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POUT LA M ) ■£> OHSEHVEK uuai purpose Religion in the News By Chuck Singleton " , . . making my joy com plete by being of the sam. mind, maintaining tie same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose." P h il. 2:2. The story is told of "Cool B re e ze ", the super hip young brother on Front Street. It seems that one of tie local churches had caught fire d ur ing a riot and "Breeze ’ stood wi 'hmg It burn.The m inister walkeu over to "B re e ze ” and said, "Youngman, you've nev e r teen to my church lefo re have you?” "B re e ze " count ered, "D ig , your church aln t never been on fire le fo re ." Many of us church-goers are wordering where the Cool Breezes are on Sunday morn ings. And the answer is t le y r e looking fo r the fire . When tie fire of spiritual power burns in the hearts of church people we won’t be able to handle the overflow of young converts. Jesus sa d , " I am come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled." (Luke 12:49) When a church depends upon ice cream socials, tea parties, and chicken fries for it s existence, it w ill become as cold as the icecream , as weak as the tea. a d as dead as the chicken. The questioning " now" gen eration, not yet having become a part of the traditional church program, drop off like flies wlen they become aware of a lack of spiritual power. Today many church leaders make attempts to attract the youth w th non-spiritual, sec ular programs and have found no great increase in church attendance. But when the em phasis is placed on the dyna mics of the C h rist-filled life, many churches are not only finding the quality lives among its young, but also the quantity youth. Just as the baby is attract ed hy the fire that burns, youth w ill be attracted by the spir itual fire that purifies. Bureau serves separatist churches By Deni« M ’Passou Oaec* n IT A N O lfW S Cewxz.') C A T H O L IC C H U 1 C H 28> «42« •OtTLAMO O « G O M » 7 ? II • * GOOOOi 0 *01 » Twelve yeai« «go, perhaps •O« h r a i M f » M* Mtnuua ^iMl*« one quarter of (lie professing hllstiana in South Africa M m « « • 0G Mgete. 10 X) • » C m . 2 0C **ox» were not recognized ««Chris (Ians fiytlie South African Gov ernment. I hey («longed to African led churches, tie separatist or ' iideieident* churches, and t le ir nunilers The Rev. Paul W .E rlk s w llI from the University of ran Into m illions. le Installed as tie newest staff Washington In 1969. ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH T ie government did n o t person for ihe cluster of Lu The Installatio n service recognize tlese separatist tterai] Church in Am erica s s v I X . C orner of Ave snd Skdmore culminates an afternoon of cliurcles lecausc most of congregations In northeast v. >-J A.M. Sunday Worship ¡1:00 AJVi. celebration fo r the three (hem liad no written doctrines, Portland, atMesslah Lutheran congregations of tie cluster. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 PJM. constitutions or articles of Church. 4735 N. Commercial A progressive dinner which (-’nd and Fourth Sundays) faith. T ie government’ s rec Avenue, Sunday, August 6, begins at Redeemer Church, omjs Strayhand. M in i ste r ognition of an association or 1972, at 7:30 p jn . M r. E rik s NL 20th and Killlngsworth, church - from winch followed will be the Pastoi of Messiah at 5:00 p.m. also begins the D r . G alellah, with a nur such things as grants of laid Ctiurch ami spetajize In youth work in his homeopathic w o r s h ip service which Is surgery in Hulawayo. for building cliurcles - re and parish education concerns "progressive" as w ell. The quited tie church or associa for the cluster congregations sionary's "good boy". T ie Rev. W arner Jessen, Pastor cburcles aid those who taught tion to submit a constitution. which Include Augustana, minister or bishop was shorn of RedeemerChurch, w ill lead recognizable C h r i s t i a n i t y T ie leaders of the separa Messiah and Redeemer Lu leader of hla people, who got to the prayer and praise seg were promptly recommended tte ran Churches. tist churches were not worried his office not through (raining ment of the service there. to the government for recog about tie situation. "Who The services of instal and appointment, lu t through The dinner continues at Au nition, Soon tie government cares whether we are («cog lation fo r Pastor E riks w ill Inborn qualities. gustana Church, NE 15th and used tie luieau report in mak nized asChristian churcles or also Include the rededication ing a decision. Knott, at 6:00 pen. where the Llr, Galellah lourd (liai not?’ tley would say. "W eare of present cluster staff and Reverend Eugene Knxlschuh, In South Africa, every A fri Üiough Uey had no w iin eii Christians, aid tie only rec the Installation of tie newly Pastor ot Augustana Church can must carry a pass which creeds aiddogmas, tlese sep ognition we want is from God, elected cluster board made will lead the Reading and explains where he lives, who statists' teachings were based not government." up of lay persons from each Preaching of the word por employs him and where le o ri on tie Bible. T h e ir l e l e f m That was tie situslion wlen, of tie three congregations. tions of the service. At this ginally came from . Itw a s d if- tie Bible aid Jesus Christ as in I960, D r . G alellah came to The Rev. D r. A XI. Fjellm an, stop D r. Fjellm an will preach ficult for pastors aid teachers tie son ot God was unquestion tie scene. President of the P a c i f i c the sermon for the evening. of unrecognized churcles to able. T le ir differences were Horn at Ntabazbduna, near Northwest Synod, Lutheran Both dinner and worship ser say they were employed by not on what tie Bible sad. lut Bulawayo in R h o desia,D r.E l Church In Am erica, and the vice conclude at Messiah their churches, sinceasfaras on which tribal le le f s aid liot M . G alellah was tie first Rev. K e n n e t h Johnson, Church, N . Commercial near the government was con customs should le incorpor son of a Church of Christ i« s - Assistant to the President A lle rta , at 7:30 p jn . with the cerned. tlese churcbesdd not ated in tie church. to r. Wien studying for «doc for the Southern District w ill services of installation and the exist. So tley joined Ue bu Ite le fs in aticesti al spirits. officiate. tor of divinity degiee at tie dessert following. Busseswill reau in order to te recognized. He sacredness ol certain University of Iidiana in tie E rik s comes to the cluster be provided to transport peo To give tie separatist lead animals aid tie witcldoctor's U.S., le was asked to w rite a position from his participation ple from one church building ers proper training, a theolo place in tie church ate lourd tle s ls on comparative re li In the Portland Christian to the next. gical school was recessaryso in some of tlese churches. A Sunday School 9:00 A M Campus M inistry at Kotnonia gions in South A frica, lie was tie luieau built Christ tie Zulu - lad church does not laced w itti a problem by unrec House of Portland State Uni M o r n in g W o r s h ip qq a m The cluster, underwritten King Tleological School m agree with a.Swazi led church, versity as the Lutheran Cam ognized separatist C hurcles. In part by the Board of A m eri Durban, with Gstellah as its though tley luth teach tie Where was lie going to place pus Pastor. P rio r to that he fu s t principal. Besdesoffer can Missions, L .C .A , sees as same Christian message, l e them? Were tley Christian was D irecto r of "T h e P la c e ", "The Church With A H e art-F elt Welcome" its basis task the development mg resdential je store I aid causc Zulus aid Swazis have Churcles or not7 « drop-ln center for youth of community oriented minis tleological c o u r s e s , the different tribal l e le f s . This In I960 he applied for per sponsored jointly by the try in the Model Cities area school also has correspon explains why memterghip in Northwest Seattle Lutheran in mission to conduct extensive of Portland through coopera dence courses. The corres tlese separatist churcles is Seattle. He received a research In tie unrecognized tive programing and shared pondence courses are more determined try tr it e . African C latrcles In tie whole M aster of Education degree staff. popular because most separa D r . G alellah was convinced of South A frica. W luttstaited tists leaders are part-tim e that if tribal le le f s were re as p an of a study for hlsDJJ, church people who do secular moved I rum tie separatist degree turned out to le a life work for a living. There are churches, tle y could le as time work - - for he is s tilld o htxi students taking corres- good or le tte r than the recog ing research today as director poidence courses this year. By Lenwood G. Davis nized churcles. But where of tie Bureau of A f r i c a n As tie separatist leaders would come tie money toexlu M elvin S teinfeld. “ (H R original source material and Churcles Information aid Re- learned, tley trurd theydd not against b la c k s , cate two aid ore-half million whites, RACIST PRESIDENTS". San seai ch Institute. some are interpretations of d iffe r so much. Many separa browns and reds, but also people? There was only ore Ramon, California:Consensus prim ary sources by scholars D r . Galellah discovered yellow peoples. tist c h u r c h e s voluntar.ly source - from tie p e o p le Publishers, fnc. 1972. 304 pp. that in most of tie unrecog aid historians. There are The title, OUR ____ _ meiged to form b ig g e r themselves. RACIST This book includes forty- nized churcles tie leadei s liad nine chapters with an intro churches. In July 1967, lu sep PRESIDENTS is eye catching one documents concerning He duction to each by the author. more control over tte ir mem however, it is misleading A aratist denominations with a With tie help of Rev. I ., actions aid attitudes of selec bers than In "European-led ‘ OUR RACIST PRESIDENTS more concise title would total mem lership of over Mncube of tie south African ted Presdents who have gives examples of racism on r e c o g n i z e d denominations 7.000 formed oie church in 'Selected D o c u m e n t s of g eierally teen consdered the Methodist Ctiurch. D r .G a le l- tlie part of some Presdents where tie African minister Racist P re sd en ts," Even P re to ria . T ie lew church was lah set up the lu ie a u . Wuhan most popular or influential: was regarded as tie mis aid Illustrates how historical though the author pointed out named Inyaida, a Zulu word 5828 N.E. 8th atm of training leaders of George Washington. Thomas evdenoe can no longer be that he was only selecting meaning "«bundle' . Bundling these churcles aid uniting jefferso n. Andrew Jackson. A. Lee Henderson, Minister 2 8 8 -5 4 29 ignored: Washington's slave- "those generally consdered ten churches togetter was a them, le traveled all over Abraham Lincoln, Theodore holding, slave-selling and ex tie most popular or influen remarkable acbevement for South Africa campaigning for Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson. clusion at firs t of Blacks as Ellis Casson, Associate Minister tia l," perhaps, he should have the bureau. tie membership o ftle lu re s u . Franklin Roosevelt, and volunteers in the Revolution been more selective and in To show appreciation for Church School At first tie se|«ratists were Richard Nixon. The thesis of 9:45 am ary army, Jefferson's clearly cluded other Presdents. The what the bureau wasdomg, tie Morning Worjhip suspicious. Ixtt slowly tley this work is that, virtually 11:00 am stated teliefs in the inferiority book does, however, present trusted G alellsh aid by 1963 South A f r i c a n Government every American Presdent, Wed Noon — me Hour of Power 12:00 noon of Black people; Jackson's some documents that are not tlie luieau had over 2,000 gave about $6,500 to build a including those we glorify Wed Prayer & Clo»» Meeting 7:30 pm defiance of the SupremeCourt generally known to the layman church txiildmg for Inyaida m em ter churcles. Research most, has teen a racist, N unery Core Provided in driving the Cherokees from such as "Washington P e r was conducted in tie m e m te r- home ol the documents are (Please turn to pg. 8, col. I) their ancestral lards; L in petuates the Myth of the Happy W e eze making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood” coln's statements against S lave," "Jefterson Specifies Black voting, jury, office Points o* Black In fe rio rity ," holding rights, delay of eman "An Indian Chief tells His cipation until two years after Sde of G enocde." Even the beginning of th eC ivilW ar, though these and other docu By Carnegie "Happy’’ Pullen refusal at firs t to allow Blacks ments have been known for to serve in the Union army many years, they were not Adventuies Beyond I he ardous adventures seeking that He could be taken by and letting Blacks serve at made available to the general Imagination of Men. If ad- gold, fame, fortune or some tlie servants of tlie I'lg h P n es t. lower pay than their white public. venturesome, confident, vigo great victory in life. c o u n te rp a rts . Theodore The greatest asset of OUR rous aid ambitious youth Jesus sa d , "E very one that Such great feais, no mat Roosevelt s view that Blacks RACIST PRESIDENTS is that would walk in tie way of is perfect shall 1« as his ter how astonishing or b ril as a group were inferior to COLONIAL MORTUARY gidly otedlence of Christ M elvin Steinfield has tried M a s te r." A id, "Seek ye first liant, no matter what great the white race, his abandon to expose these sacred heroes they could accomplish grand, tlie Kingdom of God, and His lame or fortune they have 20 N.E. 14th Avenue ment of his fightforBlacks' of American mythology for g l o r i o u s , heavenly f e a t s righteousness, aid all these brought, have only led to old rights and that only one per Portland. Oregon 97232 what they really were— scarcely Imagined by men. things shall be added unto age, disillusionment, defeat, cent should te permitted to racists— aid he presents you . . . . And greater works Idealistic young men by tie unhappiness, suffering and vote, in W llson’s administra documentary proof to support than tliese shall ye do." DAY OR NIGHT billions have risked their lives death, proving that thegreat tion whereby segregation was his assertions. Professor (John 14:12), If we are truly' in battles, in strange aid liaz- est of such eideavors aid initiated In the Post Office, Steinfield has another mes Christians we must lelieve ventures were vain aid Treasury aid Navy depart sage for the reader and tins; aid by progressive de futile failures. ments as well as Wilson America when he declares: grees ol otiedience we can What is tie greatest goal of stoutly defending this policy "A s we move into the 1970's, prove tliese things for our all striving? What Is the ul to Black leaders; Franklin perhaps, we may be able to selves. Christ both healed timate achievement of all ad Roosevelt's authorization of destroy the racial myths that the blind aid raised the dead ventures aid ambitious s triv 7 /f' the evacuation of 110,000 West surround the Presdency. But to life again aid commanded ing? Coast Japanese-Americans is for that to occur, Am erica's Rev John H Jackson His disciples to do likew ise. It is tie attainment of tie one of the most flagrant acts Phone 2 8 4 1954 presdential contenders must Minister masterly, leavenly Immortal of trampling on tie civil Sunday School 9am speak with a firm , consistent Jesus sad. "There be some N.Ç First ond Schuyler life in the body In this world, Morning Worship 11am lib e rte s of a large group of voice on behalf of enlightened s t a n d in g here, who s h a 11 Fortland, Or». with Infinite freedom and Vesper 5 p.m Americans -an act rooted in change. And, upon t le ir elec never taste death, till they heavenly ecstasy, eternal racism; aid Nixon’s do- see the Son of man coming tion, .America’s presdents of youthfulness and Joy un L t i U» to a 'o n A u p a n d d e p a r t to » e ru e tie 1970's must begin to keep nothing approach to the en in His Kingdom," M an . 16:28. speakable aid full of glory; forcement of civil rights laws, tie American promise. The Christ has promised those with immunity from aging, his "Southern Strategy "which who lelieve m Hun enough to reservoir of jecond chance disease, mishap, disaster. In is nearly err .ty ." do what He sad to do: is dedicated to resisting firm ity, disability and death; America s movement towatu "These signs shall follow liee Irom the limitations of equal rights for all its c iti them that le lie v e ." M ark 16; ----- the physical earth, from the 17. Many of tliese signs have zens. his recommendation of entangling web of circum an acknowledged racist for followed them that telieved stance; from injury by bomb, the Supreme Court and In aid obeyed only partially. bullet, battle oi catastrophe. general his perpetuation of "H e that overcometh shall Where is the evidence aid institutional racism . inherit all things." Rev. 21:7. the promise of such unlrna "T o hlin that overcometh will th ere are also several gined attainments, the assur I grant to sit with me In my short documents on Presdent ance of tie success of such throne.'• Rev. 3:21, Andrew Johnson and on his great ventures? it is in the T ie persistent aid docu- reservations about equality; demonstrations, the in iracles, mented legend of the Wan- Presdents C l e v e l a n d aid the eye-witness accounts of dering Jew ." aid the w de McKinley and how they ig C h r is t 's mastery o v e r acceptance among spiritual nored racism as a problem, storms, tlie vengeance of l«ople that the Elder John, and how McKinley justifies mobs, the rage of tlie money- P astor Bible C lass 9; 15 am Bible Study Hour rue. 7 pm the w rite r of the Gospel Book atrocities against Orientals. chargers, the snares and vigi- ■ B ible Training School 9:15am Church O ffic e 288-7241 of John, is uumortal and In words as well as deeds, Hour of Prayer power lane— of spies and armed sol ■ Sunday m orning w orship I la m ro u ttl O ffic e 288-7243 still alive upon the earth, but over aid over again, A m eri W 1 7 pm to 8 pm ■ Evening Worship 7 pm diers. It was only when generally kept from the views can Presdents have reflected • « . . . i u v t h ivieecim You Meeting F r i 7:30 pm Christ willingly put off His of crass reporters aid from the racist attitudes of the so • Reverend W endell W allace Pastor immunity which perfect scheming men giving support ciety from which they came. godly otedlence gave Him. All things new in 1972 ■ to the words of tie Gospel, Not only were they racist Lutheran churches install minister Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 , ,. Dr. O.B. Williams, Pastor Book review: Our Racist Presidents w Zest of Life Mrs. Jessie Henson CALDWELL’S CALL 232 4111 ,\leunt Olivet Kapiisi Church Call On Us because Long D istance is the next best thing to being there. Pacific Northwest Bell J S__ Center ■ ■ aaau aaeaaaeaB eaiB eaaaaaaaB aaaaeaaaaaaaaeaaaB J s
