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Health God's Way
Featuring
Raymond C. Blackburn, M.D.
A three part health sym posium focusing on how to live healthier happier
longer lives using the principles in the bible and the spirit o f prophesy.
Friday, August 9th 6:00
Saturday, August IOth 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm
A healthy lunch will be provided for the attendees.
Sharon SDA Church
5209 NE 22nd Portland
503-287-7649
Several prom inent Black m inis­
ters publicly declared their support
for w omen and fam ilies facing p ro b ­
lem pregnancies.
They form alized th eird eclaratio n
by signing onto a brochure entitled
“ Black M inisters S upport Y oung
Right to C hoose.”
C lergy from m ajor black d en o m ­
inations, including Rev. E dgar L.
Jam es o f the African M ethodist E pis­
copal Church, Rev. C arlton V eazey
o f the N ational B aptist C onvention
USA Inc., and Rev. W alter Fauntroy
Htyssiangovernor threatens activists
A regional governor in R ussia’s
far east threatened on Thursday to
banish m em bers o f the U nification
church and various other religious
groups active in the region.
T o u g h -ta lk in g
Y evgeny
N a z d ra te n k o , g o v e r n o r o f th e
Prim orsky Krai region w hich in­
c lu d e s th e m a jo r p o rt c ity o f
Vladivostok, hit out in particular at
activists o f the Unification church
founded by Sun M yung M oon.
“ I want to warn activists o f foreign
religions that if religious psychoses
happen again w hile I am leader o f
Prim orsky K rai, I will em ploy the
police force to throw them out,” he
said in a live television appearance.
M any foreign religious groups,
inlcuding Seventh Day A dventists,
the Hare K rishna m ovem ent and the
fundam entalist Christian Church o f
Christ, are active in the region.
T hey took advantage o f a spiritual
void when the Soviet Union fell apart,
g ath erin g su p p o rt m ostly am ong
young people. M o o n ’s church is said
to be particularly active in u niversi­
ties and colleges across the form er
Soviet Union.
T he head o f Prim orsky K rai p o ­
lice said recently that sects w ere b e­
com ing m ore active in the re g io n ’s
port capital.
M oon founded the U n ificatio n
church in Seoul in 1954 w ith a th eo l­
ogy loosely based on C hristianity. It
has draw n criticism from m ore o r­
thodox Christian churches.
Migrants in Taris church on hunger stride
Ten A frican m igrants on hunger
strike in a Paris church to dem and the
right to stay legally in France vowed
Thursday to continue until they won,
in spite o f the threat o f expulsion.
Their explusion order expires Fri­
day and they are subject to deporta­
tion from France thereafter.
“ We w on’t resist if the authorities
expel us but hopefully the w orld will
w itness the French g o vernm ent’s
action,” Hamady Cam ara, a 34-year-
old M auritanian, told Reuters as he
lay next to the nine other men on the
28th day o f their fast.
Support associations planned an
overnight vigil at the church T hurs­
day.
The 10 are am ong 300 A fricans
who took refuge in the church o f St.
Bernard in early July, four m onths
after they began a protest to dem and
perm its to stay in France.
C hildren play in the nave, em pty
o f pew s, and m attresses are scattered
in the aisles, covered with brightly
colored clothes and blue sleeping-
bags.
A baby girl w as bom in the church
W ednesday. Param edics assisted the
delivery in a tent set up to preserve
the m other’s privacy. T he hunger
strikers lie behind a folding screen
beneath stained glass w indow s o f St.
John and St. M atthew .
In late June, the In terio r M inistry
said it w ould grant residence p apers
to 48 o f the A fricans w ho had ch il­
dren born in France before January
1994. But it said the others m ust
leave the country w ithin a m onth.
By law, children b om in F rance
are entitled to citizenship on request
at the age o f 18 and their parents,
even if illegally resident in the co u n ­
try, cannot be expelled. T hey need
residence perm its to w ork legally
and provide for their children.
Radio shirs anger Totish Roman Cathotic Church
Poland’s Roman Catholic Church
Monday condemned attacks on the
country’s presidential hopefuls by the
Catholic media, includinganti-Semitic
remarks, PAP news agency said.
“ In the course o f the presidential
election cam paign good m anners and
the good name o f candidates are be­
ing violated,” PAP quoted a state­
ment by the E piscopate’s M ass M e­
dia Com m ission as saying.
“The Church is not involved in the
campaign. However, certain C atho­
lic m edia such as Radio M aria (the
country’s biggest C atholic radio sta­
tion) have becom e tools for spread­
ing untruths."
The agency said it had learnt that
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“this has included the use o f anti-
Semitic stereotypes” but did not elab­
orate.
The Episcopate apologized to any­
one who had felt slighted by Radio
M aria and asked the station to retract
the insulting rem arks.
The Church has said it will not
officially support any candidate by
nam e in the N ovem ber presidential
election but has called on believers
to back p o litician s w ho esp o u se
C hristian and patriotic values.
Seventeen candidates are taking
part in the presidential poll due to be
held N ovem ber 5.
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A ’janae Shayon Fletcher
7/28/96 Sex: female
Mother: Cumtshia Branch
Father: Ulyssie
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Baptist Church
8501 N. Chautauqua Blvd.,
at Willis Blvd.
Worship Services 8:00am & 11:00am,
Church School 9:30 to 10:30am,
Bible Study, Wednesdays, 10:30am & 7:00pm
Radio Ministry each Sunday, 8:00am on KBMS
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It clears path to Appeals Court
The order issued by Federal D is­
trict Judge Peter K. Leisure in New
York City dism issed the only re­
m aining libel claim brought by the
Church o f Scientology International
against Tim e m agazine.
A s sta te d by R ev. H e b e r C.
Jentzsch, President o f the Church o f
Scientology International, “ We are
astonished by this outcom e, but it’s
really a blessing in disguise. It will
give the C ourt o f A ppeals the op p o r­
tunity to im pose order on the chaos
created by the D istrict C o u rt’s dis­
missal rulings.
“They w o n ’t let a decision stand
that makes bias a defense for d efa­
mation and we will be able to p ro ­
ceed to trial to prove that this story
was not only m alicious, but was a
p aid-for attack on the C h u r c h - a
charge that Tim e has never refuted.”
The Church sued Tim e and its
reporter, Richard Behar, on m ultiple
counts o f defam ation arising from a
May 1991 article.
All but one o fth e C h u rch ’s claim s
were dism issed in N ovem ber o f 1995
based on the incredible proposition
that B eh ar's bias against the Church
was so extrem e that it actually insu­
lated Tim e from liability.
“ W ithout a show ing o f inadequate
in v estig atio n ,” the D istrict C ourt
wrote at that tim e, “bias m erely co n ­
firms the publisher’s firmly held be­
lief in the allegedly defam atory state-
Advertise In
ments.”
“ In o th er w o rd s,” stated local
spokesperson, Angie Mann, “because
o f B eh ar’s own personal feelings,
Tim e go, aw ay with running a paid-
for “story" full o f m ade-up lies and
unfounded accusations.”
Rev. Jentzsch noted that several
other defam ation suits arising from
the Tim e article w ere resolved to the
C h u rch ’s satisfaction.
“T he Church staunchly advocates
free speech,” Rev. Jentzsch said, “ but
responsibility is a com ponent o f ev­
ery freedom . M aking extrem e bias a
sa fe ty v alv e fo r irre sp o n sib ility
threatens everyone.”
Rev. Jentzsch also pointed out that
now here in any o fth e D istrict C o u rt’s
opinion is there any finding that the
statem ents for which the Church sued
Tim e w ere true.
“The C o u rt’s silence about falsity
is very eloquent,” Rev. Jentzsch ad d ­
ed, “Tim e had 28 days o f depositions
to substantiate the statem ents for
w hich the Church sued, and co u ld n ’t
do it. Tim e shouldn’t find com fort in
a dubious legal proposition that would
shield lies behind bias.”
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Sunrise
May 5,1954
Sunset
Aug.3,1996
Fred W. Taylor III was born May 5, 1954 in Portland, Oregon. He was the
son o f Fred W Taylor Jr. and Georgia M. Taylor. He entered in to enternity,
August 3, 1996. Fred is Survived by a loving family; mother, Georgia, one
brother: Gregory and wife Alandria, o f Portland, and one sister Margo Taylor,
of Portland, two nephews; W illiam and Rashod, one niece; Morgan all o f
Portland, Oregon. Aunt Inez Shofner o f Denver, Colorado, one uncle; Allen
Taylor, Aunt Clara McAllister and G randm other Blanche Taylor, o f Jefferson,
Texas, cousins and a host o f friends. He will be missed.
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Rev. C arlton Veazey, deputy d irec­
tor o f RCRC. “ We want w om en and
their fam ilies to know that many
Black clergy support them in m ak­
ing faithful choices, no m atter what
that choice my be.”
The Religious Coalition for Re­
productive C hoice will distribute the
brochure to w om en’s health clinics,
religious groups, and other agencies
serving Black women.
To order call the Religious C o ali­
tion at (2C2) 628-7700. Cost is $ 1.00
each or $40.00 for 100.
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w riting to rem ind you that G od loves
you-no m atter w hat!--and that you
are always a part o f the caring com ­
munity o f Black p eople.”
T he brochure was published un­
der the auspices o f the Religious
C oalition for R eproductive C hoice
(R C R C ) and its W om en o f C olor
Partnership.
“T he church has been silent too
long on the issues o f reproductive
choice and many women have inter­
preted that silence as a lack o f sup­
port o r even condem nation,” said
Church we iconics dismissed
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A Teaching Church With A Reaching Ministry
Dr. James E. Martin, Senior Pastor
(503) 240-PRAY
Association pays us income fo r life.
o f the P rogressive N ational B aptist
C onvention Inc , a form er m em ber
o f C ongress, as well as clergy from
the U nited M ethodist Church, U nit­
ed C h u rch o f C h rist, E p isco p al
Church, Presbyterian Church (USA ),
and U nitarian U niversalist A ssocia­
tion endorsed the brochure.
“O nly you can decide w hich is the
right choice for you! G od has given
us the gift o f free will, and will bless
dec isions that we m ake carefully and
p ray erfu lly ,” reads the brochure.
“ We are Black m inisters, and we are
“Where the Best is Yet to Be! ”
BISHOP GRACE C. OSBORNE, PASTOR
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