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Virginia native John Upton was elected
Saturday to lead the Baptist World Alliance as its new president.
The long-time Baptist succeeds David Coffey of the United Kingdom.
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Give to live and get
refired. I often tell people who haven’t seen me
recently and wonder if I have retired, “I’m not retired,
I’m refired.
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In a closed meeting, a regional body of the Presbyterian
Church (U.S.A.) on Saturday voted to ordain a partnered
homosexual.
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The Rev. Dr. George W.
"Bill" Webber, a former president of New York
Theological Seminary and a well known leader in urban
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ministry, died this
past weekend at his home in Maplewood, N.J. He was 90.
Best known for his
passion and work for faith-based justice, Webber
helped shape the perspective of several generations of
Protestant clergy engaged in urban ministry.
“[Webber’s]
imaginative grasp of the problems that confront an
embattled urban church in an expanding and often
violent city has given new meaning to the concept of
Christian mission,” noted an award he received in 2000
from Union Theological Seminary, where he earned his
Bachelor of Divinity degree.
In 1948, the
year he graduated from Union, Webber and two other
graduates founded the East Harlem Protestant Parish,
which engaged in programs of social justice, the
struggle for civil rights, new housing, tutoring, drug
treatment and public education and Bible Study.
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