Portland Observer, August 28, 1985, Page 9
United Church of Christ
nds to Falwell
by Hans Holznagel
l eaders o f the 1.7 m illion member
United Church o f Christ, responding
to the Rev. Jerry Falwell's comments
on apartheid in South A fric a , de
scribed the M o ra l M a jo rity leader's
pout ions as “ appalling," "insensitive”
and "dangerous,"
The United Church leaders also re
iterated their support for Bishop Dcs
mond T u tu , the Anglican Bishop o f
South A fric a , whom M r Fallw ell
called a " p h o n y " and who w a s c riti
cized by the U.S. Government for re
fusing to join a meeting between South
African clerics and the country’ s pres
ident, P W. Botha
M r. Falwell made his comments in
press conferences this week after he
completed a five-day “ fa c t-fin d in g "
tnp to South Africa, which iiKluded a
meeting with Mr. Botha.
" In his recent trip to South Africa,
Jerry Falwell has shown a dangerous,
even a smug, self-righteousness that
has played into the hands o f the Botha
government," said the Rev. Dr. Avery
D. Post, president o f the U nited
Church o f Christ. " H e gives no evi
dence that he perceives the demonic
character o f apartheid. His selective
observations betray an atrophy o f con
science and compassion.
“ In his visit to South Africa at this
time, we have the specter o f a religious
leader providing m oral, and by in fe r
ence, theological support to the apart
heid system. This is a shocking msensi
tiv ity to what many o f us believe are
the imperatives o f a just G od: to be
present with people who have been in
bondage and whose h u m a n ity has
been violated.
A news report o f M r. F a lw e ll's
comments on his South A fric a n visit
quoted him as saying, “ I have yet to
fin d one person — black, colored,
w hite o r In d ia n — who wants d is
in v e s tm e n t." H ow ever, the U nited
C hurch o f C h ris t's General Synod,
its highest deliberative body, heard a
different story this summer in a speech
by the Rev. A lla n Boesak, a Black
South African who is president o f the
Work! Alliance o f Reformed Churches
and is an outspoken opponent o f
apartheid Both Boesak and the South
African Council o f Churches, to which
hr helonvs srtoke nubliclv in f a v o r o f
divestm ent fo r the firs t tim e this
summer
30 pieces of Krugerrands
"M o s t Americans w o n 't listen to
Jerry Falw ell’ s siren song to sell out
our belief in human rights for 30 pieces
o f Krugerrands," said John Buchan
an. chairman o f the 150,000-mem her
citizens organization People For the
American Way, atacking M oral Ma
jo rity leader Jerry Falw ell's support
for the government o f South A frica.
On August 18, Rev. Falwell said he
w ill urge "m illio n s o f C hristians to
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Financial combat
of apartheid
C H IC A G O — M obilization o f the
invested financial power o f 13 national
and international agencies o f the U nit
ed Methodist Church against apartheid
racial policies in S outh A fric a was
mapped in August.
The proposals, developed at a con
sultation called by the denomination's
chief fiscal arm , are directed toward
U.S. banks and co rporations doing
business in South Africa. The suggest
ed steps stop short o f advocating wide
spread total divestment o f companies
doing business in South A fric a , but
say such a move should be considered
as one step in a blend o f several strat
egies.
Investments o f the agencies repre
sented here total approximately $2 b il
lion, an undetermined ainoutn o f it in
companies d o ing business in South
A frica, the recommendations now go
to the in d ivid u a l units fo r consider
ation.
buy Krugerrands," the South A frican
gold coin.
Buchanan was a Republican C o n
gressman from Alabam a, fro m 1 9 6 5
through 1981 serving on the Subcom
mittee on A frica o f (he House C o m
mittee on Foreign A ffa irs He visited
South A fric a in 1982, meeting w ith
governmental, religious, and human
rights leaders. Buchanan is also an o r
dained Southern Baptist minister
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Constructive
engagement
denounced
A lte r 13 days in South A fric a , a
United Methodist superintendent has
called fo r the resignation o f Chester
Crocker, architect o f the Reagan A d
m in is tra tio n 's p olicy o f "c o n s tru c
tive engagement."
The Rev R. Kandy Day, superin
tendent o l M e tro p o lita n New Y ork
churches, said, " W ith South A frica's
experiencing the worst tu rm o il in its
h isto ry, M r C ro c k e r's destructive,
demonic policy puts a muzzle on the
U.S. government when we should he
leading the international community in
condemning and dism antling the re
pugnant racist policy o f a p a rth e id ."
M r. Crocker is assistant secretary o f
state in charge o f the Bureau o f A fr i
can Affairs
Mr. Day was one o f seven members
o f the New Y ork Annual Conference
who visited South A frica Aug 3 - 16
In the g roup were fo u r whites and
three Blacks.
" I f white South Africans were dying
at the rate that Blacks are, the State
Department would drop constructive
engagement in fa v o r o f som ething
more effective,” M r Day commented
Responding to the w hite co n te n
tion that economic sanctions and d i
vestment would harm Blacks, M r. Day
said m ore than 50 percent o f the
Blacks in S outh A fric a are unem
ployed and have little hope o f jobs.
"T hey are already h u rtin g ," he said.
The g roup toured Soweto, the
large Black township outside Johan
nesburg, guided by a Methodist m in
ister.
“ The com m unity was very tense,”
said the Rev Linda Thomas, co-pastor
o f M e m o ria l U n ite d M ethodist
Church in White Plains, N Y. " I t was
just like on the covers o f Tim e and
Newsweek — an armored vehicle, lots
o f w hite arm ed soldiers arresting a
young Black man and k ic k in g the
Black m a n ," she added.
" It 's almost as though white South
A frica has begun a war on Black peo
p le ," said Ms. T homas. "C le a rly it ’ s
a patriarchal, m ilitaristic society that
has done its best to separate Blacks
from whites Blacks live in townships
that arc virtual concentration camps,”
she said.
The visitors also spent two evenings
with Afrikaners, native South Africans
o f E uropean descent. One evening
was with students from the University
o f the Orange Free State and the other
w ith tw o u n ive rsity professors, a
Dutch Reformed minister and a w o
man children’s worker.
" S p iritu a lly , psychologically and
emotionally they have been inculcated
with the idea they're a superior race,"
said Ms. Thomas. "W hen the church
says th a t, it's d iffic u lt fo r people to
follow their own leanings."
Meeting
M o rn in g Star B aptist C hurch is
h o lding C h ris tia n W omen Against
Crime on Thursday, September 5, at
7:30 p.m. in the Education Building
Christian Women Against Crime is
an organization’ s C hristian view o f
justice. The discussion topic w ill be
Issues on C o m m u n ity and the l aw:
Problems and Solutions to Problems.
For more in fo rm a tio n, contact A l
berta Phillips, 281-3388, after 4 p.m .
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Methodist leaders in South A frica,
among nine religious figures who
met with that nation's president Aug
19, expressed dismay at the prospects
fix an end to the violence there.
Both the Rev. Peter Storey, presi
dent o f the M e th o d ist C hurch ol
Southern A frica, and the Res M S
Mogoha, the church's secretary, were
widely quoted in news accounts car
rted in the U.S. in the wake o f the
meeting. M r. Storey to ld reporters
that it was clear that the two sides live
in totally different worlds and that (lie
religious leaders had attem pted to
impress on President Pieter W Botha
the "desperate need
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a ctio n ." M i Mogoha said "som e ot
us are beginning to feel . .
Black life is cheap.”
I ailiei in August. Methodist leaders
urged President Botha to call a na
tio n a l convention to negotiate w ith
the leaders o f all tactions in the trou
hied nation I he statement released
bs Mr Mogoha reiterated the church’s
o p p o sitio n to violence, " n o m atter
who perpetrates it."
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