The Christian Chronicle (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 53, No. 12, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 1, 1996 Page: 2 of 32
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CONTENTS
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CHOMBZAK
Heitz plays at Kennedy Center
Elder honored for 30 years
IN-DEPTH
I
19
Profile: Pancho Hobbes
CARTER
SPECTRUM
22
Campaign roundup
MEDIA
22
Reviews
FOSTER
INTERNATIONAL
23-28
BOWERS
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• Lexington
Cemetery:
Mecca of
Restoration
Movement
Centenpread
Church grows in Komi
Natlonsllniversity begins
Leaders graduate in Guyana
Central African Rep. opens
Mission impossfole
• Ohio
Valley
College
restructures
academics
Paged
COVER NEWS________
Fire threatens Pepperdine
Kenya sends missionaries
Mission workshop draws
Lexington Cemetery
PEOPLE______
WORTH ATLANTA, GEORGIA
Ray Turner, a heart-trans-
plant recipient, won a gold
medal in the softball throw at
the annual Transplant Games.
He also participated in the
5K, 400 and 1,500 meter runs
and a relay race.
view of an individual
group.
Some of us in the church
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• Stories behind
favorite
Christmas
hymns
Currents
CURRENTS_____________15-22
Sources of Christmas hymns
16-17
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THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE.
An International Newspaper for Members of Churches of CM st
EDMOND. OKLAMOB
Taylor Carter, a M
college professor and I
of a construction coni
became an elder of ■
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ber 1966. He is still ad
a shepherd of this d
which has up to 1,000
tendance
• Churches dot
Komi Republic
in Russia
Page 24
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NATIONAL_____________3-12
Ohio Valley College regroups
Herald of Truth plans evangelism
Scholars conference planned
OPINION__________20-21
Editorial: 'See you at the pole'
Views: Christianity hurts I
McBride: Chronicle calls for help
PROVIDENCE. RHODE ISLAND
Elana Chomiszak, a senior
at Brown University and a
member of the East Provi-
dence church, was named
Miss Rhode Island this year.
She participated in the Miss
America Pageant in Septem-
ber. See Page 19.
FALLS CHURCH, VtRGMA
i Ted Heitz and his country
western band. Sundown. per
i formed at the Kennedy Cen-
i iL" 1 ter’s 25lh Anniversary Celeb-
j ration in Washington, DC. in
I SePterr>ber. Heitz is a member
UHul of the Falls Church congre-
HEITZ gation.
Heart recipient wins gold________
ft NEWS MAKERS
Student Is Miss Rhode Island
• And it calls for rewriting
history, in order to make it
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TURNER
Minister celebrates 60 years
and white congrtganoJ
Four years ago/i
A .JL health problems, Hod
MMRpMBb camc inacUve. and!
assumed more of the id
Now, m 1996, Hod
stepped down from 13
ership role in the Fa
HOGAN congregation and M
named minister emeritus. During his mJ
he will continue to receive a full salary.
Replacing him as minister is Bowen, J
only has been active in the Figueroa churdi
these yean, but has also served on the facd
administrative staff at Pepperdine UmveTOq
Senior secretary of Girls_Natk
■■■MMMM HUTCHNSOM, KAMM
Natalie Foster, a Hi
son senior, was name
■aBL retary of Stale at the i
ImR can legion Auxiliary5
nual Girls Nanon Sh
' also elected chairman
majority Nationalist Pl
Plroe aeod both the old md new addroaea
of boee needing to be changed. Alao, to-
ctede any addroaea bnt need to be added
Allow six weeks for changee of address er
new enrollmenu
Advortiring Policy: While we aomnpt to
accept only reliable advertiaemenu, the
Chronicle to ant reepoasMe for be ad-
virdiitoiab nor are the views lyrnui to
beat aecassarily base ef be Chronfcfe er
Okltaoro ChriMiaa. We mom the right to
•taoenttam er decline any ib'WttoiMsaL
Bead inquiriea to “AbtonHag.”
The edtoerial ttoff rteervet be right
eerdance wib Chriotao aMea, aata
jowaaiiato Maadarda aad Ubei lews.
Mhatoar, I. teary Johnson.
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Ottae Manager. OWBN ANTWINE
bar, OLOVBB SHIPP
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Madia Bdtar,B. SCOTT LAMASCUS
Advarttag Manager.DAUL JONES
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ical correctness calls
A for mental gymnas-
? tics, including labeling a
six-year-old boy’s kissing a
girl “sexual harrassment."
And it calls for rewriting
• conform to the particular
view of an individual or
LOS ANGELES
Thirty-nine yean ago, Cal-
vin H. Bowers became asso-
ciate minister for the Figue-
roa church in Los Angeles.
For 35 of these years, he has
served under the leadership
of RJ9. Hogan, a legendary
preacher among both black
would rewrite our own history, especially of the last
‘W di’tOrt ‘l 10 a n€W view il
stand, with all of its victories and defeats, its fine
foiWe.! And let us learn from
of lofty but «>*
‘hei1 b,Me' ■"<• wMknetw,. Yet they k-
sixzj fw whkh« «
srwuia oe gratetul.
?e’^lTXhen rMt in ^gton, Ky.,
cemetery. To help us honor their memory we
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worldwide. Although we only he« .bout
News Makers is a new feature
minence to church members who
tinguished themselves at a national vJ
national level. Submissions should be >4
News Makers at the Chronicle address f Jl
tional information, see Transitions, Pag* "•
Let us honor those who have gone befoj
UBQmQm r I 1!le (^octr*ne of polit- these, we honor their service with a cHW
up on Page 22.
Notice as you read this issue
changes. First, the Letters feature is mov«
21. To take its place on Page 2 is > *•
called News Makers. These are brothers .
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Reviews from Page 21 to Page
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