Christian Church Disciples Of Christ

Thank you for Gordon's article. I am a part-time teacher at a local community college. I am limited to nine hours of teaching per week at any one college; if I had more class time, the college would be obliged to give me benefits. Heaven forbid! I am single and pay no rent because I live in my grandmother's house. Therefore, I am able to live on my teaching income as long as financial emergencies don't arise.

The United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) approved a resolution Monday supporting a federal commission to study reparations for slavery. The resolution, adopted at a joint convention of the two predominantly white churches, asked members to meet congressional representatives about forming a reparations commission and issuing a formal apology for slavery.

Foundations of two Protestant denominations lately have received some hefty gifts. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) received a trust estimated at $8 million from the estate of Othel Fiers Brown of Charlotte, N.C. It believed to be the largest single bequest to a church body in the history of Protestantism. The Presbyterian Church (USA) foundation received a gift of $2.9 million, described as the largest ever received by that denomination, from Irene Nunemaker of Topeka, Kan.

The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell is the new executive director of the World Council of Churches' U.S. office in New York, the first woman in a succession of seven church leaders to hold the post. Chosen by the council's general secretary, the Rev. Emilio Castro, and confirmed by the council's central committee, Campbell is a minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She previously had been an officer of the National Council of Churches.

The Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, who heads the U.S. Office of the World Council of Churches, has been nominated to become chief staff officer of the National Council of Churches, the nation's preeminent ecumenical body. The National Council announced Campbell's nomination on Wednesday and said the choice would be voted on at the council's General Board meeting next week in Portland, Ore. If elected, Campbell would become the second woman to serve as the NCC's chief staff official.

A controversy over whether ministers should preach that only Christians can enter heaven was referred to a committee today at the convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The 700 delegates postponed a vote to accept or reject a report on the so-called "Jesus Resolution" drafted with an eye toward healing the rift between the church's theological conservatives and liberals but which may only have deepened them.

The first plenary session in more than a decade of the Consultation on Church Union, an effort to foster unity short of merger among nine mainline Protestant denominations, got off to a spirited start this week in St. Louis. During the five-day gathering, about 200 delegates and observers are expected to formulate a report to their churches about how they can move together into the next century while maintaining their distinct denominations.

Chapman College held its commencement Sunday afternoon with ceremonies in front of Memorial Hall on campus. Among the graduates were 24 members from the Class of 1936 who participated in the traditional 50-year "re-graduation" of alumni. Degrees: 459 bachelors' degrees and 199 masters' degrees. Speakers: Dr. J.W. Peltason, chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, delivered the commencement address on the general theme of celebration. Honorary Degrees: Dr. J.W.

Chapman College in Orange has received a $25,000 grant to conduct a three-year youth ministry project. The grant was awarded by the Division of Higher Education of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), which is associated with the college. A major part of the grant will pay for a five-day Youth Leadership Conference on campus in June of next year. The conference will bring together the denomination's youth leaders and youth sponsors to develop a youth ministry for the church.