The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 50, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1993 Page: 3 of 28
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for many years, with its large rooms, greater David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tenn.
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preter, call the Division of Deafness. If it still
refuses, file a complaint with the state’s civil
rights organization, as well as with the U.S.
Department of Civil Rights.
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kRK — The church at 91 Salem
load plans a campus ministry, to be-
1, at the University of Delaware, ac-
o David Moore, youth minister. The
arises out of expressed desire by 20
and the presence of Ian and Lisa
specifically trained in campus min-
>ore called on members and former
I at Newark to join together in the
iew it for what it really is — a mis-
kL" he said.
of Madison’s congregation, 10 have been
married more than 60 yean. Forty-five cou-
ples have been married between 40 and 50
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located at C Street and Court Avenue, re-
cently moved into a more spacious facility.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Recently Pat
Hardcastle, Executive Director of the
Christian Service Center, gave the annual re-
port, this year showing an average monthly
income of $3,522.82. Nineteen Oklahoma
congregations and numerous individuals par-
ticipated in this support.
The center provides clothing and food, plus
“all the teaching and encouragement [clients]
Knott, pulpit minister. With an attendance of ister for the only black congregation in the
approximately 100 persons, the new building county, the nearly century-old Meigg Street
Delukie defends the Fat
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STEAD — A new congregation of
waking members was established
result of aid given to Hurricane
ictims by churches of Christ across
i. At the first Sunday service, 58
« in attendance, and there were
risms, according io Rex Morgan,
is Spanish for Christ Productions in
la. The new congregation has sp-
larcos Toledo as its evangelist He
hr the oversight of the elders of the
waking Homestead congregation.
IHAMU — The Call Street
Christ is in the process of moving
fesent location on Call Street io
mt. It will than be known as the
Woods congregation. The first ser-
[mw, heavily-wooded location will
I. according to Tim Oris, pulpit
.ORADO SPRINGS — A group of
imately 100 Christians is now meeting
Mountainview Church of Christ.
January attendances surpassed 100,
tween 80 and 90 persons returning for
[ worship services. The meeting place
ed near the largest mall in Colorado
I. Due to its rapid growth, the group is
ng money for a larger facility in the
te with Moslem scholar
----------- mem on Jesus* statement, “As Jonah was
three days and threfr nights in the belly of
a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be
three days and three nights in the heart of
■k the earth- (Matt. 12x40). He asserted that
Jonah was alive while in the fWt; there-
Mfe.. fore, Jesus was alive in the grave and not
1 killed by crucifixion. The rest of Malik’s
.yK position alleged inconsistency in Paul’s
writings. Tune added.
" Christians mid that they were satisfied
with Delukie’s presentation, the Moslem
■ '' ' «<* >ess satisfied with Malik’s They
The CM
r COLLINS — Elders at the
dark church have decided that they
re the spiritual needs of the church
y adjusting the Sunday evening ser-
rording to A. West Pape, pulpit min-
sther than the more formal public
n, a less formal means, receiving
equests from the audience, is now
syer follows the requests. “We will be
his thoughtfill transition on the sec-
fourth Sunday evenings when wt
►lie preaching,- said Pape.
MIDLAND — Ron Ellison, a certified
Family Therapist with Midland’s Samaritan
Counseling Center, presented a free Grief
Response Workshop for the Golf Course
Road church in mid-October, according to
Tom Vermillion, singles minister. The work-
shop goal was to equip individuals to respond
to the grieving more effectively.
On Nov. 1 the church also conducted the
first session of a 12-week Grief Advance
hospital will book the interpreter and pay for church development seminar in Tulsa. OC’s
the service. Do not brim an interpreter and nthi*wtttth*in significant losses in their lives. Ellison also
facilitated this group, limited to 12 par-
ticipants. Working through loss permits peo-
ple to move on with life, strengthened by the
struggle, Elllison said.
SAN ANTONIO — David P. Johnson,
managing editor of the Christian News for the
MADISON — A survey revealed that 140 past four years, submitted his resignation to
couples in the 5,000-member Madison church the board of directors, citing the reasons as
have been married 40 years or more. The sur- health problems.
vey was used to honor such couples, but “the Johnson said he would remain as an ad-
results of our little survey are amazing,” said visor for the staff, depending on the condition
tion conducted an evening service Nov. lO in- Steve Flatt, pulpit minister. of his health, according to the February 1993
volving 10 congregations in Alcorn County. Of these 140 couples, all active members issue of Christian News.
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This five-year tradition brings Christians
. twice a year to the Corinth Coliseum from al-
One mile north of the previous Calvin Street most all the congregations in the county, ac- r
location, the area provides greater potential cording to Eddie Lewis, pulpit minister for years and 85 couples have been married be-
for growth and service, according to George the Foote Street church. Chris Whitaker, min- tween 40 and 50 years, according to the Feb.
Knott, pulpit minister. With an attendance of ister for the only black congregation in the 12 Nashville Banner.
approximately 100 persons, the new building county, the nearly century-old Meigg Street NASHVILLE — Restoration Radio
— formerly a medical center — should serve church, was speaker. Whitaker is a student at Network international celebrates 20 years of
service, according to Roy Beasley, founder
and executive director. From its beginnings in
southeastern Indiana in 1973, RRN now has
production studios in Nashville, Tenn., and
averages producing 21 broadcasts per day.
With responses channeled through a follow-
up program directed by Clayton Pepper,
Madison, Tenn., the broadcasts have stim-
ulated establishment of 14 new congregations
within the past 14 months. Elders of the East
Huntsville, Ala., church oversee RRN.
NASHVILLE — Averaging more than
1,400 worshipers in combined assemblies and
continuing to turn people away at the second
worship hour, elders at the Woodmont Hills
church initiated a third service for March,
April and May. The most popular option,
judging from a survey and conversations gen-
erated by it, seems to be a 4 p.m. Sunday as-
sembly, said the elders of the church.
dotted by more than 60 churches, seldom sees
contact across racial lines. Norman Adamson,
pulpit minister for the Dodson Street church,
Nashville, Ark., was guest speaker. His in-
vitation to speak was based on his pioneering
efforts with a biracial ministry for the Stony
Island congregation in Chicago during the
mid-*60s.
FLINT — The Michigan Division of
Deafness receives many compaints about the
lack of interpreters for hospital appointments,
according to Maureen Wallace, acting state
interpreter coordinator. Steve Richard, min-
ister for the deaf, Bristol Road church, shares
some guidelines from Wallace’s brochure.
Requesting Interpreters at Hospitals:
• When making hospital appointments in-
volving the deaf, request an interpreter, giv-
ing the hospital name and phone number. The
SOUTH HELD — Blacks and whites, 232
strong, met at a “God’s Family Banquet” Feb.
5 to celebrate oneness in Christ, according to
R. Vernon Boyd, pulpit minister at Oakland
Church of Christ. Attendance was up 26 from
last year’s count. The banquet, which took
place at an area high school, continued a five-
ar^_?OUAh accept,” Hardcastle7*We refer’ 'each
Bible correspondence course student to the
nearest congregation,” he added.
Of approximately 75 volunteers working at
the center, almost all of them are faithful
members of a local church of Christ con-
gregation. To fulfill spiritual needs “requires
a united effort by compassionate workers TEXAS
from virtually every congregation in the city,”
Hardcastle said
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma
Christian University of Science and Arts re-
cently received a grant enabling continued
publication of Ministry, a bimonthly news-
letter for practical ministry in churches of
Christ. The grant from Tulsa Christian
Foundation will enable OC to print and mail
the newsletter to about 8,000 congregations
nationwide. The newsletter is fully staffed by
volunteers. The grant also underwrites a
the service. Do not bring an interpreter and BaW College of Bible will use the seminar to
then tell the hospital to pay him or her. bolster churches and give encouragement to
• If the hospital refuses to provide an inter- Christians in the Tulsa area.
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Norton, Howard W. & Shipp, Glover. The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 50, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1993, newspaper, April 1, 1993; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1320900/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.