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Southern Baptists trying
to stop internal fighting
Associated Press
DALLAS — Southern Baptists es
tablished a “peace committee” rep
resenting both moderates and fun
damentalists Wednesday to try to
end the battling that has shaken
America’s largest Protestant denom-
ination.
But at the same time, a move to
replace new members of another
committee, set up through the presi
dent’s appointive powers for choos
ing institutional trustees, ran into
complications.
The Rev. Charles Stanley, the
newly re-elected president and the
champion of a fundamentalist wing
in the convention, ruled blanket re
placement of the committee out of
order, but a challenge to the ruling
put it to a drawn-out ballot vote. Re
sults were not immediately disclosed.
The president’s appointive au
thority, allowing him gradually to
control the denomination’s 20 na
tional agencies and seminaries with
budgets totalling $130 million, has
been at the crux of the factional con
flict.
The Rev. Jim Slatton of Rich
mond, Va., said he proposed the
committee substitutions to restore
trust and eliminate suspicions about
the committee makeup by replacing
it with known, elected state leaders.
“The one chance this body has for
eace is to adopt a committee this
ody can trust,” Slatton told the con
vention. A record 45,266 registered
“messengers” or voting delegates at
tended this year’s assembly to elect
the president of the SBC.
The “peace committee” was sup
ported by both Stanley, of Atlanta,
and the moderate-backed Amarillo
pastor he defeated in the race for
the presidency.
Stanley captured 55.3 percent of
the vote while the Rev. W. Winfred
Moore, the moderate challenger, re
ceived 44.7 percent. Moore was then
overwhelmingly elected first vice
president.
The plan sets up a 20-member
panel to examine causes of the con
flict, including inquiries at semina
ries and agencies, and recommend
ing means to resolve it.
The Rev. Franklin Paschall of
Nashville said to the conciliation
group: “Southern Baptists have
been on a collision course. We have
already suffered damage and wreck
and worse is yet to come unless we
change course.”
Several seminary presidents ad
dressed the convention, also urging
an end to the bickering, but indicat
ing that they are determined to pro
tect the academic standards of their
institutions.
Fundamentalists have charged lib
eral tendencies in those institutions,
a charge moderates call a smoke
screen for a power drive.
The Rev. Russell Dildayjr., presi
dent of Southwestern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary at Fort Worth, said
seminaries would not yield to funda
mentalist pressures to impose“res-
trictive and narrow” views of the Bi
ble.
The Rev. Jerry Falwell, head of
the conservative Moral Majority,
praised Stanley’s re-election, saying
he will further conservative causes.
“His re-election against a massive
attempt by theological liberals to un
seat him is indication of the strength
of conservative Christians inside the
Southern Baptist Convention,” Fal
well said in a telephone interview
from Lynchburg, Va.
Stanley was a founding member
of the Moral Majority, but stepped
down from its board to take the SBC.
presidency.
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ollege Station resident has
selected to tour with Up With
Seople next fall, but she still needs to
raise $2800 by Friday to pay bet
$5800 tuition to the non profit
group.
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lun to (he 550-membei group,
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member performs and travels with
the group for two semesters, she
said.
Robertson has a lot of work with
Up With People ahead of her and
she is elated. “I feel wonderful and
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forms for high schools and nursing
homes as well as for the general pub-'
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She said she heard about the
group coming to perform in Bryan-
C,ollege Station and decided to try
out.
“Aftei a concert, the group inter
views people who are interested in
joining. Robertson said
Robertson said her first interview
was with a young woman from Scan
dinavia and a young man from Mon
tana.
“We laughed and talked; they
made me feel wonderful,” she said.
She said she was granted a second
interview that evening.
“We finished the second interview
around 11:45 p.m. and by that time
we were both tired,” Robertson said.
After slide presentations, applica
tions and interviews, Robertson said
all she could do was wait. Ten thou
sand people around the world try
out for the 550-member group each
year.
On June 1 the phone call from
Arizona came and Robertson sud
denly found herself in the public
eye.
“It s been so exciting,” she said
“This is def initely for me
Robertson said she leaves July 18
for five weeks of training before
touring with the group.
“It’s possible’by the second semes
ter that I’ll go overseas and per
form,” she said. 1 he group also
plans to perform at the 1986 Su
perbowl.
“When we travel, we stay with host
families who take care of us,” she
said. Eighty to one hundred families
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volunteer to house the members, she
said.
Robertson described Up With
People as a completely professional
organization, whose purpose is to
generate a positive attitude &mong
people.
“The group performs at prisons
and nursing homes to bring a little
joy to the people,” she said.
Up With People is a non-profit or
ganization and members receive no
money for their time with the group,
she said. Businesses or individuals
can help Robertson pay her tuition
fee. She says they can call her at 696-
2602.
“I like the idea of having sponsors
because it gets the community in
volved, and after all, that’s what it’s
all about,” she said.
CS Council to discuss
area cable TV service
Area cable television service is
scheduled for discussion by the
College Station City Council dur
ing their meeting tonight.
The cable television issue was
placed on the agenda after an an
nouncement by McCaw Cablevi-
sion that local cable service wilfbe
subject to several changes in July.
These changes are as follows:
•A Basic package of five chan
nels will be offered for $4 per
month. The channels that will be
included are Bryan’s , KBTX
(CBS), College Station’s KAMLI
(PBS), Dallas independent
KTVT, Temples KCEN (ABC)
and the Electronic Program
Guide.
•A Broadcast package, consis
ting of eight channels, will be of
fered to Basic package subscrib
ers at an additional cost of $2 —
$6 per month. Customers who
purchase this package also would
have to pay a $250 installation lee
for a custom-built filter
•Because of the cost of carry
ing Chicago’s WGN, McC aw had
planned to replace the station
with CNN Headline Service But
after negative reaction from area
residents, McCaw executives de
cided to retain WGN and have
CNN Headline Service occupy
the currently unused channel I 5
1 he council also will discuss
several ordinances requesting re
zoning and general ' budgetary
matters.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m.
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