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Tope denounces harming tifa
\ few days after the Vatican called
for a ban on cloning humans. Pope
John Paul II on Sunday denounced
"dangerous experim ents” w hich
harm human dignity.
A fte r dedicating his speech to
faithful in St Peters' Square to the
Gospel account o f Jesus’ driving out
the money changers from the Temple
o f Jerusalem, the pope decried the
"temple m erchantsofourage,” those
who make "the marketplace their
religion, until they trample, in the
name o f ‘ power-their-god, money-
their-god,’ the dignity o f the human
person w ith abuses o f every kind.”
“ We are thinking, for example,
about the lack o f respect for life,
which has become at times the ob
ject o f dangerous experiments,” John
Paul, without mentioning the wide
spread concern raised by the recent
news o f the cloning in Scotland o f a
sheep
On Wednesday, the Vatican news
paper urged governments to quickly
pass laws banning the cloning o f
humans because people have the
right to be born “ in a human way."
John Paul also denounced asdam-
aging to the dignity o f people envi
ronmental pollution, “ the merchan
dising o f sex,” as well as drug-sell
ing and exploitation o f children and
the poor.
He decried two missing person
cases in Italy in which a young
Sardinian mother was kidnapped
and little girl disappeared, appar
ently abducted
Si religious few er ta/çes hold in f brida
In one o f the most spectacular
revivals in modern times, charis
matic Christians have flocked to a
G ulfC oast church four nights a week
for 20 months. Their goal: to bring
about a s p iritu a l a w akening in
Am erica before the third m ille n
nium.
More than 1.5 m illion people have
a tte nd ed the r e v iv a ls at the
Brownsville Assembly o f God since
it began on Father’ s Day 1995.
People line up as early as 2:30 a.m.
to get one o f 2,000 seats for evening
services.
L ittle noticed by the mainstream
secular and religious media, the
Brownsville Revival has shaken up
Pentecostal ism w ith its return to the
movement's roots in emotional w o r
ship. Hundreds o f pastors visit each
week in hopes o f learning how they,
too, m ight fill their churches with
baby boomers.
This is hard-edged C hristianity -
the path to hell is paved w ith por
nography, alcohol, drugs and ciga
rettes - combined w ith a contempo
rary worship style that allows par
ticipants the freedom to cry, dance,
sing or do whatever else the Holy
Spirit tells them to do.
I f it sounds a fot like the “ Jesus
Movement” o f the '60s, it is.
O n ly this tim e, church leaders
say, the church is not going to
keep its distance i f people want to
dress casually, listen to th eir kind
o f music or pump th e ir fists in the
air i f they get excited about their
fa ith
“ People are hungry for a real move
o f God,’’ said 55-year-old Jay Smith.
He had driven up from Talco, Texas,
and got his lawn chair in line at 4
a m. for that day’ s revival service.
“ People are tired o f going to church
... and leaving church the same as
they went."
There is also something more: a
shared sense that America is in moral
decline, and a b elief preached by
other great revivalists through the
nation s history that God is going to
set things right.
Pensacola - known as “ the gay
Riviera” for its openness to homo
sexual tourists, and more recently as
the city where two abortion doctors
were murdered - is the place God has
chosen.
“ I believe America is ripe for
revival,” said evangelist Stephen
H ill. “ I believe this is turning into an
awakening.”
America has seen tw o great mo
ments o f religious fervor, in the 18th
and 19th centuries. H ill, a 43-year-
old form er drug addict and leader o f
the revival, says this “ very well could
be” the third
Hundreds o f people lie prostrate,
face down, wailing.
“ Lord have mercy, Lord have
mercy,” the choir sings, each time
liftin g their voices higher as H ill
storms across his holy stage, hold
ing out the promise o f eternal life for
those who step to the altar and warn
ing o f eternal damnation for those
who hold back.
Heaven. Hell. Heaven. Hell. Two
North Portland Bible College
An interchurch, interracial gathering of choirs and solo
ists will combine their gifts of devotion and song on
March 15,
for the Annual Musical of North Portland Bible College.
I losted by Allen Temple at 4236 N.E. 8th Ave, the event
will include such outstanding choirs as the Maranatha
Sanctuary Choir, and The Choir of the Gospel Music
Workshop of America.
1 he program, which will begin at 7 o'clock, will focus
on the Person and work of Chirst, and will include read
ings as well as music.
There is no charge, but a freewill offering will be taken,
to further the ministry of the college.
l or further information, call Beth Nance at
(503) 287-0885
(Dbituary
minutes left. Now people are run
ning down the aisles, stepping over
the bodies o f teen-age g irls and
middle age-men already “ slain in
the Spirit ”
“ Get on your face before God. ...
Y ou’ ve got 40 seconds left, what on
Earth are you waiting for?
11, 10,
9, hurry, hurry, hurry.”
H ill and the Rev. John Kilpatrick
- the church’ s pastor - like to say the
H o ly S p irit runs th in g s at
Brownsville. No two services are
alike and few emotions are wrung to
get the last sinner in the house to
repent.
One night, a lone trumpeter plays
“ Reveille” to get people up to the
altar, then “ Taps” for those who are
“ in the grave, and they’ re throwing
dirt on you, spiritually speaking.”
Another night, children being
cared for behind the sanctuary start
to sob uncontrollably. Microphones
are turned on the kids until many
worshipers inside take up the w ail
ing.
There is not a dull moment. An
organist dressed in black with long
blond hair and the mannerisms o f a
rock musician gets the audience on
its feet with contemporary Christian
music.
R evivalists have long been ac
cused o f appealing to em otion
rather than reason to w in con
verts H ill explains the dancing,
the tears, the prone bodies on the
flo or, another way: “ God is in this
house, friends.”
How else to explain how a one-
day stop at Brownsville by the trav
eling evangelist H ill grew into a
spiritual colossus?
H ill had a troubled youth; at age
21, he was a morphine addict He
was jailed, and was sentenced to a
religion-based drug rehabilitation
center. There, he gave his life to
Christianity, and he became a trav
eling preacher
His work took him to Argentina
and throughout the United States.
But nothing like Brownsville had
ever happened before.
A thousand people responded to
the altar call that first day in June
1995. Kilpatrick grabbed the pulpit
and announced that he felt a wind
blowing through the church and that
the revival thechurch had been pray
ing for had come. He fell back on the
marble floor and didn’t move for
nearly four hours.
Each night they decided to go one
more night. Word got around. Sud
denly, people were coming from
throughout the city, and then from
around the world. Now, hundreds
are turned away from the sanctuary
each night, and must watch the ser
vices on a monitor in the church
cafeteria.
“ I know it’ s so big it has to be o f
the devil or o f God,” said Shirley
Keltner, 66, who flew in with a
church group from Washington state
“ I f (io d gets the credit, it can’ t be o f
the devil, can it?”
It is so big that the organized
church is sitting up and taking no
tice.
GDbituarp
Roy J. Harris, Sr.
June 5, 1914 - March 2, 1997
Roy was raised in Beaumont, Texas and moved to Portland, Oregon after
W orld War II. Roy is the father o f four sons, Roy Jay, Joseph, Alfred and
David. His devoted w ife, C. Louise preceded him in death. He is survived
by his only remaining sibling, a sister, M ildred W illiams. He has a
multitude o f grandchildren
Roy was a professional painter and member o f the Painters Union for over
50 years. For many years, he lived in Pasco, Washington as a painter at
the Hanford Atom ic Plant, while his fam ily lived in Portland He would
diligently drive back and forth hundreds ofm iles every weekend to be with
and support his fam ily. He was recently awarded his 50 year pin by the
Painters Local 410 for his years o f dedicated service. He served on the
executive board and was an active union member, even after his retire
ment.
Known by his children and many others as simply “ Roy Sr ” , he survided
for 82 years.
Roy w ill be laid to rest, near his wife at a private internment at Rose City
Cemetery.
Memorial Service w ill be at Little Chapel O f The Chimes - 430 N.
Killingsw orth on Friday March 7th at 12 Noon.
Mrs. Charlie Bell Morgan
June 27, 1910 - February 26, 1997
Charlie Bell Morgan was bom June 27, 1910 in C larksville, Texas to Rev.
John and Hattie Bagby. A t the age o f 18, she married Brisco Morgan on
December 28, 1928. She was Baptised in the Church o f Christ as a young
woman. She has lived in Portland sicne 1956. She lived in Dallas and Paris
Texas before Portland She has been a m em berof M allory Church ofC hrist
since 1956. She was a homemaker and was very active in her church and
the comm unity.
Charlie Bell died on February 26, 1997 at her home in Portland, Oregon
Cause o f Death - age related.
She was preceeded in death by her husband, Brisco Morgan on June 11,
1994 and by her son, Brisco Morgan, Jr and Daughter D orothy Perry in
1988
Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 4, 1997 at The M allory
Church o fC h ris t, in Portland, Oregon.
Burial followed at Sunset H ills M emorial Park in Portland. Oregon
S urvivors:
Daughters: Ervie Patterson Las Vegas, Nevada; Rozel Morgan Portland,
Oregon; Margie Burks Portland, Oregon; L illia n Brewster Portland,
Oregon; Helen Hall Dallas, Texas; Grace Kennedy Seattle, Washington;
Doris Hunter Seattle, Washington Sister M ildred James, Vancouver,
Washington Also 31 Grandchildren - 68 Great Grandchildren and 6
Great Great Grand
Gbbituary
Betty Jean Green
Betty Jean Green, bom March 25, 1951 in Vancouver to Christine Kelley
and M ajor Green passed away on February 24, 1997 in Portland, Oregon.
Qrief Recovery Retreat
Beginning Experience is announcing the next grief
recovery weekend retreat for the Separated, Divorced,
and Widowed. The weekend consists o f presentations by
lav team members, periods for private personal reflec
tion and small group dialogues. The weekend begins
Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon
Location: McCleay Retreat Center, Salem, OR
Dates: March 21-23, 1997
Cost: SI 10.00 (partial scholarships available)
Includes: Room, meals, resource materials
Registration: 503 585-6874 (Salem) 503 614-9607 (Portland)
Write: Beginning Experience PO Box 13422 Salem, OR 97309
Si Musicai and Reiigious
QiftTo ‘The Community
A rare opportunity to hear a per
formance o f Franz Joseph Haydn's
masterpiece. The Seven Last Words
o f Christ, by the world-renowned
Vermeer String Quartet and prom i
nent religious leaders in the com
munity, w ill take place on Tuesday,
March 23. at 8 p.m. at Westminster
Presbyterian Church, N.E. 16th &
Hancock. Doors w ill open at 7:15
o.m. Admission is Free.
This event is sponsored by the
Friends o f Chamber Music as their
"g ift to the com m unity”
This free, ecumenical event brings
together the unique collaboration ot
seven religious leaders in the com
munity, who w ill each offer a short
meditation relating to one o f the
seven last "w ords" o f Christ. This
w ill be followed by the appropriate
music written by Haydn. For more
information, contact Pat Zagelow,
224-9842.
Sin invitation to we iconic Rev. ‘Dr. Leroy
Day ties, Jr. to the Tort [and community
Dear Friends:
The members o f Allen Templg C.M.E. Church, located at 4236
Northeast 8th Avenue (Corner of N.E. 8th and Skidmore), in
Portland. Oregon, would like to invite you to attend a special
welcome program for our new pastor - the Reverend Doctor Leroy
Haynes. Jr., from the great State o f Texas, on Friday, March 7th,
from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm., at the Church.
Dr. Haynes is a very impressive person with a Doctor ot I heology
and Ministry degrees from Bethany and BriteTheological Seminar
ies, has been an instructor in Black Studies and an organizer in the
Civil Rights Movement.
We are sure, after meeting him, you will agree we have a valuable
resource in our City. We would be honored by your presents and
hope you will be able to attend this welcome program.
Gbbituary
Mar dell Wilson-Taylor
Mardell W ilson-Taylor was born to Arthur E and Dorothy Wilson on
February 12, 1941 She passed away on February 18, 1997 at the age o f 56.
She attended Portland Public Schools and continued her formal education
by earning a Masters o f Education, Degree at Rutgers University In 1958,
she was recognized as being the Outstanding Vocalist while attending
girls Polytechnic High School, in 1971, she was chosen Outstanding
Freshman Woman and member o f the Honor Society w hile attendingOSU.
In 1972, Mardell was one o f eleven students Nationwide to receive a
Fellowship grant to Rutgers University Graduate C.O.P. Program In
1974, she received honorary Recognition by J Monroe High School as an
Outstanding Alum ni. In 1980, she was recognized as the Parent Represen
tative at the Oregon Winter T itle I Conference (P.A.C.); was taking
numerous courses such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome & Effects through the
Harvard School o f Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mardell is survived by: Arthur and Dorothy Wilson, preceded her in death.
Sister’ s Flora McCray, Carol James, Judith W ilson-Brown, and Elena
Wilson o f Portland, Oregon; Blanche Holloway and Neta Wilson o f Los
Angeles, C alifornia; Brothers Clarence and Vernon Wilson o f Los Ange
les California; and a host o f nieces, nephews and friends. Remembrances:
Black United Fund for Children at Risk in her name.
The Funeral Services were on Tuesday. February 25, 1997 at 1.00 a.m at
Bethesda Christian Church - 109 N Emerson St., Portland, Oregon.
Vault entombment Services followed at The Portland memorial Mauso
leum-Portland, Oregon.
Cox Funeral Home
2736 N.E. Rodney, Portland,
Oregon(503)281-4891
Betty Jean has lived in Portland since 1954. She attended Boise Elemen
tary and Jefferson High School She had been a bank teller in the 1970’s.
Due to her health, she has not been able to work in recent years
“Before You Must
Make a Decision”
Friends are invited to attend Funeral Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, February
28, 1997 at Killingsw orth Little Chapel o f the Chimes, Portland, Oregon.
Burial w ill follow at Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland, Oregon.
Inspect the Beautiful Cox Funeral Chapel
Betty Jean Green is survived by Mother, Christine Kelley; Father, M ajor
Green o f Portland, OR; Sons, Phillip and Damarcus Green o f Portland,
OR; Sisters, Thelma Gates, Ida Green, Shirley W illiam s, Karen Green o f
Portland, OR, Yalonda Pompey o f Beaverton, OR, Joyce Holcey o f Las
Vegas, N V, and Cynthia Perez o f San Jose, CA; Brothers, Eugene Green
and C liffo rd Green, Johnny Holcey and Dwayne Myers o f Portland, OR,
Bobby Green o f Grover Beach, CA, Clyde Green o f Vancouver. WA and
3 Grand children.
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