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Vol. 137, No. 12
The Long View
March 7, 1988
Shall We Move All Bishops During
The General Conference?
by Dr. Author Jones
This is the second of two articles I
have written on the subject of the
rumored resolution that may be pro-
posed at the General Conference in Ju-
ly. The resolution would move all
bishops from the districts (or
assignments) which they presently ser-
vice. Regardless of whether they have
completed the legal limit of eight
years, or whether or not they, or a ma-
jority in their districts, wish them to
stay. This article will address the
legal/ecclesiastical aspects of the ques-
tion.
It is clear that ultimate authority to
assign bishops belongs to the General
Conference as legally delegated accor-
ding to the Book of Discipline. This
authority arises both from the
language in paragraph 5, page 209, to
wit, ‘‘The Episcopal Committee shall
make the assignments of bishops, sub-
ject to the approval of the General Con-
ference,” as well as from the fact that
the General Conference, as a sovereign
body, has the inherent authority to do
what it wishes, provided that it stays
~*-—~~within “‘positive law.’”
But just as individuals should not do
everything they are legally entitled to
do, neither should an organization take
an action, merely because it is legally
allowable. Because a thing is legal does
not mean it is wise.
The responsible course would be to
grant to our bishops a presumption
that they will have a full eight years to
develop an effective ministry in their
episcopal districts. No bishop should
be removed after four years against his
will unless there are compelling
reasons to do so.
The Episcopal Committee is, in
theory, the most effective instrument
in our connectional system for pro-
viding a ‘‘check and balance’’ to
episcopal rule. The composition of the
Committee, consisting of ministers
and laypersons in equal numbers, and
its prescribed powers, create a process
of review of episcopal performance by
those most immediately affected by a
bishop’s conduct of his office. The
framers of the section of the Discipline
dealing with the episcopal committee _
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‘The Greek’ Only Underlines a
Greater Tragedy on Television
by Tom Wicker
New York, NY—It couldn’t have hap-
pened at a more appropriate time than
the eve of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
birthday observances:
Jimmy ‘‘The Greek’’ Snyder was
fired from his television job for a
number of remarks claiming that
Blacks had been bred since the Civil
War to be better athletes than Whites.
Now Roy Innis, the Black chairman of
the Congress of Racial Equality, has
charged that Snyder ‘‘spoke only the
truth,’’ and that his dismissal by CBS
was a tragedy. This suggests what
many may believe—that Snyder lost
his job not for being wrong on the
facts, but for violating a taboo and
offending some television viewers.
In fact, Innis’ defense of Snyder
demonstrates that ignorance is not
confined to one race or the other, just
as intelligence, muscular thighs, sexual
prowess, the ability to float and the
capacity to manage a baseball team are
not measured by skin pigment—much
popular myth, intellectual humbug
and racial malevolence to the contrary.
In the field of sports, the heroics of
Larry Bird, John Elway and Don Mat-
tingly ought to be testimony enough to
refute Snyder’s genetic and historical
illiteracy. These White superstars only
disprove, however, Snyder’s _ silly
theories about athletes. Unfortunate-
ly, many Americans, including some
Blacks other than Innis, probably
agree with the basic premise that in-
nate differences—physical, intellec-
tual, even moral and spiritual—are
bred into the races.
Virtually all such notions assign
some form of superiority to Whites;
that’s the origin of the saying that
Blacks, Asians, non-Whites generally,
are the ‘‘White man’s burden.’’ That’s
also the false intellectual and moral
underpinning for the historic subjuga-
tion of Black by Whites and the gener-
ally inferior social and economic posi-
tions assigned to non-Whites over the
centuries.
No matter how false, there’s ‘‘no
better argument for the maintenance
of privilege by those in power’’ than
the notion of the innate inferiority of
non-White peoples. So said Stephen
Jay Gould, the paleontologist, biolo-
gist and historian of science, in a not-
able lecture last September at the Col-
lege of Wooster in Ohio.
“Human evolution might have un-
folded in a thousand other ways (than
it actually did,’’ Gould pointed out.
Any of those other evolutionary cours-
es ‘‘might have left us with a variety of
human groups profoundly unequal
with respect to their intellectual capac-
ity and moral achievements. But it just
didn’t happen that way.””
Gould adduced powerful scientific
evidence, much of it recent, for what
he called the ‘‘stunning conclusion”
that all humans are the product of ‘‘a
very recent event in Africa’’—perhaps
200,000 years ago. What are now
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A.M.E. Family Makes History
Methodist
Episcopal
Church
Sister and Brother Preach
Annual Sermons
Rev. E. Anne Henning Byfield
Dr. C. Garnett Henning
Recently, the African Methodist
Episcopal Church witnessed the first
brother and sister team preach the An-
nual Sermons in their respective Con-
ferences.
Rev. E. Anne Henning Byfield, pas-
tor of Bethel A.M.E. Church, Bloom-
-ington, IN, a-member of the Indiana
Conference of the Fourth Episcopal
District, was the first woman to preach
the Annual Sermon in its 150 year his-
tory. She preached a sermon entitled,
“There Is a Spiritual Solution.’’ Using
for her text 2 Kings 22:16, Rev. Byfield
“‘called the house to order.’” Her mes-
sage was informational and inspira-
tional.
Rev. C. Garnett Henning, Sr., Rev.
Byfield’s older brother, pastor of St.
Paul A.M.E. Church, St. Louis, MO,
in the Fifth Episcopal District (the old-
est A.M.E. church west of the Missis-
sippi River), preached the Annual Ser-
mon at the 132nd Annual Session of
the Missouri Conference. It was the
fifth time he had been so honored in
his 34-plus years in the A.M.E. minis-
try. The topic of Rev. Henning’s ser-
mon was, ‘‘And Are We Yet Alive?’
During the conference the Lord add-
ed a third generation of Hennings to
the African Methodist ministry as C.
Garnett Henning, Jr., accepted the call
to the ministry.
Rev. Byfield and her brother have
many things in common, which are re-
flected in their personal ministries and
the multiple ministries of their congre-
gations.
Please turn to page 8
Dr. Hercules Miles, left, Director of the Church Extension Department, met in an
economic strategy meeting with new appointees, Dr. Frank C. Maddox and Rey. Emanuel
Leak.
Extension Department Announces
Economic Development Division
The African Methodist Episcopal
Church, Department of Church Exten-
sion, announces the appointment of
Dr. Frank C. Maddox and Rev.
Emanuel Leak to head its economic
development division. Principle re-
sponsibility of the division will be to
implement projects and programs of
economic development throughout the
U.S.A. and foreign territories of the
A.M.E. Church.
The first project to be developed
under the new division will be the er-
rection of a multi-purpose complex to
be located in the Metro-St. Louis area.
The complex will include a commis-
sary where A.M.E. members can shop
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The Christian Church Makes Preparation for Super Sunday ©
The nation’s many candidates, of
both political parties, have zeroed in
on ‘‘Super Tuesday.’’ Listening to the
television or radio, and reading the
newspapers, one would think that
Super Tuesday projections are all that
is happening in the nation, as the candi-
dates struggle to prove themselves as
the best for the leadership of America.
Since the beginning of Lent, Febru-
ary 17, which is Ash Wednesday,
Christians have been making ready for
““Super Sunday,’’ which is Easter Day,
April 3rd. Christians don’t do this
every four years, as the politicians do,
as they seek to occupy the White
House. Christians do so annually and
celebrate victoriously each Easter Day
—that certain victory of the risen Lord—and occupy until the Lord returns.
Lent is an important season when Christians and church people consider
thoughtfully the implications of their loyalty to Jesus the Christ. Ash
Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The name comes from /enten, an old
English word for spring. Protestant churches hold special religious meetings
and devotions during the Lenten season. Lent was, at first, a 36-day period of
fasting. By the reign of Charlemange, about 800, four days were added to the
thirty-six. This made it correspond to Christ’s forty-day fast in the wilderness.
There are other important Bible incidents associated with the number ‘‘40”’
that have special meaning. Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai. The flood
and destruction of the world (save Noah and his family) came with the 40 days
and nights of rain. Jacob’s embalming and mourning was a.40-day period.
Some persons have computed the time that Jesus was in the grave to be 40
hours. Jesus’ resurrection appearances to the time of His ascension were over
a 40-day period.
Moses went up into the mountain for 40 days and brought back the moral
law known as the Ten Commandments. Jesus went to the mountain, fasted
and prayed for 40 days and gave the world a new religious principle of love. A
love that gives all, even one’s life. Lent ends each year at 12:00 Noon on
Saturday of Holy Week, the day before Easter.
There are six Sundays in Lent. The fifth is known as Passion Sunday, and
the sixth is designated as Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates the
triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. The use of palm branches dates
back to an earlier period in the history of Rome, and was used in Jerusalem on
the occasion when Jesus rode into that city. This practice continues to be an
appropriate symbol for the day that marks Jesus’ triumphant ride through the
city streets to the temple.
Shrove Tuesday falls on the day before Ash Wednesday and marks the end
of the carnival season, which once began on Ephiphany, but now is usually
celebrated the last three days before Lent. In France, the day is known as
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), and Mardi Gras celebrations are also held in
several American cities, particularly in New Orleans. The day is sometimes
called ‘‘Pancake Tuesday’’ by the English, because of the need of using up
fats which were prohibited during Lent.
INVOCABIT Sunday is the first of the six Sundays in Lent. It signifies the
invoking of the blessings and guidance of God, not only for Super Sunday, but
for all the days of one’s life. He who guided Jesus during His 40 days of
fasting and prayer in the wilderness, will guide and sustain each of the faithful
who trust Him. The Sundays that follow are REMINISCERE, OCULI,
LAETARE, JUDICA and PALMARUM.
The color for the Lenten season is violet or purple, the color worn by kings
when in mourning. The color also represents discipline and authority. It
represents the humility of Jesus and invites somber meditation. On Good
Friday, the day of His death, black is the color designated. For Easter Day—
Super Sunday—the day of resurrection, white is the designated color.
C. S. Lewis said, ‘‘When man is getting better, he understands more and
more clearly the evil that is still in him. When a man is getting worse, he
understands his own badness less and less.’’ Whenever the forces of good set
into motion an action for something good and wonderful, the forces of evil
get equally involved to spoil or neutralize it. When mankind attempts some-
thing in the name of God, Satan uses all his power to prevent its success. In
fact, then, all of life is a constant wrestling match between good and evil. It is
a serious mistake to underrate the character of the struggle.
The burden of the message of Lent is to renew fellowship between God,
man and each other, while overcoming evil. We wrestle not only against flesh
and blood, but also against a highly intelligent and exceedingly clever spirit,
Satan. He plunged the whole human race into sin, and tried to defeat the Son
of God, Jesus. It was, indeed, Satan that got Judas to betray Jesus. It is
important to discuss why Judas betrayed Jesus, but much more important to
remember what Judas betrayed.
It was not a struggle in the Garden of Eden where God was denied and
rejected. It is never a struggle to get people to do wrong, if you sound convinc-
ing enough. Jesus was a supreme example of how best to engage in a struggle
with the adversary and not be deceived or defeated. In the mountain, hour
after hour, Jesus wrestled with His adversary and prayed; He meditated and
listened and waited; He watched and determined His mission. Here it was, as
He defeated the tempter’s challenges, that the Master came into an abiding
relationship with the Father.
Lent, then, is a time when we, like the Lord, strive to incorporate God’s
will for us into our daily living, as we prepare for the victory of Super Sunday.
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By Watlins Os
149 — 1949
The sketch was done by Mrs. Ruth Davis, the wife of Dr. Henderson Davis
(Historiographer).
Hallie Quinn Brown 1849 - 1949
by Ruth Davis
Hallie Quinn Brown was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania about 1849.
Her parents were Mrs. Frances
Scroggins Brown and Mr. Thomas A.
Brown. Mr. Brown owned valuable
property in Pittsburgh and he was
actively engaged in the work of the
Underground Railroad. Their home was
a station where runaway slaves could
receive help on their way to freedom in
Canada.
At an early age, Hallie Q. Brown and
her five sisters and brothers moved with
their parents to Chatham, Ontario,
Canada for the benefit of Mrs.
Brown’s health. In 1870, Mr. Brown
moved his family to Wilberforce, Ohio
so that he could give his children a
college education. Hallie’s talent as an
elocutionist was observed while she was
studying in the Ontario schools.
She attended Wilberforce University
and graduated in 1873 witha Bachelor of
Science degree. She later received an
Honorary Master of Arts degree and an
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
Wilberforce.
Miss Brown taught at plantation
schools in South Carolina and
Mississippi. She returned to the North
and taught for four years in Dayton,
Ohio. She also taught at Allen University
in South Carolina and Tuskegee
Institute in Alabama. She soon returned
to Wilberforce as a professor of
elocution,
Hallie Q. Brown made many
successful tours throughout the United
States and Europe as a lecturer and
dramatic reader. She appeared before
Queen Victoria in 1899, and entertained
other members of royalty as well
Some of her subjects were: “The
Progress of Negro Education and
Advancement in America since
Emancipation,” “The Status of the Afro-
American Woman Before and After the
War,” “Negro Folklore and Folksong,”
“My Visit to Queen Victoria,” and
“Windsor Castle.”
Miss Brown gave dramatic recitations
of the poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
She participated in many national and
international movements of her day, She
was a member of the Royal
Geographical Society of Scotland and
the International Women’s Congress of
London, When she was in London she
was instrumental in obtaining 4
substantial grant to build a dormitory at
Wilberforce. It was named Emery Hall
in honor of the donor's mother
In 1893, Miss Brown attempted to
take a place on the Women's Board of
Managers at the World's Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. Her request was
turned down because membership on
the board came through orgamzaons
not individuals. She reported this to a
group of her friends in Washington, D
C. They organized the colored Women’s
League of Washington. Another group
to organize was the National] Federation
of Afro-American Women. On July 21,
1896, committees from each group met
in Washington and agreed to be known
as the National Association of Colored
Women, with the motto “Lifting as we
climb.”
Dr. Hallie Q. Brown was the seventh
president of the National Association of
Colored Women, and the founder and
chairman of the organization's
Scholarship Fund. Between 1905 and
1912, she was the president of the Ohio
State Federation of Women.
Miss Brown was also active in politics.
She campaigned throughout Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Missouri in
behalf of Warren G. Harding in 1920.
She spoke at the Republican Party
Convention in Cleveland in 1924.
Dr. Hallie Q. Brown was the author of
several books: Bits and Odds, First
Lessons in Public Speaking, Machile,
the African, Tales My Father Told,
Homespun Heroines and Other Women
of Distinction, and Pen Pictures of
Wilberforce.
Dr. Brown was a trustee of
Wilberforce University. Her home on
the campus was open to all—students
and members of the community. She
continued to travel and lecture in her
later years. She taught a large Sunday
School class at the campus church, Holy
Trinity A.M.E. Church, each Sunday
until she died in 1949.
The library at Central State University
at Wilberforce, Ohio bears her name
There is also a Hallie Q. Brown
Community House in St. Paul,
Minnesota
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Weaver Named Director of
SADA
Rev. Jonathan L. Weaver was
recently named the First Executive
Director of the Service and
Development Agency, Inc. (SADA), the
newly established international
development organization created by the
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The A.M.E. Church is the first and still
only black denomination with its own
International Development Agency.
Late last year SADA received a
$600,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for
International Development to engage
in child survival/immunization project
in Haiti over the next three years.
Through its staff in Haiti, SADA will
provide immunizations against various
diseases and primary health care to a
target population of 100,000 in five
tural areas within the country. Its base
of operation will be the Richard Allen
Hildebrand Health Clinic located in
the capital of Haiti, Port-Au-Prince.
Plans for the clinic were established
under the leadership of the former
episcopal leader of the Sixteenth Dis-
trict, Bishop Donald George Ming, and
the clinic has become operational,
since August of last year, under the di-
rection of the current presiding prelate
for that district, Bishop James Haskell
Mayo. Members from throughout the
connection helped contribute to the
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construction of the clinic. In a country
where thirty-five percent of the chil-
dren die before their first birthday and
many crippling diseases are rampant,
our health project is sorely needed.
In addition to its work in Haiti,
SADA plans to develop projects in
southern and West Africa and other
parts of the Caribbean. Plans are to
generate such activities as literacy
programs, reforestation projects, water
resource development programs,
agricultural training schemes, and other
health related projects comparable to
their ongoing activity in Haiti.
Rev. Weaver, most recently the
Washington Office Director of the
African-American Institute, joined
SADA January 4. He is also the pastor
of Chestnut Grove A.M.E. Church in
Street, Maryland, near Baltimore. He
has a Master’s in Business Administra-
tion from the Harvard Business School
and is currently completing his Mas-
ter’s degree in Theology from St.
Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. Rev.
Weaver has worked or traveled to
seventeen nations in Africa since 1971.
Anyone interested in learning more
about the service and Development
Agency should contact Rev. Weaver at
2311 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
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March 7, 1988
National Council of Churches General Secretary
Addresses Rally for Soviet Jews
Washington, DC—American Chris-
tians are ‘‘duty bound’’ to join with
American Jews in support of freedom
for Jews everywhere, including in the
Soviet Union, the general secretary of
the National Council of Churches told
the more than 200,000 marchers at a
Mass Mobilization in Support of
Freedom for Soviet Jews.
“*A government’s treatment of Jews
has often demonstrated its most op-
pressive treatment toward all peoples
of faith, just as a government’s treat-
ment of Blacks has often
demonstrated its most oppressive at-
titude toward all people of color,’’
said the Rev. Arie R. Brouwer, NCC
General Secretary, at the rally, held on
the eve of the Reagan-Gorbachev Sum-
mit.
Freedom of religion is the first
freedom, Brouwer said, asserting that
“concern for religious freedom is
necessarily part of a true and enduring
peace.”’
Rabbi A. James Rudin, Inter-
religious Affairs Director at the
American Jewish Committee, New
York, who was in charge of coor-
dinating Christian participation in the
mobilization, expressed his apprecia-
tion for participation by Brouwer, by
Roman Catholic Bishop William
Keeler of Harrisburg, PA, on behalf
of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops, and by clergy and
laity from across the United States in
the rally.
“This shows the enduring strength
of Christian-Jewish relations in this
country,’ Rudin commented. ‘‘We
welcome that support.”’
The complete text of Brouwer’s
remarks follows.
Remarks of the Rev. Arie R. Brouwer
NCC General Secretary
at the Mass Mobilization in Support
of Freedom for Soviet Jews
Washington, DC, December 6, 1987
It is a privilege to represent the Na-
tional Council of Churches before this
assembly today, Christians join with
Jews in bearing witness to the teaching
of the Hebrew prophets that peace is
the fruit of justice. We believe,
therefore, that basic human rights, and
particularly the right to practice and to
hand on from generation to generation
one’s faith, are essential to a just and
peaceful society in any and every na-
tion in the whole world. We therefore
today lift our voices with yours, our
Jewish sisters and brothers, in
testimony that concern for religious
freedom is necessarily a part of a true
and enduring peace.
We in the churches in the United
States have been joined with the chur-
ches in the Soviet Union for more than
three decades. Together we have strug-
gled to build bridges of understanding
to preserve and to protect the world
from nuclear destruction. At the same
time, we have tried to enlarge the
boundaries of religious freedom in the
interest of an enduring and lasting
peace. ‘‘Glasnost’’ has increased our
hope, but it is just a beginning, and we
must help to carry it forward.
While in the Soviet Union last May,
I met with one group of Jewish
dissidents who, encouraged by
Glasnost, told me that they were test-
World Methodist Council Delegation Meets
ing the policy by trying to establish a
new synagogue in Moscow, With
them, we give thanks for every sign of
hope. With them, we are encouraged
to call for more such signs, for more
freedom to emigrate, for more free-
dom of religious instruction, for free-
dom of rabbinical education, and for
more, Many more reopened syna-
gogues.
We are therefore pleased that
“human rights’? is formally on the
agenda of this summit meeting. Both
by conviction and from our reading of
history, many of us hold that freedom
of religion is the first freedom. History
has also taught us that a government’s
treatment of Jews has often
demonstrated its most oppressive at-
titude toward all peoples of faith, just
as a government’s treatment of Blacks
has often demonstrated its most op-
pressive attitude toward all people of
color.
I therefore believe that American
Christians are duty bound to join with
American Jews in support of freedom
for Jews everywhere including in the
Soviet Union. With you we sing the
song of the Psalmist looking for that
day when righteousness and peace shall
kiss each other. As part of the
worldwide church, we Christians have
a global commitment to liberty and
justice for the whole human family.
We want all the peoples of the world
to be free and to dwell in peace. We
are with you, therefore, today in sup-
port of freedom for Soviet Jews. We
are with you not only for today, but
for everyday.
South African State President Botha in Cape Town
by Mrs. Sarah Nkele Mathlhare
—International News—
Part 2 of 2 Parts
Delegates requested the South
African government to:
—Unconditionally release Nelson
Mandela and other political prisoners
and detainees. We call for all those
other Africans who are in exile to be
allowed to return home unconditional-
ly.
—Lift immediately the State of
Emergency, the withdrawal of the
South African defence force and an
end to violence and loss of life in
townships, as well as the occupation of
neighbouring countries.
—Plan for and provide integrated
educational opportunities for all
children, youth, and adults in South
Africa, regardless of race or colour.
—Abolish immediately the apartheid
system with its divisive and unjust laws
and to repeal the population Registra-
tion Act.
—Begin negotiations by represen-
tatives of all South African peoples for
a political and economic future in
which all participate with equal rights.
We further request that the World
Methodist Council send a delegation to
South Africa to express our pastoral
solidarity with those suffering in the
present turmoil, to convey the content
of this policy statement and Methodist
concern to all concerned parties, and
to report to the officers of the World
Methodist Council.
After the two hours, 15 minutes
meeting with President Botha, Bishop
Imathiu commented, ‘‘I have never
been in such a tough, difficult, and
discouraging meeting in all my life, not
knowing whether I have achieved or
not achieved, but, as Christians, we
have hope. President Botha does not
like the outside world to pressurize
him.”’
Rev. Dr. Khoza Mgojo elaborated
and pointed out that Botha does not
like the Americans and British, in par-
ticular, to pressurize him. He reflected
on what happened during colonial
times, rather than deal with the current
issues. He expressed dismay that
President Botha kept on referring to
what the government has done for the
Black people in South Africa without
giving the South African delegation
chance to argue or disagree on the
matter.
Dr. Joe Hale pointed out that there
was a bit of rapport as dialogue
characterized the exchange that took
place. Dr. Hale informed the press
conference that President Botha had
emphasized that there are no political
prisoners in South Africa, but only
security prisoners.
“‘Actions speak louder than
words,’”’ one speaker said. ‘‘The things
we see are cosmetic and not real; none
of the things move in the right direc-
tion.’’
Dr. Stanley Mogoba, President-
elect of the Methodist Church in
Southern Africa, summed up the situa-
tion by pointing out that a time table
of change cannot be done without in-
volving all the people of South Africa.
Any breaking down of apartheid needs
all the leaders, including all those who
are in jail; hence, it becomes very im-
portant that they be released.
Freedom of expression is a critical
factor. The freedom of Blacks and
Whites in South Africa is tied together.
One speaker commented, ‘‘One can-
not be free while the other is not.’’
One thing sure that emerged from
the meeting—as would be ex-
pected—was that it was depressing
meeting with no solutions and no
answers to the questions raised.
This is what is frustrating about
most of such meetings, because
nothing is achieved, as Bishop Imathiu
himself noted. It is not surprising,
therefore, that others see violence as
the only solution to South Africa’s
problems to bring about the desired
change.
Sources: tape recording
by courtesy of the Methodist Church of
South Africa.
Greetings
From
First Community
A.M.E. Church
500 James S.E.
Grand Rapids, MI
Dr. Jessie W. Cotton
Pastor
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were careful to insulate the Committee
from all overt interference by bishops.
The fact that it sometimes fall heavi-
ly under the influence of bishops
despite these provisions, does not
destroy the Episcopal Committee's
crucial role as a Quadrennial om-
budsman for the clergy and laity of our
church, Only the Episcopal Commit-
tee has the assigned duty of examining
the bishops and, after examining them,
making findings as to their moral and
physical fitness to serve their current
districts, other districts, or, indeed,
whether they should serve at all. For
the General Conference delegates to
attempt to assume that duty, would be
violative of sound organization func-
tioning, and would, no doubt, create a
season of anarchy in our church.
If, after serious deliberation, the
Episcopal Committee recommends
that certain bishops who have not serv-
ed eight years be moved, let them
make such recommendations and let
the delegates act on them on a case-by-
case basis.
Simply put, those who need to be
moved, should be moved and those
who need to stay, should be allowed to
stay,
I pray that the day will soon come
when we will approach the General
Conference of our church with
weightier matters on our minds than:
“Who will be elected bishops and
where shall the bishops be assigned?’’
The harvest is plenteous, the laborers
are few! What the harvest needs is
more spirit-filled reapers and fewer
political wizards.
God has given us a great church, a
church which could rise to meet the
challenge of the most cataclysmic age
humankind has yet seen. The threat of
a nuclear holocaust; the reality of
regional war and carnage; the abuse of
the natural environment given to us by
God; the world-wide exploitation of
the poor and wretched by the rich and
powerful; the continuing hatred and
bloody strife between races, religions
and peoples; all these, when one con-
siders their enormity, put into proper
perspective the matter of where
bishops serve, or, indeed, where any of
us serve, pastors or laypeople. Against
this grim backdrop, questions of
where we are sent become puny, in-
deed!
Our main concern should be to ‘‘oc-
cupy,’’ with all the faith we can muster
and all the service we can render, until
the Master comes.
“Rescue the perishing, duty demands
it
Strength for your labor the Lord will
provide
Back to the narrow way patiently lead
them
Tell the poor wanderer, a Saviour has
died!
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
Arthur S. Jones, Pastor
St. Mark’s A.M.E. Church
East Orange, NJ
Delegate to General Conference
Plan To
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General
Conference
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The AME Christian Recorder
Ringing the Bell
With Bob Tieuel
Remembrances are the seeds of the
past, ready to spring into instant and
beneficial bloom. According to J. D.
Scott, ‘‘memory can be a passport to
the pleasant past, for most experts
agree that we remember more good sit-
uations than bad.’’ For example, we
remember many years ago, as a kid,
we would start counting the days be-
fore Christmas and old Santa would
make his appearance to bring us the
little goodies and toys that we desired
so much.
We remember as a kid in central
Oklahoma that several Christmas days
would find the earth covered with deep
snows and eagerly we looked for
tracks of old Santa left in the snow, as
we awoke early on Christmas Day to
see what the old man had left us. And
best of all, we could make snow ice
cream and could shoot off our little
firecrackers and Roman candles that
we kids enjoyed most of all, it seems.
Most of all, we remember how dis-
appointed we were when we learned
that ‘‘there is no Santa Claus, but your
Mom and Pop’”’ are the ones who
make Santa Claus come alive. This is
what our older school mates told us
and we were big kids before we per-
ished the thought that Santa Claud was
truly a spirit rather than a person.
Yes, Virginia, we, too, believe that
there will always be a Santa Claus as
long as love, devotion, loyalty and
faith remain with us. In fact, the most
important things in life cannot be felt,
touched or smelled. And we know
these qualities still exist and will until
the end of time.
My Dad, who was a Methodist
preacher for some sixty years, used to
preach a sermon entitled ‘‘Memo-
ries,”’ and, even as a small lad, we en-
joyed his treatment of the days he grew
up with a Mom and Dad who believed
that all things were possible with God.
Tears of joy would stream down from
his eyes as he remembered the teach-
ings and devotion of those who loved
him and brought him into this old vale
of tears and joys. How can we forget,
bellringers, the good ole days?
A thought from James Barrie:
Fo
TO BIAS
**God gives us memory so that we may
have roses in December.”’
We remember that in bygone days,
religious conventions brought dele-
gates and visitors to the homes and
business places of Black people and
that was an economic boom for people
who really felt the pinch of times be-
fore the days of integration of hotels,
motels, etc. Today Black business
people and residents of the average city
hardly know when a convention has
been to town.
‘*Religious conventions have a tre-
mendous economic impact on a city
where the event is held,’’ states D. S.
Woodring, director of the Religious
Conference Management Association
of Indianapolis. Recent industry esti-
mates show the average delegate at-
tending a secular or religious conven-
tion spends an average of $110 a day on
items such as lodging, food, sightsee-
ing, gifts and local transportation,
Woodring said.
The International Sunday
School Lesson
for Sunday, December 14, 1986: Bible
Background, 1 Cor. 15:1-8; Luke
1:1-4; John 21:24-25.
Subject: Spreading the Word
Through Preaching and Writing.
Thought: Had it not been for the
writing of the apostles, we would have
little knowledge of the life and teach-
ings of Jesus, and the nature and
growth of the early church.
Many of us are searching for a fuller
understanding and appreciation of
Christian truth. Written materials are
needed in order to satisfy this growing
intellectual need. Let us who have the
truth take a lesson from the cults who
more often than not reduce their false
teachings to the printed page which
they require their converts to study
and teach. How have the written testi-
monies of Paul, Luke and John affect-
ed our lives? The Christian Church?
Theme: ‘‘These are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that believing you
may have life in His name.’’ John
20:31 RSV.
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this watershed period in American History. Above, the 1963 March on Washington. This
important encore series is the recipient of numerous awards and international honors.
Tax Advantaged Investments
by Terry Stone
A Happy New Year to one and all
from Price Chapel A.M.E, Church,
Los Angeles. Praise the Lord, for He
is good, This is the first of several ar-
ticles addressing your financial secur-
ity. As the publisher permits we may
from time to time respond to your spe-
cific questions.
Having recently experienced the on
rush of tax preparation we thought a
discussion of IRA’s and specifically
the impact tax reform has had on them
would be of interest. We find many
people are still confused as to who
may and who may not have an IRA.
The question is whether or not your
contribution is deductible.
Our intial concern is whether or not
your employer offers a retirement or
qualified plan. If you are deemed to be
an ‘‘active participant’’ and as an indi-
vidual earn more than $35,000 adjusted
gross income (AGI); $50,000 for mar-
ried couples filing joint returns; mar-
ried couples: filing separately over
$10,000 you’ll lose your deductions.
This fact does not make establishing
an IRA necessarily undesirable. The
earnings on your contribution still
continue to grow tax free until distri-
bution.
For those earning $25,000-$35,000
adjusted gross income, and single,
you’ll get a partial deduction. The
same for marrieds filing jointly earning
$40-50,000 AGI, and marrieds filing
separately $0-$10,000 will receive par-
tial deduction. The rule for partial de-
ductability phases out in $10 incre-
Twelfth Episcopal District 1988 Spring Convocation
' Thursday, March 24th Through Saturday, March 26th
Visitor’s Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
319 Church Street, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Bishop H. Hartford Brookins, Presiding Prelate
Bishop Brookins and Guest Speakers
Bishop H. Hartford Brookins Bishop Richard A. Hildebrand
Dr. John R. Bryant
Thursday Evening, 7:00 p.m.: Bishop Richard A. Hildebrand, Presiding Prelate of
the Third Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, the preacher.
Friday, 12:00 noon: Dr. John R. Bryant, Pastor, Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Baltimore, Maryland, the preacher.
Saturday, 12:00 noon: Bishop Frank M. Reid, Jr., the Presiding Prelate of the
Ninth Episcopal District of the A.M.E. Church, the preacher.
MUSIC
Spirit of the 12th Mass Choir,
directed by Mrs. Gladys Gill Hayes and Mr. LaBaron Mizer.
SPECTACULAR APPRECIATION
Friday Evening, 7:30 p.m.: Gala Spectacular Appreciation in honor of
Bishop H. Harford Brookins—Magnolia Room, Majestic Hotel.
PRAYER BREAKFAST
Friday Morning, 8:00 a.m.: WMS Prayer Breakfast and WMS/YPD Meeting—
Majestic Hotel
OTHER EVENTS
Thursday, 12:00 noon: Trustee Board Meeting, Visitor’s Chapel A.M.E. Church
Thursday, 2:00 p.m.: Photography Session for all General Conference Delegates
and Alternates, Visitor’s Chapel A.M.E. Church.
Friday, 3:00 p.m.: Organization of Delegates to the General Conference, ‘
July 5-15, 1988, Fort Worth, Texas. Discussion of General Conference Legislation,
and Candidates’ Hour.
Saturday, 9:30 a.m.: Economic Development Session.
ments of each full $50 of income over
the base AGI amount, Example: single
taxpayer with AGI of $32,500, $2,000 x
32,500 = $1,500 deduction.
10,000
If that has you totally confused take
heart, the rest is basically simple. If
you and your spouse are ot covered
by a retirement or pension plan you
can fully deduct your IRA contribu-
tions and have no income limitations,
It doesn’t matter whether your income
is $50,000 or $250,000, married, single,
filing jointly or the like, you can still
do your 1987 IRA up to April 15, 1988,
with full deductions. One suggestion is
to do your IRA contribution as early
as possible. Reason? The sooner its in-
vested, the more money you’! have for
retirement. Don’t count on Social
Security alone. Talk to a financial pro-
fessional to get details on which retire-
ment plans and investment instruments
are best for you. Don’t put it off, do it
right away.
‘‘Our Religion Is
Not What We
Profess, But
What We Live.’”’
§
Bishop Frank M. Reid, Jr.
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Education Initiative Earns High Marks And
Receives Substantial Corporate Support
More than 26,000 parents and
students have been involved in the Na-
tional Urban League’s Education In-
itiative since its inception more than a
year ago.
In conjunction with the first anniver-
sary of the Initiative, the Exxon Cor-
poration has made a $625,000 grant to
the National Urban League’s Educa-
tion Initiative to increase parental in-
volvement in the schools and to boost
the achievement level of students.
The grant will allow the League to
implement programs that will help
parents to take a greater role in
monitoring and assisting their children
with their school work and in
alleviating student discipline problems.
The initiative, which was officially
launched on September 30, 1986 is
designed to improve the educational
achievement of Black students. It in-
volves over 90 of the 112 NUL af-
filiates and is being assisted by such
organizations as the National Educa-
tion Association, the American
Federation of Teachers, the Black
Child Development Institute, the
Council of Great City Schools, the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, the Educational
Testing Service and The College
Board.
Through parental involvement with
the Initiative, parents and other adults
involve themselves in such areas as
homework support programs, mentor-
ing and guidance, test taking skills
development and educational policy.
Some NUL affiliates have encourag-
ed increased parental involvement by
training a core group of parents in each
of the Initiative schools, who in turn
train other parents. The training in-
volves how to work with teachers and
principals to have an effective school
and how to assess and improve the
school’s environment.
In some cases, student performance
and achievement improved through the
Initiative, affiliates have begun to
report such improvements as better
standarized test scores, increase in at-
tendance and reduction in suspension
and expulsion among target students.
John E, Jacob, President and Chief
Executive Officer of the National Ur-
ban League said, ‘‘Through the In-
itiative, our affiliates have been
developing programs suited to the
needs of Black youngsters in their
communities, using advocacy, coali-
tion building, community mobiliza-
tion, and direct services to parents and
students.
““We believe that the Black com-
munity must play a major role in
responding to the crisis facing our
children. We want to impact the in-
stitutions that are responsible for
educating our children,’’ said Jacob.
Jacob added: ‘‘We are encouraged
by the support we have received from
the Black community and from
educators, businessmen, church
groups and other important consti-
tuencies, especially the school
superintendents, over 70 of whom have
formally pledged to cooperate with
local Urban Leagues in implementing
these programs.’’
Other support has been received
from Primercia Corporation and
Readers Digest.
The major aim of the Initiative is for
each affiliate to work with community
groups, parents, students and the
public schools in order to facilitate
corrective and progressive action need-
ed to bring about education reform.
The objectives are to work towards
positive change which will lead to im-
proved achievement and increased col-
lege attendance.
The Initiative was developed after
the National Urban League’s Delegate
Assembly was moved to act in 1985 by
the continuing underachievement of
Black students in the nation’s public
schools.
The broad-based, five-year program
was undertaken after the year-long
planning and development period be-
tween the action of the Delegate
Assembly and the official launching of
the program in 1986.
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Bill No.
Title:
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Forty-Third Quadrennial Session
General Conference
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July 6-16, 1988
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requested to utilize the approved legislation format as
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Emerson Fund For Unitarian
Universalist Studies Created At
Harvard Divinity School
Boston, MA—The Unitarian Uni-
versalist Association (UUA) and
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) have
announced the creation of the Ralph
Waldo Emerson Fund for Unitarian
Universalist Studies at Harvard Divini-
ty School. The fund has been made
possible through gifts totaling $770,000
from the Association, the Liberal
Religious Charitable Society and the
North Shore Unitarian Universalist
Society in Plandome, New York. HDS
plans to combine this gift along with
other existing funds to support a pro-
fessorship in Unitarian Universalist
studies and liberal religious traditions.
The formal presentation of the en-
dowment takes place today at the
Unitarian Universalist Association’s
headquarters at 25 Beacon Street in
Boston. Dean Ronald F. Thiemann of
HDS will accept the gift.
Referring to the Emerson Fund,
Thiemann said, ‘‘This generous gift
ensures, in a way the Divinity School
never could before, continuation of an
association that is a wellspring of the
HDS identity. Moreover, the establish-
ment of the Emerson Fund will enable
us to seek a tenured, full-time pro-
fessor in this area.’ The school hopes
to have the position filled by the fall of
1989.
Harvard and its Divinity School
share a long history with Unitarianism.
In 1805 the appointment of the
Reverend Henry Ware, Sr., as Hollis
Professor of Divinity sparked the
Unitarian Controversy. Nine con-
secutive Harvard Presidents were
Unitarians. Today, HDS is one of
three principal schools providing
theological training for Unitarian
Universalists preparing for the
ministry.
UUA President William F. Shulz
said, ‘‘I can imagine few developments
during my years in office with which I
will be prouder to be associated than
this, The Emerson Fund will maintain
a Unitarian Universalist presence at
HDS into the foreseeable future and
will guarantee that our students receive
an education grounded in the tradi-
tions of our faith. This gift both
fulfills the promise of history and
makes a pledge to the future.”’
Instrumental in pursuing the endow-
ment fund, in addition to Dr. Schulz,
were Robert Adelman of New York
City, Vice-President of the Liberal
Religious Charitable Society, and Ruth
Reeves, former President of the North
Shore Unitarian Universalist Society of
Plandome, New York.
Mt. Moriah Has Tutoring Plan Ready
by Mary P. Felter
Annapolis, MD—A dream is about to
come true for Dolores R. Queene of
Annapolis, the director of Christian
‘Education at Mount Moriah A.M.E.
Church. Her hopes for an Annapolis
Volunteer Tutorial Center are about
to be realized, with a January 26 open-
ing planned.
Youngsters: from five Annapolis
area elementary schools will be able to
receive free tutoring on a one-to-one
basis two evenings a week at the An-
napolis Library on West Street, ac-
cording to Ms. Queene.
“We're set up to handle grades 3
through 6, up to 30 students per
night,’’ she said. 5
The schools involved are Annapolis,
Eastport, Georgetown East, Parole
and Tyler Elementary.
Ms. Queene and Rev. H. Michael
Lemmons of Mount Moriah Church
has been meeting with the school prin-
cipals since last summer. The commit-
tee has been designing the program
which is going to need funding from
businesses and individuals. Letters de-
scribing the project have been sent to
parents, who are asked to return the
atiacned form if they desire tutorial
services for their child.
Ms. Queene also has been seeking
“responsible adult volunteers” from
her church and throughout Annapolis.
Each volunteer will be assigned to one
student for a period of one hour on
Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 7
p.m. Volunteers can determine wheth-
er to tutor for a period of one week or
a longer term. They will be coordinat-
ed by Mildred Marlow, who has been a
school volunteer for a number of
years.
‘We're in the process of recruiting
right now,’’ Ms. Queene said, with
about 20 people committed.
Parents must grant permission for
their child to attend and provide trans-
portation,”’ said Joan Crawford, direc-
tor of Area II schools, which encom-
passes the five elementary schools.
After the parents return their form
requesting a tutor, the volunteer coor-
dinator will check with the student’s
teachers to determine priorities for
tutoring. Specific skills needing atten-
tion will be identified.
“There is no charge to the parent,”
Ms. Queene said.
One positive aspect of the tutorial
project is that ‘‘it will get those volun-
teers and parents who are available at
night,’’ said Virginia Bradley, George-
town East principal.
The project is ‘‘an opportunity to
make a difference in the lives of chil-
dren. and to provide early academic
skills,’’? Rev. Lemmons said.
“We hope, if the project is success-
ful, to add a transportation compo-
nent,”’ said Ms. Bradley.
The committee wanted to provide
transportation initially, but was Teti-
cent because of cost. They didn’t want
the project bogged down because ofa
lack of transportation.
The Annapolis branch library was
chosen because it is a central location
and ‘‘everyone knows where the li-
brary is,’’ said Joe Locascio, Eastport
principal.
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Economic power and Black power together with prayer for extending the Church.
A.M.E. Church Extension Department
Continued from page 1
and buy at comparable discount
prices, a luxurious hotel facility and
retirement center for retired and super-
annuated ministers, widows and lay-
men of A.M.E. descent. Also in-
cluded in the project will be a health
care facility, a worshiptorium with
adequate seating capacity, library and
archives, a variety of restaurants, read-
ing rooms, bookstores and a theme
pod (with emphasis on African Ameri-
can heritage and space exploration).
The Afro-American center will utilize
carrousal and animated characters to
emmulate the dream of freedom for
Black Americans.
This complex is slated to begin con-
struction in late 1988.
Dr. Hercules Miles, Jr., Director of
the Department of Church Extension,
stated that this has been his intent and
plan for the Department of Church
Extension since his first election. Cur-
rently, Dr. Maddox and Rev. Leak are
involved in development projects in
East St. Louis, already funded to the
tune of 500 million dollars.
Through the Department of Church
Extension’s establishment of this divi-
sion, it expects to involve itself in part
ownership of banks, insurance com-
pany credit card holdings, health care,
Major Medical, and AIDS centers of
Jamaica, the expansion and extension
of churchs and colleges in all parts of
the world.
A.M.E. Bishop Frederick C. James,
Chairman, says ‘‘this is the best thing
that has happened to the Church since
its founding 200 years ago, which is
now being celebrated.’’ Presently, ac-
quisition of two (2) banks will afford
the Church leverage, which will allow a
constant cash flow, thereby the
Church will never have to panhandle
its members for operation any longer.
This merger between private invest-
ors and Church Extension will bring
about economic stability in the Black
church and community that will con-
tribute to freeing Black Americans,
based on the principles of Richard
Allen who advocated the concept of
self-help 200 years ago.
Greek Underlines Tragedy on Television
Continued from page 1
thought to be the non-African races,
he said, only began to evolve about
90,000 to 180,000 years ago—little
more than an instant of time in the
process of evolution. So all the alleged
differences in human groups, he con-
cluded, would have had to develop in
something like 100,000 years. That,
Gould said, ‘‘is simply just not enough
time’’ for such differences to have
come about.
Yet, conveniently for those who
consider themselves superior, the
belief in innate racial inequality,
though weakening, has persisted—de-
spite Darwin’s Origin of Species—far
into the 20th century, with infinitely
more tragic consequences than the fir-
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God Our Father,
Christ Our Redeemer
Man Our Brother
‘““We only live once,’’ Gould ob-
served. ‘‘We only get to go through
this world once, as far as we know,
and if our lives are thwarted, if our
hopes are derailed, if our dreams are
made impossible by limitations im-
posed from without, but falsely identi-
fied as residing within us, then in a way
that’s the greatest tragedy one can im-
agine. And millions—hundreds of mil-
lions—of human lives have been so
blighted.”’
That’s another way of stating the
message of Martin Luther King, Jr.,
the power of whose thought and com-
passion and commitment was recalled
to us this week on television, and
whose life honored not just one race,
but all of our common humanity.
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National Urban League Calls For Increased
Black Involvement In Presidential Election
And In Community Reforms During Release
Of ‘‘The State Of Black America 1988”’
“*The stock market crash encourag-
ed a more sober attitude about the
prevalence of greed at a time when
poverty and homelessness were on the
rise,’’ stated John E. Jacob, President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Na-
tional Urban League during the release
of THE STATE OF: BLACK
AMERICA 1988 Thursday, January
14, 1988 in Washington, D.C.
Jacob then added that, ‘While
America was riding an economic
boom, Black poverty rose, and we
have slipped further back from our
goal of parity with white citizens.
“In the wake of the market crash,
we’re hearing about the need for more
austerity and more budget cuts. We
have to remind Americans that the
post-crash austerity must not be
allowed to drive still more black and
minority citizens deeper into poverty.”’
Turning his attention to the 1988
presidential election, John said that the
real scandal of the election is ‘‘not
who sleeps where; not who plagarized
what -- but why the people who want
to be president are satisfied with lily-
white senior campaign staffs.
“Not a single candidate on the
Republican side has a minority person
in a major campaign role and of the
top ten minority campaign staff posi-
tion on the Democratic side, none of
the candidates has more than one
minority person, other than Jesse
Jackson, who has five,’’ said Jacob.
“That’s a shocking indicator of the
failure of the Democrats to under-
stand that they can’t be elected with-
out Black votes and they are not going
to get Black votes unless they’ve got
minorities who understand the Black
community from the inside, and who
can help shape campaign policies.”’
Referring to the recommendations
that are made in THE STATE OF
BLACK AMERICA 1988, Jacob said
that, ‘‘we’re calling on the Black com-
munity and its organizations to take
the lead in actively mounting programs
to deal with our problems.
“‘That’s happening today, as Black
churches, civil rights and social welfare
agencies, and community-based
groups are doing a tremendous job of
helping to ameliorate conditions in
poor Black neighborhoods,’ he said.
Paying particular attention to the
Urban League’s education effort,
Jacob said that, ‘‘The Urban League
Education Initiative has already begun
to have a real impact on our kids and
their schools.’’
Jacob also told the gathering of
media at the National Press Club that
other recommendations in the new edi-
tion of the document include sugges-
tions for legislation and government
action to deal with problems of pover-
ty, hunger, homelessness, and racism.
“(THE STATE OF BLACK AMER-
ICA documents the depth of the prob-
lems facing Black Americans and the
failure of most Blacks to participate in
the economic recovery,’’ added Jacob.
THE STATE OF BLACK AMER-
ICA 1988 presents eleven papers pre-
pared by experts in the fields of civil
rights, education, economics, govern-
ment, criminal justice and social wel-
fare.
The papers and their authors are:
“Black Enrollment in Higher Educa-
tion: The Unfulfilled Promise of
Equality, by Dr. Niara Sudarkasa,
President, Lincoln University
“Tomorrow’s Teachers; Who Will
They Be, What Will They Know,” by
Dr. Bernard C, Watson, President and
Chief Executive Officer, The William
Penn Foundation with Mrs, Fasaha M.
Traylor, Research Intern, The William
Penn Foundation
“Civil Rights And The Future Of The
American Presidency,’’ by Dr. Dianne
M. Pinderhughes, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, Department of Political
Science, University of [Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
“Critical Perspectives On the
Psychology of Race,’’ by Dr. Price M.
Cobbs, President, Pacific Manage-
ment Systems
“The Black Family; Striving Toward
Freedom,’ by Dr. Charles V. Willie,
Professor of Education and Urban
Studies, Graduate School of Educa-
tion, Harvard University
“Black Youth at Risk,” by Dr. Bruce
R. Hare, Associate Professor of
Sociology, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
“Crime In the Black Community,” by
Dr. Lee P. Brown, Chief of Police,
Houston, Texas
“Blacks in the Military: The Victory
and the Challenge,”’ by Dr. Alvin J.
Schexnider, Associate Vice President
for Academic Affairs, Virginia Com-
monwealth University
“Economic Status of Blacks 1987,’’ by
Dr. David H. Swinton, Dean, School
of Business, Jackson State University
“Black Wealth: Facts and Fiction,’’ by
Dr. Billy J. Tidwell, Director,
Research Department, National Urban
League
“Crime Is Not A Part of Our Black
Heritage: A Theoretical Essay,’ by Dr.
Garry Mendez, Jr., Director, Ad-
ministration of Justice Program, Na-
tional Urban League.
P.Q.C. Awarded
$350,000 Grant
Waco, TX—Paul Quinn College was
awarded a grant of $350,000 for the
Fiscal Year 1987-88 for the Title III
Program. Mrs. A. DeJoyce Morgan,
Director of Title III, said, ‘‘We are
pleased to receive the grant from the
federal government. Our fiscal year
runs October 1, 1987 through Septem-
ber 30, 1988.
The following programs are funded
through the grant:
Learning Skills Center
Dr. Viola Ellison, Director
Pre-Professional Science
Enhancement Program
Dr. Weldon Walton, Director
Office of Academic Effectiveness
Dr. Paul Derrick
Strengthening Faculty Develop-
ment Programs
Dr. Debra McCurdy, Director
Project ‘‘Amigos’’
Dr. Gloria Aguila
Project Administration
Mrs. A. DeJoyce Morgan
Director
Student Development Center
Mrs. Gwendolyn Neals, Director
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The AME Christian Recorder
March 7, 1988
District Conference Explores Church Expansion
and Seminary Course of Study—What Happened
Quincy, FL—‘*Church Organization’
and ‘‘What’s Happening and Is Being
Taught in Seminaries’? were subjects
of workshops conducted by Presiding
Elder E. L. Daniels and Rev. David
Rhone, respectively when the Quincy
District Conference convened at Oak
Grove A.M.E. Church, pastored by
Rev. Audrey Powell. Audience partic-
ipation and interest were overwhelming
and much information was imparted.
Rev. Daniels presided over the three-
day conference which boasted an
above-average attendance, and which,
at its conclusion, was rated by dele-
gates and others attending, the most
informative and rewarding anyone
could recall.
In a pre-conference activity, a Bicen-
tennial program was presented by the
Quincy District Lay Organization with
the president, Brother Harry K. Holt,
in charge. Following what proved to be
a highly inspiring devotion, President
Holt spoke informatively on the sub-
ject ‘200 Years of Progress: A Blue-
Print for the Future.’’ The message,
along with a closing solo by Sis. Lucy
Evans, set the pace for the memorable
sessions that made up the conference.
The first sermon of the meeting was
delivererd by Rev. Ronnie Clark, pas-
tor of Mt. Peasant A.M.E. Church,
Monticello, FL. The audience was left
spellbound by the message preached
on the subject ‘‘The Door Is Open;
What Are We Waiting For?’’ The text
for the challenging discourse was from
St. Mark 10:31.
The keynote sermon for the confer-
ence was delivered on the second day
by Rev. G. W. Lane, pastor of Old
Bethel-New Zion Circuit. He selected
a text from Genesis 28:15, and
preached from the subject ‘‘I Will Not
Leave Thee.’’ Rev. Lane was accom-
panied by his choir and their accom-
panist and the very soul-stirring ser-
mon he brought was one which will be
long remembered.
The three-day conference was mark-
ed by outstanding preaching that gave
those in attendance much to think
about and to rejoice in. Rev. R. A.
Anderson, pastor of Salem A.M.E.
Church, Greensboro, FL, preached
from John 3:3, using for a subject
“‘We Need a Spiritual Awakening.’’
The Senior Choir of his church accom-
panied him.
More Than a Million People
Watch ‘‘State of Black
America’’ Via Satellite
When the National League released
THE STATE OF BLACK AMERICA
1988 from the National Press Club in
Washington, DC, more than a million
people watched via the Black College
Satellite Network. The telecommuni-
cations program was set up through
the offices of Howard University’s
Office of Satellite Communications.
This year’s edition of THE STATE
OF BLACK AMERICA 1988,
contained eleven papers prepared by
some of the nation’s leading
authorities in the fields of economics,
politics, criminal justice, education
and sociology. Also included was an
introduction by John E. Jacob,
President and Chief Executive Officer
of the League and a chronology of
events important to blacks in 1987.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. EST on
January 14, the press conference was
beamed through the National
University Telecommunications
Network, the Campus Network, the
College Satellite Network, the
National Education Association
Network as well as to home satellite
users or other satellite receiving sites.
“This is the beginning of many
programs that the National Urban
League will telecast in 1988,” said
Jacob. In addition to the telecast, the
League will be sponsoring forums on
college campuses with authors
presenting their topics to students and
faculty on-site and through the
satellite hookup. During the year,
followup forums are planned in
selected cities across the nation.
Dr. Mabel Phifer, who is director of
the Office of Satellite Communica-
tions of the Black College Network at
Howard University, said that the live
hookup meant that with the Urban
League’s 112 affiliates, ‘‘the press
conference was seen by more than a
million people.”
THE STATE OF BLACK AMER-
ICA 1988 is a widely recognized refer-
ence book that examines the current
status and condition of Blacks in
America. The topics and their authors
PD
are:
“Economics” by Dr. David
Swinton, Office of the Dean, School of
Business, Jackson State University;
‘Politics’? by Dr. Dianne
Pinderhughes, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Afro-American
Studies and Research Program;
“Criminal Justice” by Dr. Lee Brown,
Chief, Houston Police Department;
“Military” by. Dr. Alvin Schexnider,
Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs at Virginia
Commonwealth University; “Youth”
by Dr. Bruce Hare, Associate
Professor, Stony Brook College;
“Black Family” by Dr. Charles Willie,
The Center of Education and Urban
Studies, Harvard University;
“Education” by Dr. Bernard C.
Watson, President and Chief
Executive Officer of The William
Penn Foundation; “The Psychology of
Prejudice” by Dr. Price Cobb of
Pacific Management System; “AIDS:
Black Attitudes” by Dr. Robert C.
Smith, professor at Howard
University; and “Black Students in
Black and White Colleges” by Dr.
Niara Sudarkasas, President of
Lincoln University.
Send a Glossy
Black and White
Photo of
Yourself and a
Brief Biographical
Sketch to:
A. Lee Henderson
00 Eighth Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
On the final day of the conference,
Rev. Melvin Bell, pastor of Union
Chapel A.M.E. Church, delivered the
midday sermon from Luke 22:27 and
9:46-48. ‘‘A Desire to Be Great’’ was
the subject of the message that placed
emphasis on the power and importance
of prayer.
In a closing sermon, Rev. O. C.
Williams, pastor of Arnett Chapel
A.M.E. Church, Quincy, moved the
congregation with a stirring disserta-
tion on the subject ‘‘I’ll Go,’’ based
on Isaiah 6:8. Rev. Williams was ac-
companied by his choir and congrega-
tion.
Sister Dorothy Jones served as mu-
sician for the conference during each
worship service.
In addition to workshops conducted
by Elder Daniels and Rev. Rhone, pas-
tor of New Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Quincy, Rev. Williams, assisted by
Rev. J. H. Cobb, Rev. Bell and Rev.
G. T. Barkley, held workshops on
“Duties of the Stewards and Trus-
tees,’’ miscellaneous topics requested
by members of the audience, and
“How to Prepare and Present Chil-
dren’s Sermons.’’
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B'nai B’rith
President Praises
Martin L. King
Seymour D. Reich, international
president of B'nai B’rith, the world’s
largest Jewish organization, issued the
following statement in observance of
Martin Luther King, Jr, Day:
‘*Today we celebrate the memory of
a most extraordinary man,
‘‘More than 20 years ago, Martin
Luther King, Jr. woke this nation
from its moral slumber. He called on
all of us for a renewed passion for
justice and for a new commitment to
the struggle for freedom. Martin
Luther King, Jr. was the herald of a
new dawn for human dignity.
“Blacks and Jews are two peoples
who have known the pain of oppres-
sion, and that shared experience has
strengthened our resolve and our faith.
It has also forged a spiritual bond be-
tween us. Today there are those who
would seek to divide us by focusing on
our differences. They would have us
believe the cherished values we share
are no longer relevant. But they are
wrong.
‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr. saw a
time when we would march hand in
hand to freedom. His vision of
brotherhood and understanding still
brings us together. His cause remains
our cause. We will not rest until his
dream becomes our reality.’’
Sister and Brother Team Preach Annual Sermons
Continued from page 1
Rev. Byfield, who was assigned to
Bethel in 1983, has received over 225
“conversions and accessions; a record
that was blessed by over 80 accessions
in 1986. Rev. Henning, who has pas-
tored St. Peters A.M.E. Church in St.
Louis, and Ward A.M.E. Church, Los
Angeles, during the last 22 years, has
received more than 2000 members into
the A.M.E. Church during that time.
Both brother and sister have strong
outreach services, counseling and
change-oriented ministries. They
worked together with many dedicated
youth to secure voting rights for youth
at the 1972 General Conference. (Gar-
nett, Sr., was not so young.) This suc-
cessful effort now guarantees that
youth have a strong voice in the Gen-
eral Conferences of the A.M.E.
Church.
Rev. Byfield’s ministries include a
fellowship for the students at Indiana
University, which provides academic
counseling, Greek Unity Alliance and
a Big Brother-Sister program. Her
ministry also includes prisons, singles
fellowship, children and youth fellow-
shiv, and an overseas ministry for stu-
denis worshiping at the church.
St. Paul A.M.E., under the leader-
ship of Garnett Henning, Sr., has a
number of the above programs, plus a
Black Adoptions program, a support
network for children from the inner-
city attending county schools and their
parents. A special Black Male Role
Model program has a large member-
ship and includes educational tutoring,
self-concept development, and sociali-
zation activities. This 3-year-old pro-
gram is a highly sought model in the
St. Louis community.
Although they both have strong out-
reach and advocacy ministries, both
also have equal zeal for spiritual
growth and discipleship. Rev. Byfield
is proud of the attendance at Bible
Study, Sunday evening Happy Hour on
the 1st Sunday afternoon, Prayer Fel-
lowship, and Deliverance Ministry. Six
persons have accepted the call to min-
istry. Rev. Henning has received 12
persons into the ministry.
Rev. Byfield, in addition to her pas-
torate, is the Director of the Confer-
ence Christian Education Board, and
Coordinator for the Sisters in Ministry
and a member of the Board of Exam-
Dr. C. Garnett Henning
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
St. Louis, Missouri
Henning was born in an
A.M.E. parsonage. He
and his family have
served the Church
through four generations.
Garnett will make
a good
Bishop
Elect Him in
1988
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The AME Christian Recorder
FIRST EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
BISHOP FRANK C. CUMMINGS
BERMUDA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 9, 1988
WMS Conference
March 10-13, 1988
Allen Temple A.M.E. Church
Sound View Road
Somerset, Bermuda
The Rev. Christopher Haynes, Host Pastor
Church Telephone (809) 234-0433
Pastor’s Telephone (809) 234-2587
The Rev. Conway Simmons, Host P.E.
NEW JERSEY ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
March 15, 1988
WMS Conference
March 16-20, 1988
St. James A.M.E. Church
588 Martin L. King, Jr. Blvd.
Newark, NJ 07102
The Rev. William D. Watley, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (201) 622-1344
Pastor’s Telephone: (201) 325-8267
The Rev. B. C. Burton, Sr., Host P.E.
DELAWARE ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
April 13, 1988
WMS Conference
April 14-17, 1988
Murphy A.M.E. Church
718 Yarnall Streets
Chester, PA 19013
The Rev. A. T. Holtz, Jr., Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (215) 497-9925
Pastor’s Telephone: (215) 497-2127
The Rev. Atwood F. Foreman, Host P.E.
NEW YORK ANNUAL
CONFERENCE -
May 10, 1988
WMS Conference
May 11-15, 1988
Bethel A.M.E. Church
1525 Michigan Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14208
The Rev. Eugene McAshan, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (716) 886-1650
Pastor’s Telephone: (716) 835-8992
The Rev. Vernon I. Lowe, Host P.E.
PHILADELPHIA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
May 17, 1988
WMS Conference
May 18-22, 1988
Hickman Temple A.M.E. Church
Baltimore Ave. at 50th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19143
The Rev. J. D. Patterson, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (215) 476-5340/747-0881
Pastor’s Telephone: (215) 472-5905
The Rey. A. McNeil White, Host P.E.
NEW ENGLAND ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
May 20, 1988
WMS Conference
May 21-24, 1988
Grant A.M.E. Church
1906 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02118
The Rev. Roland McCall, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (617) 427-0670
Pastor’s Telephone: (617) 986-2241
The Rev. Herbert L. Eddy, Host P.E.
‘“‘God’s Part We
Cannot Do,
Our Part He
Will Not Do.”’
SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
BISHOP F. H. TALBOT
SOUTH GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 13-17, 1988
Nelson Chapel A.M.E. Church
Bainbridge, Georgia
The Rev. L. A. Townes, Host Pastor
The Rev. E. O. Benefield, Host P.E.
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 20-24, 1988
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
Columbus, GA
The Rev. John Rolle, Host Pastor
The Rev. A. M. Threatt, Host P.E.
REST WEEK
April 25-May 1, 1988
OLD GEORGIA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
May 4-8, 1988
St. James A.M.E. Church
Savannah, Georgia
The Rev. Jack J. Bradshaw, Host Pastor
The Rev. T. J. Kent, Host P.E.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 11-15, 1988
First A.M.E. Church
Athens, Georgia
The Rev. Claude R. James, Host Pastor
The Rev, M. S. Colquitt, Host P.E.
REST WEEK
May 16-22, 1988
MACON GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
May 25-29, 1988
Wesley Chapel A.M.E. Church
Milledgeville, GA
The Rey. C. H. Boddy, Host Pastor
The Rev. A. G. Conyers, Host P.E.
ATLANTA-NORTH GEORGIA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
June 1-5, 1988
Big Bethel A.M.E. Church
Atlanta, GA
The Rev. McKinley Young, Host Pastor
The Rev. W. L. Scarbrough, Host P.E.
POST CONFERENCE
CONVOCATION
June 18, 1988
Steward Chapel A.M.E. Church
Macon, GA
10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
The Rey. C. E. Shepherd, Host Pastor
The Rev. R. H. Martin, Host P.E.
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VIRGIN ISLANDS ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
March 3-6, 1988
St. Luke A.M.E. Church
28 Estate Grove, Fredericksted
St. Croix, U.S. VI 00840
The Rev. Louis C. Davis, Host Pastor
The Rev. Louis C. Davis, Host P.E.
WINDWARD ISLANDS ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
March 10-13, 1988
Fountain A.M.E. Church
136 E. Main Road
Barataria, Trinidad, West Indies
The Rev. H. N. Embrack, Host Pastor
The Rev. Dr. Fleming Joseph, Host P.E.
GUYANA-SURINAME ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
March 17-20, 1988
St. Peter’s A.M.E. Church
Queenstown, Georgetown, Guyana, SA
The Rey. U, A. Hendricks, Host Pastor
The Rey. Dr. H. E. Hinds, Sr., Host P.E.
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on the Wednesday preceding the Annual
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The AME Christian Recorder
March 7, 1988
Christ Our Redeemer A.M.E.
Church Cornerstone Laying
Service Is Success
Bishop Vinton R. Anderson
Cleveland Heights, OH—Christ Our
Redeemer A.M.E. Church was the site
of a significant celebration when the
church congregation dedicated the cor-
nerstone, with Bishop Vinton R.
Anderson serving as principal speaker ‘
for the occasion. Bishop Anderson,
former presiding prelate of the Third
Episcopal District, which includes
Ohio, is currently Chairman of the
Commission of Ecumenical Affairs
for the A.M.E. Church.
Other special guests present for the
special event were Dr. David Van Ars-
dale, Associate Minister of Fairmount
Presbyterian Church and President of
the Heights Interfaith Council; Coun-
cilwoman Barbara Boyd of Cleveland
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Chapel A.M.E. Church, Elyria; Rev.
H. Calvin McMillan, pastor of Greater
Avery A.M.E. Church, Cleveland; Dr.
Donald Jacobs of Community
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Church, Cleveland, and Rev. James
McLemore, the first pastor of Christ
Our Redeemer A.M.E. Church.
The congregation, which included
many friends who attended the service,
gave rapt attention to the sermon deliy-
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on the subject ‘‘This Land Is My
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chapter of the Book of Genesis, the
speaker likened the stone on which
Jacob slept—and later dedicated to the
Lord, calling it ‘‘Bethel’’—to Christ
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the fellowship hall for refreshments at
the conclusion of the afternoon serv-
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Messiah, this congregation has made
significant strides. The Right Rev.
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Bishops Listen to the WMS
When the Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church
assembled in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
on January 26-28 for their Winter
Retreat, they “Listened to the People.”
Accordingly on Tuesday afternoon
January 26, our bishops listened and
received with enthusiasm the goals and
budget of the Women’s Missionary
Society for =the 1987-1991
Quadrennium in a_ presentation
coordinated by Connectional
President, Delores L. Kennedy
Williams.
Connectional First Vice President,
Dorothy Adams Peck gave an
updating on the resolutions adopted
by the Eleventh Quadrennial
Convention of the Women’s
Missionary Society in July 1987 and
linked the resolutions to W.M.S. goals
for the quadrennium. Christine
Chambliss, Connectional Second Vice
President, demonstrated how specific
quadrennium goals have been
positioned in W.M.S. Standing
Committees for implementation
across the Connectional Church.
Rosa McCloud Baxter, Connec-
tional Director of the Young People’s
Division, presented YPD goals and
long range plan for the quadrennium
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BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION DETAILS
From Bishop Vinton R. Anderson, Bicentennial Chairman
THE WILLIAM PAUL QUINN FOCUS
AND WESTWARD EXPANSION EMPHA-
SIS—ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI/EAST ST.
LOUIS, ILLINOIS
This final event will be dually hosted by the 4th and Sth Episcopal
Districts, connecting the east and west banks of the Mississippi River. We will
dramatize Quinn’s preaching from the Illinois side to the slaves on the
9:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M. The Paul Quinn
Lectures
2:30 P.M.- 10:00 P.M.
(a) Dedication of Historical Markers
(b) The Dramatization of the Quinn Event
(c) River Festival of Arts and Entertainment
10:00 A.M.-6:00 P.M.
General Board Meeting
7:00 P.M. Recognition Event—hosted by the
4th and Sth Districts
General Board Closing Session
Washington, DC
GENERAL CONFERENCE, FORT WORTH,
TEXAS (A culminating ceremony will close the
Bicentennial Celebration)
with the assistance of Sanjena Rogers
YPD Director of the Eleventh
Episcopal District.
The 1987-1991 quadrennium budget
for the Connectional Women’s
Missionary Society was presented by
Melanie Thibodeaux, Budget and
Financial Estimates Committee
Chairman. President Williams
presented the connectional plan for
the establishment of a $1 million
W.M.S. Endowment Fund, and
Chairman Norma Phillips managed
audio visual resource support for the
full presentation.
Bettye J. Allen, Connectional Direc-
tor of Promotion and Missionary Edu-
cation, also accompanied the Connec-
tional President to the ‘‘Listen to the
People Session.’’ Episcopal Super-
visors of the First, Second, Sixth, Sev-
enth, Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh and Fif-
teenth Districts and former supervisors
Robinson, Primm, Nichols, and Ball
attended the W.M.S. presentation at
the request of President Williams.
In evaluating reactions to the
W.M.S. goals and budget presenta-
tion, Host Episcopal Supervisor Joan
Cousin remarked, ‘‘We had one hun-
dred percent reception. Where there is
no vision, the people perish.”’
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The AME Christian Recorder
Bridging: An Exciting Program Makes Impact on WMS
by Ethel H. McNair
Bridging Program Makes Impact
on 1987 Women’s Missionary Society
Convention.
The year 1987 brought with it a new
excitement as the increased requests
for BRIDGING PARTNERS began to
come in with the new year. As conven-
tion time neared, it was evident that
this 11th Quadrennial Convention
would see demonstrated a greater ful-
fillment of the fellowship that we have
long sought.
The excitement was there in Atlanta as
BRIDGING PARTNERS met, em-
braced, cried, laughed, shouted and
exchanged gifts and pictures. Sadness
blended with happiness was observed
as partners left to go their separate
ways, vowing to stay in touch, promis-
ing to share programs, planning to save
for an Overseas trip, as they continue
to pray for each other.
The BRIDGING PROGRAM,
started at the 1983 Triennium, came
about as the result of God’s creativity
manifested through the mind of its
first connectional chairman, Ethel H.
MeNair (lst), and the collaborative ef-
forts of Dr. Wilhelmina Lawrence,
then Connectional President of WMS.
This duo burned a great deal of mid-
night oil and expended much of their
energy to give birth to the New Idea in
Missions.
The program is designed for women
of the Women’s Missionary Society to
walk the distance between the United
States of America and the Overseas
Areas of African Methodism by build-
ing bridges of understanding and by
creating a climate of love and mutual
appreciation of each other’s cultures.
The logo represents the coming to-
gether of the WMS women on the
bridge of understanding and love; from
my land to your land—from your land
to my land. The colors chosen—green
and white—just seemed to flow to-
gether as they represented the growth
of a newly-planted seed (idea).
The brochure spells out the design,
the qualifications for BRIDGING
PARTNERS, and explains the
BRIDGING activities; also, a map on
the back is provided, showing the
world outreach of the A.M.E.
Church.
To start the program, names were
requested from and submitted by each
district and pairing was done by the
Connectional Committee. Each part-
ner was requested to write and intro-
duce herself to the other, sharing
photos, and a few facts about herself.
At the convention site a series of meet-
ings were held to introduce the pro-
gram and give guidelines. Partners
were urged to spend some time each
day in an activity together.
During the intervening years of the
Quadrennial partners shared remem-
brances on birthdays, Christmas, Val-
entine’s Day, Easter, etc. Partners also
shared programs, such as Missionary
Days, Women’s Day, and other special
days, as well as poetry, recipes, etc.
Communication is the key word and
main ingredient of the success of the
program. Many partners may never
meet physically because distance, po-
litical situations and economics pre-
vent travel for so many. This has not
deterred friendships and bonding. A
BRIDGEE keeps her partner, unless
there is a request for a change, and
may have one or more at her request.
The 11th Quadrennial Convention
saw the largest delegation of Overseas
women in attendance from all dis-
tricts. They were comfortably housed
at the site of the convention or across
the street from the site, giving them
easy access. The seating arrangements
brought them into close focus with the
happenings. The Overseas women were
working members of all committees
and were quite visible as part of the
whole convention.
Things As I See Them. . .Bob
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian?
Rev. Robert Lee Lilly, Minister
Oliver Light A.M.E. Church
Smackover, Arkansas
The first big step, then, in becoming
a Christian is to accept Jesus Christ as
Lord and Master of life, and to accept
His program as the blueprint by which
to live and serve. Knowledge of Chris-
tian living comes as the Christian
grows and develops and devotes him-
self to a systematic program of study
and training and work. One does not
become a Christian in a moment or
overnight. It is a growth process which
is not different from becoming an
adult or a doctor or a lawyer, once one
has made the initial decision and com-
mitment.
The local church has a responsibility
to those who look to it for guidance in
Christian living, which guidance in-
cludes teaching the facts and imparting
the Spirit, which equip people for
Christian living. If a Christian is truly
committed to Christ, he or she wants
to learn the way by which to be re-
sponsible and serviceable. Being a
Christian is just as important as study-
ing to be a doctor or lawyer or a
pianist. So this is the way. Christ said,
I am the way.
As we move into the General Con-
ference, let us put our best foot for-
ward. We will elect church leaders.
Think on these men. Look them over.
they are Bishop Timber and General
Conference Timber. Think of these
men now:
Dr. C. W. Howard, Secretary of the
A.M.E. Church; Minimum Salary,
Rev. A. W. Holman; The Secret
Chamber, Dr. Y. Benjamin Bruce.
Bishop Timber: Drs. John R. Bryant,
G. E. West. R. J. Hampton, Eugene
McAshan, T. B. Brown, L. E. Grady,
W. R. Leake, G. L. Champion, C. V.
Boyd, N. C. Irving, Leodis Strong,
John H. Gillison, Z. L. Grady, Robert
L. Phillips, Dr. DeLeon Walker, C.
G. Henning, O. H. Brown, Wesley I.
Reid, R. J. King. D. C. Coleman, L.
C. Wormley, T. J. Allen, McKinley
Young, on his way; Jessie L. Boyd, H.
F. Dodson, W. M. Jamerson, James
Oxley, E. M. Martin and) Sima.
Spenser.
Let us pray: O, God, help us to keep
our minds on Thee at all times. Amen.
Amen.
The BRIDGING PROGRAM came
to port in Atlanta with over 500 part-
ners representing all of the home and
Overseas districts. At the end of the
convention, an additional fifty-plus
new applications had been received—
we will soon reach 500.
At the 1987 Convention, because of
your concerns, we were able to provide
a linguist to assist with any language
difficulties. Orientation meetings were
held, bridging pins were made available
to the Bridgees, bridging bookmarks
were placed in the kits, and pictures of
partners were compiled and displayed.
The Bridging Booth—a new addi-
tion, located in the lowest level of the
convention center—was visited by an
appreciable number of delegates. It
was decorated with the Bridging Ban-
ner that was carried in the opening pro-
cessional, along with a Bridging Pic-
torial outlay.
Special plaudits go to the team of
women who assisted at the booth.
They stood out in their white skirts
and the green tops that sported the
Bridging logo and pin. They rotated
daily from 10:00 a.m. till closing to
answer questions, enroll new partners,
give out brochures, share educational
materials about our overseas area, sell
Bridging wallets and kitchen towels—
mementoes of the convention—and to
deliver notes and letters to and from
partners.
We are indebted to Barbara Lewis
(1st), Ernestine Casson (3rd), Esther
Bobo (Sth), Joan Byoer, linguist (Ist),
LaVerne Sweat and her daughter
Laneia Sue (13th), Constance Cook
(Ist), Lou Ellen Johnson (10th), Katie
Jeter (1st), Marybelle Brangman (Ist),
Laurelia Joiner (13th), Barbara Allen
(Ist), and Blanche Washington (lst).
Rev. Luther F. McNair and Dyon
McNair, age 9, husband and grandson
of the chairman, assisted daily.
We wish to thank God for His em-
powerment through creativity, and Dr.
Wilhelmina Lawrence, without whom
this idea of BRIDGING might never
have reached implementation. It was
she who saw the possibilities of the
number of apples in one seed. She
poured her confidence in the chairman
and spurred her on to plant and to ask
God for the water and nourishment
for the seed. ‘‘To God be the Glory.”’
We owe so much to so many of
you. We bring to you no longer a seed-
ling, but a plant whose roots are pene-
trating deeper, and whose branches ex-
tend and reach out. We look forward
as we watch this plant—its roots going
deeper and deeper and its top spiraling
upward. We thank God for His sun-
shine and His watering through you.
We appreciate the enthusiastic and
active support and encouragement of
Anna Senatle, Supervisor of the 18th
and 19th Districts, and Co-Chairman
of Bridging; Dorrie Robinson, former
Supervisor of the 15th District, also
Co-Chairman, and Dr. Mary Frizzell,
Consultant, all of whom gave invalu-
able guidance and direction. Special
thanks go to all Supervisors of our
home districts for their interest, sup-
port and concern.
To Bishop and Mrs. Frank C. Cum-
mings, my Bishop and Episcopal Su-
pervisor, our special thanks are ex-
tended to you for your special words
of encouragement to a fledging ven-
ture.
We thank God that we have moved
our Overseas sisters from the fringes
of the conversation to the center of the
discussion.
Recommendations for the further
cohesiveness of this program are listed
in Quadrennial Report Book 1983-
1987, page 155. We will continue to
meet you on the BRIDGE.
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The AME Christian Recorder
Roosevelt Grier Became a Christian In 1969
by Holly Stacy
Former NFL linebacker Roosevelt
“*Rosey’’ Grier, who has dedicated his life
to God, sings a gospel song at the Univer-
sity of Florida. (UF photo by Walter
Coker.)
Gainesville, FL—At the beginning of
his 12-year career as an NFL defensive
linebacker, Roosevelt ‘‘Rosey’’ Grier
wanted to be a quarterback—or at
least a running back.
“‘Of course the coach said I was too
big, but I always wanted to run for a
touchdown—just once. I never did,’’
said the 55-year-old Grier, who stands
6 foot 5 inches and won’t say how
much he weighs now.
The man who played in five Super
Bowls in seven years for the New York
Giants and then went on to even great-
er fame as a member of the Los Ange-
les Rams’ ‘‘Fearsome Foursome,’’
considers his new life as a Christian
“another chance for me because this
life is the most important game Ill
ever play.’’
Grier, who became a Christian in
1969 at the end of his football career,
has dedicated his life to traveling to
college campuses, churches and
schools to spread his religious mes-
sage. He visited the University of Flor-
ida recently (1/28), sponsored by Mar-
anatha Campus Ministries Interna-
tional.
His target is the teenage and college-
age population, in which Grier sees ‘‘a
lot of hope for the future. I like to talk
to them about the Lord in hopes that
they won’t spend almost 40 years look-
ing for the answer like I did,’’ he said.
He said he believes love is the cure
Roosevelt ‘‘Rosey’’ Grier
for such teen problems as pregnancy,
suicide, drugs and alcohol—and he
means ‘‘the love of God.”’
Two divorces and the assassination
of Robert Kennedy, Grier’s close
friend, contributed to his search for
inner peace that began in 1968, Grier
said.
Grier was present in the Los Angeles
hotel kitchen when Kennedy was assas-
sinated. He was the one who shielded
Kennedy’s wife, Ethel, by pushing her
to the ground and then jumped on the
assassin, Sirhan Sirhan. ‘‘After I
watched Bobby die, I was in a state of
disbelief. It made me run inside,’’ he
said.
“I figured if my friend loved his
country enough to die for it, I certainly
had a responsibility to do with my life
what I could for the good of this coun-
try and its people,’’ he said.
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Grier has since remarried his second
wife and embarked on a varied career
that has included his own radio show,
a regular role on the old ‘‘Daniel
Boone’’ television series, numerous
special appearances on television
shows and telethons, and, most recent-
ly, making gospel albums and writing
books.
Another of Grier’s ministries is
“‘Are You Committed?’’ a nonprofit
organization he directs in Los Angeles
to provide educational, social and reli-
gious guidance for inner-city youths.
Grier frequently relates anecdotes
from his football days and turns them
into Christian messages. For example,
he tells of the time he yelled ‘‘Ball!”’
as he was coached to do, when the op-
posing quarterback fumbled. But be-
fore Grier could get to the ball himself
to run for the touchdown he’d always
hoped for, his ‘‘Fearsome Foursome”’
teammate Merlin Olsen, hearing
Grier’s cry, grabbed the ball himself
and headed toward the goal line.
“‘T ran alongside him and said, ‘Hey,
man, just let me carry the ball a little
way. I’ll give it back to you!” He said
no, he was taking it all the way, so I
didn’t block for him. And he didn’t
make it,’’ Grier said.
In Grier’s hands, that story turned
into a lesson on the perils of selfish-
ness and the need to be a ‘‘team play-
er’’ in all walks of life.
March 7, 1988
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PRESENTING THE VIDEO TAPED
“PARADE OF HISTORY”
A BICENTENNIAL PROJECT
The “Parade of History” will be video taped at Bethel A.M.E.
Church, Indianapolis, IN.
The participants will be ministers and wives of the Central Indiana
Ministerial Alliance. The young adult choir of Bethel will furnish the
music.
Dr. Hercules S. Miles
Because of a wonderful Record of
Service to our Connection
Miles is the
Church’s Choice
for
Secretary/Treasurer of the
Church Extension Department.
Dr. Henderson Davis, the Historiographer, and Mrs. Ruth V. Davis
will narrate the presentation.
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