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Edward Waters College

Builds Multi-Million-
Dollar Endowment

Jacksonville, FL — Historically black
institutions of higher learning are
sailing on a restless sea of financial
difficulties.

In an era of federal deficits,
mounting cutbacks in funding to
higher education, concerns over the
extension of Higher Education Act
and tax reform, these institutions,
many of them private, are facing ma-
jor financial obstacles as they try to
navigate through the tidal waves of
survival.

Small colleges and universities, like
Edward Waters College in Jackson-
ville, Florida, appear to be particular-
ly vulnerable to the bites of the finan-
cial cutback sharks.

But, Cecil Wayne Cone, Ph.D., at
EWC’s helm as president since 1977,
has put in motion some creative solu-
tions to keep the college’s educational
ship sailing into the 21st Century.

Admitted as the 43rd member insti-
tution of the United Negro College
Fund (UNCF) in January 1986, the
college has sent out SOS signals to
UNCF, the AME Church, private
sources, and alumni and friends for
help in staying afloat in the troubled
waters.

When EWC became accredited in
1979, it had only a quasi-endowment
of approximately $10,000. By the
time for reaffirmation of that accred-

itation in 1984, the college could still
Please turn to page 7

Voting Begins ON COCU Consensus

Two member church bodies of the
Consultation on Church Union
(COCU) have voted affirmatively
this month on THE COCU CON-
SENSUS (IN QUEST OF A
CHURCH OF CHRIST UNIT-
ING). The Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church, meeting in
General Conference the first week in
July in Birmingham, Alabama, voted
overwhelmingly to “claim” the
CONSENSUS. The next week, the
international Council of Community
Churches, meeting in Atlanta,
Georgia, did the same, by an equally
overwhelming margin of approval.
These two church bodies are the
first to take definitive action on this
initial step toward church union.

THE COCU CONSENSUS is a
55-page document which constitutes
the theological basis for the union of
the nine member churches par-
ticipating in the Consultation on
Church Union. At its 16th Plenary
Session held in Baltimore in
December, 1984, the Consultation
asked the participating churches,
“by formal action, to recognize in
this text

1) an expression in the matters with
which it deals of the Apostolic faith,
order, worship, and witness of the
church,

2) an anticipation of the Church
Uniting which the participating
bodies, by the power of the Holy
Spirit, wish to become, and

3) a sufficient theological basis for
the covenanting acts and the uniting
process proposed at this time by the
Consultation.

This is the resolution given en-
thusiastic approval earlier this
month by the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church and by the Inter-
national Council of Community
Churches. It is the first definitive
step on the road to church union.

The other seven COCU churches
will be acting on the same three-part
resolution in their national
assemblies in the near future. The
other seven churches are: The
African Methodist Episcopal
Church, the African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church, the Chris-
tian Church (Disciples of Christ), the
Episcopal Church, the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.), the United Church

Please turn to page 7

Pre-Bicentennial Evangelistic
Jubilee A Great Success

The Bicentennial Committee, led
by its chairperson, Bishop Vinton R.
Anderson, sponsored the opening
thrust and celebration of our Zion’s
effort to do justice to our two-
hundredth year by using the Bishops’
Council and General Board Meeting
in New Orleans as a springboard.

It was the consensus of the Com-
mittee that the very first effort of our
church, as we celebrated the Lord’s
mercy of two hundred years of
graciousness for this finite Zion of
ours, should deal with the primary
mission of the church: evangelism,
reaching, teaching, nurturing and
sending out as disciples competent
African Methodists, who are blessed
with zeal, encompassed with the
spirit, overcome with a commitment
to witness, and driven by a vision that
God is Our Father, Christ Is Our
Redeemer, and all mankind Our
Brothers.

Bishop Vinton R. Anderson

In cooperation with Bishop
Frederick H. Talbot, President,
General Board; Bishop Donald G.
Ming, President, Council of Bishops
and host bishop; Bishop Frederick C.
James, Chairman of the Commission
on Evangelism; Dr. Y. B. Bruce,
Director of Evangelism; and the Rev.
Thomas B. Brown, host pastor, plans
were made to hold a Jubilee Worship
Please turn to page 7

Front row, L-R: Mr. Baltron A. Archer, Bishop Isaias Gutierrez, Dr. Phyllis Guthardt,
Bishop Lawi Imathiu, Dr. Donald English, Mr. John R. Harper and Mrs. Edith Ming.
Second row, L-R: Dr. Joe Hale, Dr. Melitta Tenner, Bishop William M. Smith, Bishop
Ben Oliphint, Mr. Charles Boayue, Jr., Bishop Prince A. Taylor, Jr., Mrs. Edna Alsdurf,

Dr. Kenneth G. Greet, Dr. Lee F. Tuttle,
Young. (Inset, Mrs. Sinta Sitorus)

Bishop William R. Cannon and Mr. Ralph C.

New Council Officers
For World Methodist
Council Elected

New officers were elected for the
1986-1991 quinquennium. Bishop
Lawi Imathiu of the Methodist
Church of Kenya was elected to chair
the World Methodist Council Execu-

. tive Committee, the Council’s chief

executive post. Vice-Chairperson is
Dr. Donald English of London, Eng-
land. Mr. John R. Harper of Phila-
delphia, was re-elected Treasurer,
and Mrs. Edna Alsdurf was elected
Assistant Treasurer. Dr. Joe Hale
was re-elected Council General Secre-
tary and Mr. Ralph Young, Geneva,
Secretary. An eight-member Presidi-
um representing the regions of the
world was elected: Mr. Baltron A.
Archer, Bahamas; Mr. Charles
Boayue, (youth) Liberia; Dr. Phyllis
Guthardt, New Zealand; Dr. Isaias

Gutierrez, Chile; Bishop Ben Oli-
phint, UM, USA; Mrs. Sinta Sitorus,
Indonesia; Bishop William M. Smith,
AMEZ, USA, Dr. Melitta Tenner,
German Democratic Republic. Other
officers include: World Federation of
Methodist Women President, Mrs.
Edith W. Ming; Honorary president,
Bishop William R. Cannon; Past
Chairpersons, Dr. Kenneth G. Greet,
Bishop Prince A. Taylor, Jr.; and
General Secretary Emeritus, Dr. Lee

F. Tuttle.
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The AME Christian Recorder

OCTOBER 20, 1986

A Stress Control Biofeedback Card

The Biofeedback Stress Control
card, developed by clinical psychol-
Ogist and stress control expert Alfred
A. Barrios, Ph.D., is the same one
used in Executive Health and Stress
Management seminars and work-
shops around the country.

It is claimed that the card can ac-
curately read your stress levels in ten
seconds. Interestingly enough, it is
the size of a credit card and recom-
mended to be carried with you every-
where you go. Supposedly, it can tell
you whether you’re ‘‘stressed, tense,
calm or relaxed.’’ Instructions on the
card tell you how to relax and relieve
stress. I do not have one of the Stress
Control Biofeedback cards, but I
would surely like to own some stock in the agency or corporation that con-
trols them.

As I recall, it was the stress factor, as a result of overwork and overload
on the air traffic controllers, that caused them to go on strike; and, because
no consideration was given them, they refused to retyrn to their work and
were, ultimately, fired by President Reagan. The experts do agree that ex-
cessive and prolonged levels of fatigue is one of the important warning sig-
nals of stress. One thing for sure is that since the episode involving the air
traffic controllers and their claim of stress as a serious factor in the perfor-
mance of safe and quality work, many persons have given very real consid-
eration to the stress syndrome.

Dr. Walter E. Kloss, director at New England Memorial Hospital, Stone-
ham, Massachusetts, said, ‘‘It would be nice if our bodies had a built-in red
light that would flash when we encounter excessive and harmful levels of
stress. On second thought,’’ he said, ‘‘we would probably pay no more at-
tention to flashing red lights than we do to obvious signs of stress already
present.”’

His position makes me wonder how effective a Stress Contro] Biofeed-
back card would be in measuring stress levels and decreasing the same by
following its instructions. The card is supposed to register and reflect your
relaxation levels as the color on the card goes from black to red at 86
degrees, to green at 92 degrees, and a high level of relaxation when the card
turns blue at 98 degrees.

The dictionary defines stress as an impelling force; pressure, as the stress
of work; strain; pressure; especially, a force exerted upon a body, that tends
to strain or deform its shape. According to Aaron Beck, director of the
Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania School of
Medicine, ‘‘Anxiety is always characterized by a sense of vulnerability. The
danger may be psychological: the threat of humiliation, disapproval, rejec-
tion, abandonment, exposure of one’s weakness.”’

Dr. Robert H. Reid, Jr.

The Reverend Tim Pierce of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, quotes Carol
Travis from Coping With Anxiety in the February 1986 Science Digest, page
46. ‘‘Anxiety disorders may be the most common mental health problem in
the United States today.’’ Indeed, stress has become an oft-heard word in
this decade. We discuss our stress. We create and attend seminars to help
deal with our own stress and that of other adults.

What are the kinds of situations that cause stress in families? Some of the
obvious causes are family violence, sexual abuse, chemical abuse, work-
related stress and divorce. Families that encounter financial difficulties or
health problems also create anxiety and stress situations for the children,
How do family dynamics shift as stress levels increase? Do families need
one or more of the Stress Control Biofeedback cards?

Since idealism is behavior, or thought, based on a conception of things as
they should be, would one be less stressed if he or she could be more realistic
about life and things as they actually are? Do retreats, seminars and vaca
tions give relief and new perspective to individuals? Do we pay a high toll in
degenerative diseases and loss of mental and spiritual alertness for the way
we live in this generation? Or is it all the price we pay for living longer and
for what is described by many as ‘‘living better’’?

I cannot help but wonder if that Biofeedback Stress Control card can
reverse the trend of a society living with newer and higher stress levels, After
I have examined that stress card and tested its ability to give relief, 1 will
have more to say on the subject, | am, however, in the meanwhile, asking
experts about this stress problem. A clinical psychologist told me that a
result of stress, in one sense, is not being able to cope with, or accept, situa
tions that are real or unreal. Coping is being able to deal with foreign ob-
jects that are thrown at you, and managing the pressures that would
diminish, deny or defeat you. This professional said, ‘Stress comes from
everywhere: the home, the work place, on the freeways, and can come al
any hour of the day or night. Stress speeds up the heart rate and ones vital
signs, that is, pulse, blood pressure and respiratory system Stress can bring
on strokes, heart attacks and even death.”

I am not sure that the Apostle Paul had in mind—or was addressing
—stress in the Eighth Chapter of Romans. He concludes that letter by say-
ing: ‘‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
_, .Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that
loved us. For | am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from
the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our | ord

Thank God for my physician who just walked into my office, I have
asked him—Dr. Kenneth Robinson—what is stress, how do you combat it

or deal with it? Said he, ‘‘The correct approach to stress may not always be
to seek to alleviate the etiology or source of the stress. Indeed, recognition
of the stress generating factor, coupled with an appropriate management of

or response to that factor, may yield extraordinary productivity, secondary
to the original stress.’’

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OCTOBER 20, 1986

The AME Christian Recorder

I Am An Aspirant For The
Holy Office Of Bishop

by Robert Thomas, Jr., Pastor
Ebenezer A.M.E. Church
Detroit, Michigan

Dr. Robert Thomas

In a recent issue of the A.M.E.
Christian Recorder, Dr. Joseph Allen
Parker, wrote an article under the
caption, ‘‘Let’s Elect Dr. Robert
Thomas, Jr. a Bishop in 1988.’’ I did
not know that my friend, Joe Parker,
was writing such an article. I knew
nothing about it until I saw it in the
Christian Recorder.

However, I am indeed grateful for
his kind reporting of my ministerial
career and my worthiness to serve as
a bishop in this great church of ours.

Dr. Parker suggested in his article
that I be ‘‘drafted.’’ I know and you
know that the A.M.E. Church does
not draft anyone for any office. If
you want to be elected to an office,
you must ask for it and work for it.

After much prayer and counseling
with friends all over the church, I
have decided to offer myself again
for Episcopal Service. I received a
most creditable vote at the last
General Conference.

I am therefore soliciting your
prayers and support for my election
in 1988. More later.

Thanks and God Bless You.

Washington Chapel, AKAs
Sponsor Enrichment Program

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, —\na joint
venture that drew over 100 students
from grades 3-12, Washington
Chapel Church and the Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority Co-sponsored a Sum-
mer Enrichment program which was
held in the Anderson-Powell
Auditorium,

Emphasis of the educational pro-
gram was placed on reading, math
and cultural enrichment activities, in-
cluding music, creative arts, sex
education, human relations, African
culture and arts, patriotism and other
motivational involvements, In an ef-
fort to enhance the students’ regular
attendance at this evening activity,
scores of the enrollees were
transported by the church from the
Howard Road and other com
munities. While the program was
opened to all students in grades 3-12,
special effort was made Lo reach and
serve the more needy segments of the
community,

Classes were held each evening
from 6 to 8 o’clock. The program for
the summer was concluded with a
seminar on patriotism, a picnic and
the presentation of a take home gift
for each student, The Summer
Enrichment program—one of many
outreach ministries of Washington
Chapel—completed its fourth year ol
service. The church, holding the con
cept that education 1s the respon
sibility of the total community,
believes that ultimately a difference
will be made in the abundance and
quality of life experienced by those it
serves

This year’s program was staffed by
more than 40 volunteers from the
church and from the membership ol
the AKA _ Sorority Mesdames
Juanita Pierce and Mary Alexander,

co-directors of the endeavor, were

pleased that this year’s program was
shared by the sorority and expressed
great satisfaction with the staff of
teachers and other volunteers for
providing the necessary talents, skills
and commitment to make the pro-
gram a success, They were pleased,
too, that so many parents encouraged
and brought their children to the
13-day summer school activity

Dr. James L. Davis, Washington
Chapel’s pastor, expressed his delight
with the successful conduct of this
year’s Summer School program and
had high praise for the services of the
dedicated staff of volunteers

William P. Mitchell
Public Relations Officer

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have smaller brains than men,” a

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prominent clergyman said yesterday
in Tehran that Lran is using force to
make all women cover themselves
from head-to-foot in compliance w ith
Islamic rules on the veil

There is “no such thing as equality
between men and women,” Parlia
ment cleric Ho
jatoleslam Akbar Hashemi Rafsan

Speaker and

jani said during prayers in Tehran,
according to residents in the Iranian
capital, His remarks came just days
after Revolutionary Guards began a

Tehran, arresting

crackdown in
dozens of women for being “badly
veiled” in the streets Unveiled or

‘badly veiled’” women face
entences of up to three months in
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Rev. McAshan In Revival

Rev. Eugene McAshan

Inkster, Mi. — The members of
Smith Chapel A.M.E. Church, and
the community of Inkster, were
treated to a spirit-filled, five-night
revival conducted by the Rev. Eugene
McAshan of Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Buffalo, N.Y. Each night Rev.
McAshan delivered a soul-stirring
sermon to an appreciative audience.

The Rev. Melvin D. Reed is pastor of
the church.

Choirs from Detroit, River Rouge,
Highland Park, Ann Arbor and the
City of Inkster came to share and
participate in the lifting up of the
Lord’s Name with songs of praises.
The revival was well-attended and
many felt the Spirit as God gave ut-
terance to the preaching of the
Gospel. About 185 souls were fed
with food from on high and were
recommitted to the Lord and His
work.

Rev. Eugene McAshan, an
aspirant to the office of the bishopric
in 1988, received a Bachelor of
Theology degree from the Oklahoma
School of Religion, Lexington,
Okla.; a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Goddard College, Plainfield,
Vt.; and a Master of Divinity degree
from Payne Theological Seminary,
Wilberforce, Ohio.

Greater Mt. Zion Holds Night
Sunday School in Arcadia, FL

Arcadia, Fl.—\n a unique venture,
the Sunday School Department and
the Christian Education Commission
of Greater Mount Zion A.M.E.
Church held a night Sunday School
session.

The occasion for the unusual ac-
tivity was the Promotion Ceremony,
at which each student was presented
with a certificate of promotion to the
next class level. Mr. L. C. Anderson,

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OCTOBER 20, 1986

EWC Choir Successful Tour

Jacksonville, FL—The Edward
Waters College Concert Choir com-
pleted its 66th Annual Spring Tour,
which included some of the major
cities along the East Coast, in-
cluding Charleston, South Carolina;
Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and New York, New
York.

The tour began in Savannah,
Georgia, with a performance at St.
Phillips Monumental AME Church
where the Rev. Dr. Charles Pitts is
pastor. An afternoon concert at
Ebenezer AME Church, pastored by
the Rev. Charles McLamore, in
Charleston, was next on the
schedule.

In discussing the tour, Choir
Director Henry Mack cited the
warmth and friendship extended to
the choir wherever they performed.
As an example, he singled out the
special consideration and amenities
received when they performed at
Penn Avenue Baptist Church in Ox-
ford, North Carolina, a church
pastored by the Rev. David Massey.
“From good home-cooking to a
church member dressing the hair of
a choir member at no charge, we
were welcomed and treated as fami-
ly,” Mack said. This particular con-
cert stop was arranged by the Rev.
LaFayette Maxwell, a Jacksonville
native and EWC alumnus.

In North Carolina the choir per-
formed a mini-concert and toured
the campus of Fayetteville State
University. In Durham, they had
the honor of performing at St.
Joseph AME Church, the edifice
built under the pastorate of then-
Reverend Philip R. Cousin, who is
now Presiding Bishop of the 11th
Episcopal District of the AME
Church. The Rev. William Easley is
St. Joseph’s current pastor.

On a visit to Duke University, the
choir met Dr. Grant Shockley, a
former instructor of EWC President
Cecil Wayne Cone when he attended
the Interdenominational Theological

Center in Atlanta. Shockley, who is
now professor of Christian Educa-
tion and Director of Black Church
Affairs at Duke’s School of Divinity,
extended invitations to several of
the ministers in the choir to apply to
the graduate program. He indicated
that Duke University is actively
seeking qualified black applicants.

A tour of the nation’s capital and a
Mother’s Day service performance
at the historic Metropolitan AME
Church were special highlights of
the tour. Known as the “National
Cathedral of African Methodism,”
Metropolitan is rich in history, as
many of its parishioners were, and
are, prominent black leaders. The
Rev. Dr. Rodger Hall Reed was
pastor of the church.

Dr. Cone was instrumental in ar-
ranging the choir’s appearance in
Dover, Delaware. Dr. Luna Mishoe,
a friend and colleague, who is presi-
dent of Delaware State College, in-
vited the choir to perform at his
home church, Mt. Zion AME
Church, of which the Rev. Rudolph
Coleman is pastor.

The next stop was Philadelphia,
where the choir performed at
Hickman Temple AME Church,
pastored by the Rev. Joseph Patter-
son. The concert was dedicated to
Howard Spivey, who directed the
choir from 1957 to 1961. The former
director met with choir members,
shared photo albums and recounted
some of the choir’s history during a
reception following the concert.

A three-day stay in New York cap-
ped the tour. In addition to perfor-
mances at Bethel AME Church,
pastored by the Rev. O’ Neal Mackey,
and at Brooklyn’s Bridge Street AME
Church, where the Rev. Fred Lucas,
Jr., is pastor, choir members enjoyed
sightseeing.

In summary, the tour not only ex-
panded choir members’ experience as
concert performers, but proved to be
an educationally enriching experience
as well.

Editor Preaches Men’s Day at St. Matthew

Nashville, TN — The Rev. Robert H.
Reid, Jr., Editor of the A.M.E.
Christian Recorder, was the 1986
Men’s Day speaker for the St. Mat-
thew’s A.M.E. Church, where the
Rev. George Douglas is pastor. The
festive occasion, which featured an
excellent Men’s Day choir, attracted a
crowd of worshipers.

Editor Reid inspired and chal-
lenged a receptive and responsive au-
dience as he delivered a_highly-
charged sermon. The preaching edi-
tor continues to give great leadership
in his preaching ministry as well as in
his communication ministry, serving
as the managing editor of the world’s
oldest Black religious newspaper in

continuous existence.

The Rev. George Douglas, the very
successful pastor of one of the fast-
growing congregations of Nashville,
presented the speaker for the occa-
sion, saying, ‘‘We are highly honored
to have Dr. Reid, a great man of
God, and a leader in the world reli-
gious community, to be our pulpit
guest as our annual Men’s Day speak-
ere :

At last report, the financial returns
for the Men’s Day observance, were
still being counted. The projection
was that the 1986 Men’s Day activity
was one of the greatest in the annals
of the church’s long history.

Church Returns To Basics

Columbus, Ga St. John A.M.B,
Church is experiencing a revival of
spiritual life under the pastorate of
the Rev. Elijah Smith. Now serving
his second year, Rev. Smith has
revived within the church the closest
thing to that ‘told time religion’? that
made for togetherness and love in the
church of yesteryear—a church made
up of a struggling bunch of God-
fearing souls who, in good times or
bad, always kept the faith, Presently,
members are motivated to the point
where there is a marked improvement
in both church attendance and
organizational participation.

On the occasion of the appoint-
ment of stewards, the church witness-
ed for the first time in manv vears the
confirmation of stewardesses, Also,
a new organization came into being
in the church, and it was with joy that
the Sons of Allen were welcomed to
the roll of organizations.

The Sons of Allen have performed
well since their inception. Last year,
with an objective of raising the
budget, the group sponsored and
promoted Loyalty and Visitors’ Day.
On last Founder’s Day, the Sons of
Allen sponsored the Men’s Day pro-
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In his role of dedicated Christian
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NCC General Secretary Expresses
Outrage Over Synagogue Massacre

New York, September 8 — Ex-
pressing his shock and outrage over
the massacre Saturday (Sept. 6) in
Istanbul of Jews during Sabbath ser-
vices, the general secretary of the Na-
tional Council of Churches pledged
that the NCC will continue to work
for interfaith understanding.

The Rev. Arie R. Brouwer, NCC
general secretary, in a letter to Rabbi
Henry Michelman, executive vice
president of the Synagogue Council
of America, said that ‘through
you,”’ the NCC offers ‘‘our deepest
sympathy to the families of the vic-
tims and to all who suffer from this
atrocity. Indeed, the whole human
family is diminished.”’

“The obvious anti-Jewish nature
of the attack is a painful reminder of
continuing anti-semitism, an affront
to all human beings,’’ Brouwer
wrote.

Copies of the letter were sent to
four other Jewish organizations with
which, along with the Synagogue
Council of America, the NCC has
particularly close relations through
its Christian-Jewish Relations Office.
Those groups are the American
Jewish Committee, the American
Jewish Congress, the Anti-
Defamation League of B’nai Brith,
and the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations.

A complete text of the
follows:

letter

***

We are shocked and outraged about
the unspeakable horror of the
massacre in Istanbul during Sabbath
services this weekend, Although ex-
tremist terrorist actions occur on a
weekly basis and numb us to horror,
we find ourselves in disbelief that
anyone, for any reason, would
deliberately slaughter members of a
community at worship. This fact that
it was a Jewish community in a
predominately Muslim country fur-
ther complicates the tragedy. The ob-
vious semitism, an affront to all
human beings.

Through you we offer our deepest
sympathy to the families of the vic-
tims and to all who suffer from this
atrocity. Indeed, the whole human
family is diminished.

Be assured of our continuing resolve
to work with you, as a people of faith
toward the day when religious diver-
sity is not only tolerated but
celebrated as a part of the richness of
God’s creation. Even as we work
toward that day, we extend to you
our deepest sympathies in this time of
loss.

Hefner Gets Important
Educational Post

Atlanta—Mississippi Governor
William Allain has appointed Presi-
dent James A. Hefner of Jackson
State University to the Southern
Regional Education Board (SREB)—
the nation’s oldest interstate com-
pact for the advancement of higher
education. President Hefner suc-
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the University of Southern
Mississippi.

The other SREB members from
Mississippi are: Governor Allain,
Thomas D. Bourdeaux of Meridian,
State Senator Carl J. Gordon, Jr., of
Okolona, and Dr. John A. Peoples,
Jr., of Jackson.

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and chairman of the Department of
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house College in Atlanta.

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OCTOBER 20, 1986

The Church of My Choice

On Native Soil

In Nairobi, Kenya, at the Serena
Hotel, July 30-August 1, 1986, a Bi-
centennial Event of Celebration and
Consultation took place in historic
splendor. Under the leadership of the
Ecumenical Officer and bicentennial
Chairman, Bishop Vinton Randolph
Anderson, one hundred and one (101)
AME constituents from across the
length and breadth of the Church
from the Federation of Methodist
Women Assembly and the World
Methodist Conference to launch a
year and a half of subsequent activi-
ties of ‘‘A Liberating and Reconciling
People.”

There is no exaggeration when | de-
clare to you it was, from beginning to
end, an electrifying engagement in
which the keen minds of the 13 home
districts listened, learned and inter-
acted with the perceptive, candid, and
serious minds of the 14th, 15th, 16th,
17th, 18th and 19th Districts in an at-
mosphere of openness and free ex-
pression. There was no muzzling, no
harnessing, no bridling of thought,
just a complete airing and outlining
of needs, hopes and dreams which
spelled out what African Methodism
is and is not doing, and how best to
improve its image in the years to
come through growth and visibility.
The 16 issues raised and presented
will become the benchmark upon
which the entire Bicentennial Com-
mittee will stand as it moves through
its scheduled calendar of events.

Befittingly, this initial event took
place on our ‘“‘mother turf’’ and was
altogether inclusive of the extended
family of Richard and Sarah Allen.
You should have been there! Sitting
in the kingdom to hear some member
speak, to hear some preacher from
the Continent preach, to join in a
song of sweet accord and be a partici-
pant in what will become the most
talked about poignant and heart-
warming consultation African Meth-
odism has known throughout its long
and glorious history.

If it never happens again, it took
place in the Serena where we had to
admit that all was not serene within
our denominational borders. There
was on the part of all in attendance a
deep dedication and dogged determi-
nation to put petty and self-serving
positions aside and work unceasingly
for what is best needed for African
Methodism in the future.

The Issues Committee chaired by
Dr. John W. P. Collier, former Sec-
retary of Missions, held firmly to its
recommendations except for timely
editorial and appropriate amend-
ments. I can see from this kind of
broad format the dawning of a new
day and a new way of deliberating
and communicating one with
another. As a member of that Com-
mittee, I am pledged to watch-dog its
emergence into the other authentic
bodies of the Church until it is shaped
and sharpened into the appropriate
legislation and implementation pro-
cess. Since I know the language and
intent of the issues, I do not want to
see them watered down or compro-
mised away as is so often the case
when political and economic pres-
sures come to bear upon them. I am
glad there were enough witnesses to
its birth who want to see these items
nurtured and maturated into the life
and bloodline of the Church. To be
sure, it won’t be easy.

I leave you to mull over these more

Carroll R. Chambliss
Chaplain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

pertinent issues and solicit your sup-
port in dealing with them as they are
presented to your sphere of opera-
tions as the Bicentennial Year un-
folds:

EPISCOPAL INDIGINIZATION
REALIGNMENT OF DISTRICTS
THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
WHOLISTIC SUPPORT OF MULTI-
EDUCATIONAL GOALS
EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN
ENGAGEMENT IN ECUMENICAL
AFFAIRS

RECOGNITION OF 100 YEARS OF
AME EXISTENCE IN AFRICA
TRAVEL ACCOMMODATIONS TO
CONNECTIONAL MEETINGS
INCLUSION OF CULTURES IN OVER-
ALL ACTIVITIES

AME CHURCH EXPANSION COOR-
DINATION

OVERCOMING ADMINISTRATIVE
STRUCTURE LOOPHOLES
INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNATION-
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COMMITMENT TO LIBERATION
STRUGGLE

ESTABLISHMENT OF AME CHURCH
IN NAIROBI

CONTINUITY OF PROJECTS FROM
ONE ADMINISTRATION TO THE
NEXT

ACCOUNTABILITY OF FUNDS
RAISED FOR OVERSEAS

MISSIONS

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accept the deeper implications of
these issues and by so doing, help the
Church ‘‘roll on’’ into the next cen-
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and distinction. To God be the Glory!

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Continued from page |

Pre-Bicentennial Evangelistic Jubilee A Great Success

Service on Sunday night, 7:30 P.M.,
at Union Bethel A.M.E. Church,
with the connectional Director of
Evangelism, Dr. Y. B. Bruce,
preaching. He was introduced by
Bishop James. Bishop Talbot presid-
ed over the service.

On Monday, 10:15 A.M., the
seminars began with assignments of
participants to workshops on ‘‘Fun-

damental Concepts of Church
Growth”’’: Bishop Howard T.
Primm, retired, convenor; Rev.

Floyd Flake, pastor of Allen A.M.E.
Church, Jamaica, N.Y., presentor;
Rev. Norman V. Osborne, pastor of
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Detroit,
Mich., presentor; on ‘‘Evangelism
Beyond The Eighties,’’ Bishop D.
Ward Nichols, retired, convenor;
presentors: Rev. J. Richard Camp-
bell, pastor of Mt. Olive A.M.E.
Church, Orlando, Fl., and Rev.
Lyman W. Liggins, pastor of Warren
A.M.E. Church, Toledo, Ohio.

The evening Plenary Session was
held from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. on the

topic ‘*The How To of Evangelism,”’
with Bishop Frank Madison Reid,
Jr., convenor and Bishop Ernest L,
Hickman, retired, and Dr, Y. B.
Bruce, Director of Evangelism, as
presentors. Prayer was offered by
Bishop Harold B. Senatle, focusing
on our brothers and sisters in South
Africa, as the closing emphasis of the
session.

Over seven hundred (700) persons
participated in one way or another
throughout the worship, workshop
or plenary session, which was closed
out by the Chairman of the Bi-
centennial Committee, Bishop
Anderson, who promised on behalf
of the Committee that there would
certainly be more celebrations to
come.

To God be the glory and African
Methodist all be the beneficiaries.

Rev. John Q. Owens
Reporter

Continued from page 1

Edwards Walters College Builds Multi-Million Dollar Endowment

ditation in 1984, the college could still
only point to approximately $100,000
in endowment, consisting primarily
of the Bessie Brown Gibson Scholar-
ship fund.

The Southern Association of Col-
leges and Schools (SACS) has repeat-
edly advised the college to diversify
its sources of revenues, by building an
endowment corpus.

In August, the college received
some booster shots in its endowment
arms. First, the college received a
$500,000 challenge grant for endow-
ment from the Title III Challenge
Grant Program of the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education (DOE). Present-
ing the grant recently in the Office of
Mayor Jake M. Godbold were Dr. D.
Ronald Kimberling, Assistant Secre-
tary for Post Secondary Education,
U.S. Department of Education and
U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins.

Almost simultaneously, the college
became a participant in the UNCF
College Endowment Funding Plan
with an investment of $750,000.

“This serves as the catalyst for Ed-
ward Waters College to build the kind
of endowment which will ensure fi-
nancial stability and future
viability,’’ Dr. Cone said of the Title
III Challenge Grant.

The grant will have to be matched
dollar-to-dollar by July 15, 1987.
EWC has already launched an ambi-
tious Endowment Fund drive to en-
courage support from the private sec-
tor in achieving the goal of matching
the grant. The resulting $1,000,000
investment will be placed in an
endowment for 20 years, and because
the interest will be used, is expected to
double—yielding approximately
$2,000,000 by that time.

Bishop Philip R. Cousin, chairman
of EWC’s Board of Trustees and
presiding prelate of the AME
Church’s Eleventh Episcopal District,
has expressed a desire to complete the
fund drive by June 1987, in time for
the Bicentennial celebration of the
AME Church.

As one of six participants in
UNCF’s College Endowment Fund-
ing Plan, EWC has taken a bold step
to further generate a significant en-
dowment.

The College invested $350,000 of
its own money combined with a
$400,000 loan from participating in-

surance companies, providing an in-
vestment package of $750,000.

Under the plan, the insurance com-
panies loan funds to the participating
institutions at an interest rate below
the interest rate on the securities that
will be purchased with the total pack-
age. A 25-year term has been initiated
for the loan, with funds invested at
the rate of six percent.

UNCEF, however, will not have an
interest rate in the assests of the plan
and will not carry liability for the
loans. But it will perform some valua-
ble services for EWC and other
UNCE schools involved in the plan.
These will include selecting an invest-
ment committee, acting as liaison
with the lenders and the institution,
and providing accounting and other
administrative functions.

EWC will receive at least $25,000
annually as interest on the invest-
ment, which can be used for operat-
ing expenses. A major percentage of
the loan principal will also be paid for
by the interest.

In 25 years, at the end of the loan
repayment period, EWC is expected
to have an endowment caucus of ap-
proximately $1.4 million.

“This is an aggressive new thrust
for EWC,’’ Dr. Cone added. ‘‘It rep-
resents a deliberate move to diversify
sources of income to lend more sta-
bility to the institution.”’

While the turbulent storm of cut-
backs and deficits continue to rock
the boats of many of America’s small
and large colleges and universities,
President Cone and his sailors, the
faculty, staff and supporters, believe
EWC will weather the storm.

“‘We have not wavered in our faith
that whatever the mind can conceive,
and the heart truly believes, under
God, you can achieve. It is still our
ultimate goai to build EWC as the
best institution of higher learning in
pursuit of academic excellence on
Planet Earth!’’ assured Dr. Cone.

Contributions to EWC’s Capital
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Seaman Jeff Rogers

San Diego—Nashville, Tennessee’s
Jeff Rogers is a crew member
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“The Navy is helping me attain
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Continued from page 1
Voting Begins ON COCU
Consensus

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the churches for study and response.
It is expected to be recommended to
the churches in revised form at the
next COCU plenary, set for
December 1988, after which it too
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The first at the steps toward visible
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Bethel AME Hosts City of

Miami’s 90th Birthd

by Edrena Houston Brown

Miami, FL — The Black Archives,
History and Research Foundation of
South Florida, Inc., presented the
Pre-Centennial Tea on a recent Sun-
day afternoon at the Greater Bethel
A.M.E. Church, where the Rev. Ira
D. Hinson is pastor.

The celebration commemorated the
90th birthday of the City of Miami
and the Historic Overtown Folklife
Village. Mrs. Carmetta C. Russell,
Centennial Chairman, presided over
the program, which included music
rendered by Bethel’s Mass Choir,
under the direction of Mrs. Naomi
Symonette.

Special tributes, numerous presen-
tations and recognition of organiza-
tions made up much of the program.
The Honorable Mayor Stephen P.
Clark presented a proclamation in
behalf of Greater Bethel A.M.E.
Church, which was organized March
12, 1896. Mrs. Daisy Wilson and Mr.
Ivan Role, Miami, presented a Com-
mendation of Appreciation to the
members of the church and certifi-
cates to individuals who have been
members for fifty or more years. The
Honorable Xavier Suarez, Mayor,
and The Honorable Miller J. Daw-
kins, Vice Mayor, made presentations
to the families of the City of Miami,
Inc.

Numerous organizations were rep-
resented and paid tribute to the his-
toric occasion. Dr. Barbara Carey,
Commissioner of Metro Dade Coun-
ty, acknowledged recognition of Pio-
neer Organizations, which followed a
special salute to Temple Baptist
Church by Lt. Col. (Ret.) Albert L.
Hall, Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees, Black Archives, History and Re-
search Foundation of South Florida.
The Young Adult Choir of Temple
Baptist, under the direction of Fred-
erick Picket, rendered several selec-
tions.

The program concluded with the
presentation of an award to the Ar-
temus Brown family and the dedica-
tion of the Artemus Brown House,
constructed in 1918, which was do-
nated to the Black Archives, History
and Research Foundation of South
Florida. Mrs. Dorothy J. Fields,
founder and Chief Activist of the
Black Archives Foundation, present-
ed this accolade.

Bs

Rev. Dr. Ira D. Hinson

“‘Operation Clean Sweep,’’ Over-
town’s clean-up campaign, presented
speakers James E. Evans, Adminis-
trator/Coordinator Black Archives,
History and Research Foundation;
Donald F. Benjamin, Chairman,
Overtown Advisory Board; and
Charlotte St. John, Executive Direc-
tor, ‘‘Keep Dade Beautiful, Inc.”’

Following the Tea reception, Beth-
el’s pastor, Rev. Hinson, who had
earlier expressed his’ appreciation for
the recognition given to members of
the church, pronounced the benedic-
tion, bringing to a close what had
been an inspiring, motivating and
successful event.

ay Celebration

Editor Reid Preaches Revival
In The State of Kansas

Kansas City, KS — The membership
of First A.M.E. Church were witness-
es to an exciting time of renewal when
the editor of the Christian Recorder,
Rev. R. H. Reid, Jr., came to serve as
revivalist. Each night’s service
brought a full choir, several preachers
and from four to six hundred persons
to worship and praise the Lord.

Editor R. H. Reid, Jr.

The inimitable Rev. Dr. Charles P.
Lucas, the dynamic and successful
pastor of First A.M.E. Church, with
remarkable foresight had everything
so well organized for the revival serv-
ices that all Dr. Reid had to do was to
stand and declare the Word of
God—and that he did to the glory of
God.

Among the several clergypersons in
attendance were the former pastor,
Dr. Solomon Hill, and Presiding
Elder E. Lewis Branch. The preachers
supporting the services with their
presence gave every indication that
they were appreciative hearers of the
Word as delivered by the ‘‘preaching
editor.’’

An air of expectancy was present
on the closing night of the revival.
Preaching with power and authority
each night, Rev. Reid had endeared
himself to the hearts of his listeners
and many had returned to enjoy the
final night of worship. They were not
disappointed. The choir was in high
spirit, the pastor was most enthusias-
tic in his presentation, and Editor
Reid exceeded his preaching of the
previous nights as he delivered his
final message.

Dr. Jacquelyn Grant Speaker
For 39th Annual Assembly

Dr. Jacquelyn Grant led the 39th
Annual Assembly in_ bibical-
theological reflections. She is assis-
tant professor of theology at In-
terdenominational Theological
Center in Atlanta.

A native of Georgetown, South
Carolina, Dr. Grant and two of her
five sisters entered the ministry as did
their father, Reverend Joseph J.
Grant. She received the Master of
Philosophy, and in May of 1985 com-
pleted her requirements for the Ph.D.
in Systematic Theology, from the
Union Theological Seminary in New
York.

Dr. Grant has taught at the ITC
since 1980. An ordained Elder in the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church, Grant serves as Associate
Minister at Flipper Temple A.M.E.
Church in Atlanta, Georgia. She is
the founder and director of Black
Women in Church and Society, a
program which seeks to enhance the
participation of women in the church
and society and provides leadership

training to develop necessary support
structures.

Dr. Grant is a much sought after
speaker throughout the United
States, Europe and Africa. She is a
widely published author, with
numerous awards and citations for
outstanding contributions to
ministry. She has been featured in
several national magazines, including
Ebony Magazine in its tribute to
“Women to Watch in the 80’s.”’

Dr. Grant holds membership in the
Ecumenical Association of Third
World Theologians, the Commission
on World Mission and Evangelism
and the Commission on Faith and Or-
der of the World Council of Church-
es.

SSS

God is a
Good
God
—— ES

il

Dr. Charles P. Lucas

The 1986 revival at First A.M.E.
Church closed on a high evangelistic
note as the people rejoiced, thanking
Pastor Lucas and Editor Reid for the
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The AME Christian Recorder

The Bicentennial Notebook

From Peggy Pinder’s Pen

THE FREE AFRICAN SOCIETY
was organized in 1787 under the lead-
ership of Richard Allen and Absalom
Jones. From that Society emerged the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
and Saint Thomas Episcopal Church.
St. Thomas is located in Philadelphia
at Parrish Street and Absalom Jones
Way. Father Robert E. DuBose, Jr.,
is the present leader of this affluent
church family. Because of the obvi-
ous camaraderie between our Bishop
Richard Allen and Rev. Jones and the
present existing fellowship of the
churches, we are sharing the church
history.

Ms. Peggy E. Pinder

The Free African Society in Phila-
delphia was organized for benevolent
as well as for religious purposes. Ab-
salom Jones and the society eventual-
ly organized as St. Thomas African
Church in 1792. On the 17th of July,
1794, St. Thomas African Church
was formally opened in its new edifice
at Fifth and Adelphia Streets, thus
marking this event as the first regular-
ly organized religious body among
the colored people of the Episcopal
persuasion. It was chartered by the
State of Pennsylvania in 1796. Absa-
lom Jones was ordained deacon in
1795 by the Rt. Reverend William
White, first Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of PA, and as priest in 1804.
St. Thomas affiliated with the estab-
lished Episcopal Church, but it was
not given equal status until the time
of the Civil War (1864).

St. Thomas Church, with Absalom
Jones as its first rector, became a
great educational power among the
people of the early republic. He, with
Richard Allen, rendered yeoman
service in the yellow fever scourge
that gripped Philadelphia in the year
1793. In 1796, an insurance company
was started and operated for some
time. All of its officers were members
of St. Thomas Church, led by the
Rev. Mr. Jones.

The Vestry of St. Thomas estab-
lished a day school in 1804 for the in-
struction of youth. In 1809, a society
was formed by the leading men of
that day for the suppression of vice
and immorality among Negroes of
this community. In 1797, when the
first African Lodge of Philadelphia
was warranted, Absalom Jones was
installed by Grand Master Prince
Hall as the first Worshipful Master of
the Lodge. In 1815, with the formula-
tion of the first independent African
Grand Lodge of PA, Absalom Jones
was elected as the first Grand Master,
and served two years.

The historical record reveals that
the ‘‘black presence’’ was felt every-
where during the Revolutionary era,
although it was frequently ignored at
the time and minimized in later years,
The fathers of St. Thomas Church
were men of wonderful patience and
deeply imbued with self-reliance and
determination. They were never sup-

pliant and possessed a high quality of
self-respect that has characterized this
church down through the years.

At the death of Absalom Jones,
there were no men of color properly
prepared to take his place, and the
pulpit was filled with white clergymen
until the arrival of William Douglass,
who served the church from 1834 un-
til his death in 1862.

We expressed our thanks to the
members of Saint Thomas Church
for the above accounting of their his-
tory, and had a chance to reminisce
over the 1940’s and 50’s on growing
up in West Philadelphia. There was a
unity among the black people and it
did not matter much what church you
belonged to, because the pastors and
their families lived in the neighbor-
hood and their children attended the
schools with other members of vari-
ous congregations.

The Presbyterian, Episcopal and
Catholic churches were known for
their socials in the fellowship halls,
and the Baptist, Methodists, etc.,
whether they admit it or not, used to
meet at these well-chaperoned events.
At St. Thomas, there were always
youth activities.

The late Father Jesse F. Anderson,
rector from 1944-1975, was an out-
spoken civil rights advocate. His son,
John, was elected a Councilman-at-
large here in Philadelphia and, before
that, served as an attorney to Coun-
cil. Councilman Anderson spoke at
Hickman Temple A.M.E.C. for the
Lay Organization and will long be re-
membered for his promotion of St.
Thomas Episcopal Church and for
his drive to promote peace and unity
in the black Christian community.

My Youth
Congress

Experience

Little Rock, Ark.—I was very excited
as we got introduced to each other.
We heard interesting speakers on
various topics. We went to interest
groups and discussed our
achievements and sadness from this
year, and how we may continue to
grow stronger in our religious beliefs
and convictions.

We heard a_ very informative
message from Rev. Frank Reid, III,
known as ‘‘Rambo.’’ His message
was an inspiration to me.

On our last day, I was very sleepy,
but I was awakened by a very
pleasurable sight and sound. One of
the best, if not the best, church ser-
vices I’ve heard and enjoyed in a long
time. The choir was the greatest.
Their songs were uplifting. Rev. Reid
spoke about how all of us go to
church for the wrong reasons. God
asks us to go to church to praise Him.
Let us all do that in God’s name. We
owe Him everything.

Miss Shanna Woodley represented
St. Andrew A.M.E. Church and was
awarded 4th place in the Miss
Debutante Pageant.

The meeting was very educational
and informative. Bishop and Mrs.
Brookins were the greatest host and
hostess.

I would like to thank St. Andrew
A.M.E. Church, Pastor Cleaver,
Mrs. Finley and Mrs. Butler for elec-
ting me as a delegate to the Congress.
I will try to do as God would have me
do, and grow stronger living by His
Word. Our theme was ‘‘Getting It
Fixed in ’86,’’ with a theme song,
“Jesus Will Work It Out.”’

lam very glad I attended the Chris-
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Master Anthony McPeace

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The AME. Christian Recorder

OCTOBER 20, 1986

LL ee SSENSEENEEEEEEEEEEE:
Gone, But Not Forgotten

Reverend Harvey Lee Vaughn,
Sr., was born on March 28, 1902, in
Wagner, Oklahoma. He was the
eldest of two sons born to Henry and
Alice Vaughn. They preceded him in
death.

Rev. Vaughn spent his early
childhood in Choteau, Oklahoma; his
family later moved to Wichita, Kan-
sas which became his home. He
received his education in Wichita.
He met, fell in love and married
Juanita Daniels on February 25,
1933. To this union were born five
children: Clarence, Harvey (deceas-
ed), Manual, Helen and Alice.

Rev. Vaughn was licensed to
preach in January 1933, by the
Reverend R. S. Everett. He was or-
dained a deacon in 1935, and was or-
dained an elder in 1937 by Bishop N.
W. Williams. He pastored churches
in Kansas and Missouri.

In 1949, he was appointed to serve
as a Presiding Elder in the Fifth

Josephine A. Armstrong was born
on November 15, 1914, in Chicago,
Illinois; she died on August 16, 1986.
She moved to Nashville, Tennessee,
in infancy and attended the
Nashville Public Schools, graduating
from Tennessee State University.

As an evidence of her belief in the
supreme importance of a good
spiritual life, in her youth she ac-
cepted Christ as her Lord and
Master and united with the member-
ship of the Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church. She was a
devoted and loyal member, regular
in attendance, contributing her
finances, and a participant in the
Bethel Pride Club until illness
removed her from the mainstream of
everyday life. She was a devoted,
lovely and precious family member
who, too, cared about her family and
everyone she knew.

During her period of employment,
she worked forty-four years at Avco
Corporation, In her many obliga-
tions and responsibilities, she met

Obituary

District of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, which would
become his lifetime work until his
retirement in 1982, He was honored
with a great retirement service on
December 10, 1982.

Presiding Elder Vaughn continued
to offer advice and counsel to those
in need, even after his retirement.
Within recent years, his health
began to fail; however, that did not
change his love for and commitment
to the work of the church. He re-
mained as active as his health per-
mitted.

On Tuesday, June 3, 1986, the
Lord answered his call as He had so
many times before, and gave him the
peace he prayed for.

Reverend Harvey Lee Vaughn,
Sr., touched the lives of many and
will be missed by his children, fif-
teen grandchildren, one son-in-law,
three daughters-in-law, other
relatives, friends and ministerial col-

leagues.

and made many friends among
employers and employees, all of
whom loved her.

On November 8, 1943, she was
united in Holy Matrimony to Mr.
Walter Witherspoon Armstrong,
and to this union no children were
born.

She leaves to mourn her passing a
devoted husband, Mr. Walter
Witherspoon Armstrong; loving
stepdaughter and son-in-law, Mrs.
Gwendolyn (James) Wilson; brother,
Bishop H. Thomas Primm, Denver,
Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Emma P.
Hamilton, Chicago, Illinois, and Mrs.
Lutha Horne, Nashville, Tennessee;
three grandchildren, Mrs. Ann Lon-
don, Mrs. Rhonda McCray, Colum-
bia, South Carolina, and Mr. Darryl
Harris; three great-grandchildren,

Jeremy London, Brian McCray and’

Camille McCray; four sisters-in-law,
Mrs. Julia Swann, Mrs. Goldie Arm-
strong, Mrs. Mildred Primm and
Mrs. Annie Primm; nieces; nephews;
many other relatives and friends and
dear friend Ms. Elizabeth Wynn.

Bishop’s Death Ends ‘Piece Of History’

Grand Rapids, Mich. — Bishop Mar-
jorie Swank Matthews, a ‘‘second
career’ minister who became the first
woman bishop of the United
Methodist Church, died June 30. She
would have been 70 years old on July
11. She had undergone surgery for
cancer in February.

Bishop Matthews, the first female
bishop of any major denomination in
modern times, was elected in 1980
and led the United Methodists’
Wisconsin Annual Conference for
four years before her retirement in
1984.

As a delegate to the World Council
of Churches’ 6th assembly in Van-
couver, British Columbia in 1983, she
was the first woman bishop to ad-
dress a WCC plenary session.

The diminutive gray-haired cleric,
who had entered the ministry at age
47, was elected a bishop by the
Methodists’ North Central Jurisdic-
tion July 17, 1980, in Dayton, Ohio,
in a hotly contested election that ran
to 30 ballots — a record at that time
in the denomination. Since Bishop

Matthews’ election, two more women
have become United Methodist
bishops.

Bishop Judith Craig, head of the
Michigan Area, said, ‘‘I feel like
we’re watching a piece of history take
a turn. I’m very much aware of my
indebtedness to her. I believe
historians will see her election as one
of those breakthrough moments
when a new thing happened. A
stream was set forth that will never be
stopped.”’

Bishop Leontine Kelly, the UMC’s
first black woman bishop and head
of the church’s San Francisco Area,
said, ‘‘As the first woman bishop of
any major denomination in Christen-
dom, Marjorie Matthews really forg-
ed a way for women as episcopal
leaders and not only in the United
Methodist Church. She modeled in a
very lonely role what it meant to be
an authority figure in a powerful
Council of Bishops. She was a very
brilliant woman who had a good deal
of personal suffering, but she always
overcame with joy. She was tiny of
stature, but there was a great deal of
power in her. She was a great lady.

’ bishops,

Obituary

Wallace Edgar Carter was born in
Elgin (Travis County) Texas,
January 31, 1910. His early educa-
tion began in Elgin and continued
later in Fort Worth, Texas. He pro-
fessed faith in Christ in his young
years. When he moved to Dallas,
Texas, he joined St. Paul A.M.E.
Church. It was from St. Paul that he
entered the ministry in 1940, He
went home to be at rest, Tuesday
morning, July 15, 1986, from St. Paul
Hospital after many weeks of
serious illness

Prior to his career in the A.M.E.
ministry, Carter operated a grocery
store in Fort Worth and later one in
West Dallas. He also served as a chef
for Tiche’s Department Store and
was a cooking instructor for the
Veteran’s Administration school in
West Dallas after World War II. He
was successful in all his undertak-
ings which included presenting the
Federation of Choirs in the State
Fair Coliseum.

Warren Chapel A.M.E. Church
was Rev. Carter’s first pastorate.
He pastored Johnson Chapel A.M.E.
Church, Fort Worth, Texas, next.
He was returned to Dallas and sent
to his home church, St. Paul, where

he added the present educational
building. From this accomplishment
he was assigned to Bethel A.M.E.,
Dallas, and, later, Payne Chapel
A.M.E. Church, Houston, where he
liquidated the mortgage. In these
pastorates, he was married to Nina
Marie Carter, who preceded him in
death, He later married Addie Lee
Patterson of Houston,

His last pastorate was Smith
Chapel A.M.E. Church, where he li-
quidated the mortgage on the par-
sonage at 5015 Rockport Drive, and
that on the church, during his seven
years of service. He retired in 1980
because of ill health.

Rev. Carter was a 32° Mason,
belonging to Pride of Dallas Lodge
#135 and Dale Consistory #31.

His parents having long since
preceded him in death, he now
leaves to mourn his passing his wife,
Addie Lee Patterson Carter; one
foster daughter, Mrs. Della C.
Mathis of Waco, Texas; an aunt,
Mrs. Jessie Lee Jones of Houston;
three cousins, Mrs. Freddie Alexan-
dria of Houston; Mrs. Ruth Griffin of
Bakersfield, CA, and Rev. C. Bishop
of Dallas; two nieces-in-law, Vera L.
Jones and Lola Staten of Dallas; and
a host of other relatives and friends.

In Retrospect

Closed Doors—When God shuts a door
He opens a window.

The late Rev. R. A. Archibald, Sr.,
joined New Bethel A.M.E. Church,
Columbus, Georgia, at an early age.
Heeding the call of our Heavenly
Father, Rev. Archibald entered the
ministry. He was ordained Itinerate
Deacon October 16, 1927, and or-
dained Itinerate Elder October 16,
1938, by the late Bishop W. A. Foun-
tain.

Rev. Archibald was a leader and
disciple in the Master’s vineyard,
having given 53 years of service, of
which one year was in the South
Georgia Conference and the remain-
ing 52 years in the Southwest
Georgia Conference.

Rev. Archibald served under eight
pastored a number of

Dr. Gussie Davison Moore, a well
known community leader in educa-
tion, civic and religious affairs, pass-
ed on July 21, 1986, following an ex-
tended illness. She was born Octo-
ber 28, 1908, in Thomaston, Georgia,
to the late Mr. Charles Davison and
Mrs. Martha Drake Davison.

Dr. Moore received her early
education in the public schools of
Georgia, after which she completed
her undergraduate and graduate
education at Atlanta University.
The honorary degree, Doctor of
Humanities, was conferred in 1977.

During her professional career,
she served as a teacher and super-
visor in Georgia. During her tenure
of service in Dekalb County, she was
honored as the “Teacher of the
year” at Hamilton High School in
1968.

Her early religious training was
received at the St. Mary’s A.M.E.
Church, Thomaston, Georgia, which
laid the foundation for her
remarkable Christianb service. She
married the late Rev. J. Roy Moore
with whom she rendered dedicated

Obituary

charges, presided over two districts:
the Talbotton and Blakely-Donal-
sonville Districts. At the time of his
demise, Rev. Archibald was pastor-
ing Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church,
Cuthbert, Georgia.

Accomplishments:

Built St. James A.M.E. Church,
Georgetown, Ga.
Built Bethel
Shellman, Ga.
Built St. Paul C.M.E. Church,
Richland, Ga.

Built Evan Chapel C.M.E. Church,
Preston, Ga.

Built the Annex of Wesley Chapel
A.M.E. Church, Blakely, Ga.
Renovated the Annex of Allen Tem-
ple A.M.E. Church, Columbus, Ga.
Renovated Wesley Chapel A.M.E.
Church, Blakely, Ga.

A.M.E. Church,

service during her pastorship in the
A.M.E. Church in Georgia. Dr.
Moore later joined the Flipper Tem-
ple A.M.E. Church, where she re-
mained a faithful member until her
death.

She was an active, dynamic
member of the A.M.E. Ministers’
Wives Club, A.M.E. Missionary
Society, Criteria Club, Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, Inc., Phyllis
Wheatley Y.W.C.A., Know Your
neighbors Club, Georgia Federation
of Women and Atlanta University
Alumni Association. She was
honored as Bronze Women of the
Year in Religion 1965 in Atlanta, Ga.
She was a member of the Mary and
Martha Society.

Dr. Gussie D. Moore is survived
by a devoted cousin, Mildred D.
Johnson of Atlanta, Georgia; a foster
daughter, Mrs. Mattie Toles of
Atlanta, Georgia; a sister and
brother, Mrs. Lila Walker and
Charles Davison of Thomaston,
Georgia; five grandchildren, several
nieces and nephews and a host of
other relatives and friends.

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ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THIRD EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REY. R. A. HILDEBRAND
NORTH OHIO
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 22-26, 1986
St. James A.M.E. Church
8401 Cedar Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44103
Church Telephone: (216) 231-3562
Pastor's Telephone: (216) 268-4087
The Rev. Elmo A. Bean, Host Pastor
The Rev. Sheridan E. Lancaster,
Host P.E.
Annual Sermon:

The Rev. Donald Jacobs

SEVENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. FREDERICK C. JAMES

SOUTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 22-26, 1986
Trinity AME Church
677 Meeting Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29403
The Rev. Clifton Miller, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (803) 723-5390
Pastor’s Telephone: (803) 723-9788
The Rev. Alonzo Middleton, Host P.E.

PIEDMONT SOUTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 5-9, 1986
Bethel AME Church
808 S. Fant Street
Anderson, South Carolina 29621
The Rev. J. J. James, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (803) 224-2609
Pastor’s Telephone: (803) 224-2609
The Rev. Castell Jackson, Host P.E.

CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 12-16, 1986
Bethel AME Church
316 Railroad Avenue
St. Matthews, South Carolina
The Rev. R. A. Brown, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (803) 874-2616
Pastor’s Telephone: (803) 874-2616
The Rev. B. P. Boston, Host P.E.

THE 1986-1987 SEVENTH DISTRICT
PLANNING SESSION
November 28-29, 1986

EIGHTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
A.M.E. CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. DONALD G. K. MING

CENTRAL LOUISIANA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 22-26, 1986
Behtel A.M.E. Church
-910 Meriam Street
Plaquemine, LA 70764
The Rev. J. K. Holliday, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (504) 222-6832
The Rev. E. D. Williams, Host P.E.

LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 5-9, 1986

St. Paul A.M.E. Church
420 Church Street
Bogalusa, Louisiana 70427
The Rev. Joseph Cyprian, Host Pastor
Church Telephone: (504) 796-3495

The Rev. M. J. Black, Sr., Host P.E.
The Rev. F. B. Hitchens, Assoc. P.E.
The Rev. T. C. Johnson, Assoc. P.E.
The Rev. Elijah Nelson, Assoc. P.E.

PLANNING MEETING
November 14-15, 1986

MISSIONARY CONVENTION MEETINGS
To be held one day before the opening of
each Annual Conference.

NINTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
A.M.E, CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. FRANK M. REID, JR.
MRS, IRENE B. REID
EPISCOPAL SUPERVISOR

NORTH ALABAMA CONFERENCE
BRANCH WMS
October 21, 1986
NORTH ALABAMA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 22-24, 1986
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
141 South Cherokee Street
Florence, Alabama 35630
Church Telephone: (205) 764-3900
Pastor’s Telephone: (205) 766-1059
The Rev. W. N. Huggins, Host Pastor
The Rev. R. W. Hilson, Host P.E.

TENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. REMBERT E. STOKES

TENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
PLANNING MEETING
October 29, 1986
Paul Quinn College
Waco, Texas 76704

ELEVENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. PHILIP R. COUSIN
MRS. MARGARET JOANN COUSIN
EPISCOPAL SUPERVISOR

EAST FLORIDA
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 22-26, 1986
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
85 Central Avenue
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Church Telephone: (904) 829-3918
Pastor’s Telephone: (904) 829-3918
The Rev. F. D. Richardson, Jr.,
Host Pastor
84 St. Benedict Street
St. Augustine, FL 32084

BAHAMA ISLANDS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
November 14-16, 1986
Robinson-Morris Chapel
A.M.E. Church

Nassau, Bahamas
Church Telephone: (809) 322-1834

Pastor’s Telephone: (809) 323-7637
The Rev. J. M. Sands, Host Pastor
P. O. Box 2344
Nassau, Bahamas

EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
PLANNING MEETING
November 21-22, 1986

TWELFTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. H. H. BROOKINS

MRS. BONITA C. BROOKINS,
EPISCOPAL SUPERVISOR

TWELFTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
PLANNING COUNCIL
October 21-22, 1986
Bethel A.M.E. Church
815 West 16th Street
(16th & State Streets)
Church Telephone: (501) 374-2891
The Rev. J. J. Brown, Host P. E.

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THIRTEENTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT
AME CHURCH
ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
THE RT. REV. C, E, THOMAS

TENNESSEE CONFERENCE
BRANCH W.M.S.
October 22
TENNESSEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
October 23-26
Payne Chapel A.M.E. Church
Nashville, TN 37206
Church Telephone: (615) 262-3675
Pastor’s Telephone: (615) 320-1532
The Rev. K. S. Robinson, Host Pastor
The Rev. B. R. Booker, Host P. E.
The Rev. W. F. Scruggs, Co-Host P. E.
Annual Sermon: The Rev. H. L. Wilson
Missionary Sermon: The Rev. W. S. Love
Operation Andrew Sermon:
The Rev. Edgar Mayham

PLANNING MEETING
October 29, 1986
Lee Chapel A.M.E. Church
Nashville, TN 37208

Church Telephone: (615) 320-0260

Pastor’s Telephone: (615) 320-1978

The Rev. L. C. Adkins, Host Pastor

The Rev. W. F. Scruggs, Host P. E.
The Rev. B. R. Booker, Co-Host P. E.

Nation’s Black Colleges Ask
Alumni To Give $8 Million

Graduates of the nation’s 114
black colleges and universities are be-
ing asked to contribute over $8
million to increase financial support
for black higher education through a
fund-raising project titled ‘‘Payback
86.

Last year’s fund-raising efforts in
this project totaled over $4 million,
said Hilliard L. Lackey, national
coordinator of ‘‘Payback ’86’’ and
director of Alumni Affairs at
Jackson State University. This is the
second year the project has been con-
ducted.

The funds were used to help pay
delinquent accounts and establish
scholarships at historically black col-
leges and universities across the na-
tion, said Lackey.

“‘We’re asking graduates of these
institutions again this year to send a
minimum of $10 to their respective
alma maters to help offset the finan-
cial shortfall that black colleges are
continuing to experience,’’ said
Lackey.

The fund raiser is being sponsored
by the Council of National Alumni
Associations, a group of college
alumni administrators who are focus-
ing attention on the need to preserve
black institutions of higher learning.

These black colleges have
graduated more than 80 percent of
black graduates, although black col-
lages have only 43 percent of the
black college enrollment, Lackey
added.

Black colleges, in addition to
graduating the majority of all black
graduates, have virtually trained all
of the black leadership in this coun-
try, Lackey said.

Eighty-five percent of the
country’s black lawyers were
graduated from black colleges, 85
percent of all black physicians, 75
percent of all blacks with earned doc-
torates, 75 percent of all black of-
ficers in the American armed ser-
vices, 50 percent of all black ex-

ecutives, and 80 percent of the black
judges.

Contributions for the fund-raising
project should be made payable to
the respective institution, earmarked
‘‘Payback ’86,’’ and mailed to the
school’s Office of Alumni Affairs.
Non-alumni gifts are acceptable and
may be mailed to the historically
black institution of the donor’s
choice.

CNAA will announce the in-
dividual college totals and the grand
total at the Annual Black College
Day Rally in Atlanta, Ga.

For more information, please con-
tact Lackey at the JSU Office of
Alumni Affairs, P.O. Box 17746,
Jackson, Miss. 39217 or telephone
(601) 968-2281.

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Anthony Williams. An extension of the
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Women’s Ordination Threatens Church

by Emily Onyango

Views by Mrs. Sarah Nkele Mathahare
A.M.E. delegate from South Africa, in
attendance at the 7th Assembly of World
Federation of Methodist Women meeting
in Nairobi, Kenya.

So great is the impact of women’s
contribution in American churches
that the US Episcopal Anglican
Church recently declared its intention
to name a woman bishop.

The ordination of women has
sparked off controversy in the entire
Angelican Church as recently leaders
of the 65 million members church
worldwide were engaged in a closed
door meeting in the Canadian city of
Toronto over the issue. According to
traditionists the ordination of a
woman might spark off a split in the
church. But the titular leader of the
Anglican Church, Archbishop
Robert Runcie, who supports
women’s ordination in the church of
England aptly declared that the
“question of women bishops was not
an issue of equal rights’’ or ‘‘admis-
sion to top jobs.”’

““In the Methodist Church
worldwide, their stand is clear, as the
president of the Methodist Federa-
tion, South and Eastern Africa put it,
it is mot an issue as the church has
gone ahead and ordained women as
priests. In Kenya we already have two
Methodist priests. The ordination of
women and definition of their role in
the churches worldwide has con-
tinued to be a source of thorny and
controversial debates. The power of
women is universally acknowledged
and traditionally she has provided
good work for the church and the
community.

These were some of the sentiments
expressed at the 7th Assembly of the
World Federation of Methodist
Women at the University of Nairobi.
Women from three quarters of the
world are food producers and play
active roles in church activities all
over the world yet their contribution
remains unappreciated. According to
a South African delegate to the con-
ference attended by more than 1,000
Federation members from all over
the world, the powerful and dynamic
resource the church has in its women
is woefully underutilised.

Alonzo Poter Holly —

Dr. Holly discusses the topic: ”’The
Negro in the Bible.” His arguments and
conclusions deserve the candid and
dispassinate consideration of all who
seek light upon the Negro’s ancestry,
achievements and promise from the
viewpoint of Hebrew literature and
Christian history.

[he AME Christian Recorder

Mrs. Sarah Nkele Matlahare who
in her way has championed the cause
of women in a country torn by in
stituuionalised racism feels that the
women situation in Africa is even
worse, It is a painfully slow process.
In some of the western nations, US
particularly, women have done better
and their level of participation in
ministry work is much higher com
pared to that of their African
counterparts. Mrs. Matlahare is of
the view that without the labour of
women churches
would have closed their doors for
lack of funds and support. She notes
that since in most churches women
outnumber men, it was just logical

societies, many

that for the church to be successful in
its commission the inclusion of
women is a must for its full function.

Matlahare dismisses the concept
that the woman was created out of
the man’s rib and therefore is inferier
to man and until women are given
full equality in the church, the church
is guilty of denying profound
theological truths. Matlahare, who
majored in English, Psychology,
Communication and Bible Study
from the University of South Africa
and a member of the African
Episcopal Church, Orlando West,

About Your
Health

Psychological Disorders

“The Manic Person”

There are innumerable different
psychotic behaviors. The person ex-
periencing an acute manic attack
will be hyperactive, extremely ver-
bose (the flow of talk in some kind of
psychoses) and angry if his activities
are inhabited.

There is a reduced need for sleep
and an outburst above the ordinary,
of ideas with a feeling of high spirits,
poor judgment, fantasies, plans and
the person is remarkedly overactive,
talkative, and maybe in an acutely
excited state. Persons who are
manic lack awareness of the social
and satisfaction of their activities,
which may cause extreme embar-
rassment and economic harship. He
often assumes an attitude of great
intimate feeling and may become
angry if not responded to in an over-
friendly way. Psychiatric Consulta-
tion is suggested and involuntary
hospitalization may be recommended.

It may be difficult to convince a
manic person of the necessity for
hospitalization, although homebound
therapy with medicine which is ef-
fective in the treatment of mental
and emotional disturbances and
severe anxiety, can at times be
undertaken when there is sufficient
environmental support to protect
the person from the consequences of
the psychosis.

Edith D. Billingsly
Health and Welfare Representative

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delivered the keynote address on
“Growing in Christ’ at the opening
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Matlahare decries the practice by
some churches which have highly
competent women who can use their
talents and knowledge to strengthen
congregations, and yet those church
es keep men even when they mess
up things. Matlahare in her address
argues that while Christ never spelled
out men’s and women’s roles, the
ideal woman may not necessarily be
the one who confines herself to
various self limiting labours dictated
by a few traditions. ‘*Christ is more
interested in what we are and what
our heart’s attitude is rather than the
role we are playing,’’ she observes.

Matlahare adds that it is not
enough for women to blindly follow
traditions and customs that have
made them inferior to men as they
can best choose the good parts of a
culture and leave aside what demands
then. ane

Prisilla, a refugee from Rome,
played an important role in the
founding and establishment of
churches, while Lydia of the Gospels
was a successful business woman and
the first woman convert in Europe.

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