazine.
h tremendously honored to have the
nee of those who made the selection
or and I’m honored to be in the
dous line of editors that the "Ad-
’ has," said Kearley.
bey succeeds Guy N. Woods, who
We can hardly engage
in thought control. .. ’
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spel Advocate appoints Kearley
served as editor of the magazine for three
and a half years.
Woods will
continue to
write for the
magazine
and will
work on pro-
jects for the
publishing
company.
In a state-
ment
published in FURMAN KEARLEY
the magazine, Woods wrote, “ I was invited
to become Senior Editor of the "Gospel Ad-
vocate" but it was and is my feeling that I
can better serve by moving out of the
editorial department
Kearly has served as a staff writer for six
brotherhood periodicals.
"He is an able preacher, teacher and
writer who knows adn appreciates the tradi-
tion of the "Gospel Advocate," said
Anderson.
Kearley is a native of Montgomery, Ala.,
and has preached for churches in Alabama,
Kentucky and Texas.
He has served in the Bible departments
at Alabama Christian College, Lubbock
Christian College, and Abilene Christian
University.
Ipreme Court: ‘don’t mention prayer,’ say Justices
Supreme Court, in a June 4 ruling,
ped moments of silent prayer in
bchools.
histices ruled an Alabama law allow-
|blic school students periods for
ption or voluntary prayer” violated
ptitution’s required church and state
Non.
decision reasserted the Supreme
11962 ban on official sponsorship of
bchool prayer sessions.
ke John Paul Stevens in a statement
I court wrote, "The addition of ‘or
ky prayer’ indicates that the state in-
Ito characterize prayer as a favored
te Such an endorsement is not con-
I with the established principal that
►eminent must pursue a course of
He neutrality toward religion."
pion to the decision was controver-
The Supreme Court has done it
^delivering another slap in the face
fast majority of Americans who favor
grayer," said Senator Jesse Helms.
Her, the ruling leaves laws dealing
States with legislation only mentioning
meditation are: Arizona, Connecticut.
Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, New
Jersey. New York, and Rhode Island.
States with laws mentioning prayer are:
Arkansas, Delaware. Florida, Georgia, Il-
linois, Indiana. Kansas, Louisiana.
Massachusetts, Nevada. New Mexico. North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and
Virginia.
Marilyn Lloyd, U.S. congresswoman from
Tennessee, said, "I feel that we should not
lose sight of the basic belief in which the
country rests; recognition of God. freedom
to worship him. and to pray "
ugoslavian church recognized
IREB, Yugoslavia—Christians here illegal groups. So the problems for an meeting of the church and will cost
unrecognized church group become a
hard-to-break cycle._____________________
For Jovanovic
and the Chris-
tians in Zagreb,
the break came
when a pro-
prietor, who
wanted to Sell
her property,
agreed to let the
church rent with
the understanding they would try to buy
the property.
"We’ve agreed the apartment is not a
sacred place. We’ve made it everyone's se-
cond home. The first thing we did was
make 20 sets of key’s. We’re sharing the
responsibility, the excitement and the
fellowship," said Jovanovic.
The 1000 square-foot apartment in
downtown has three large rooms for the
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