Show Standard-Examin- er Religion oh where can Zarahemla be? Where By TIM GURRISTER StandartJ-Examer staff a For Mormon scholars and interested laymen the exact geographic setting of the Book of Mormon can amount to a parlor game of sorts Call it spiritual geography That's because the LDS Church has taken no official position on the locations of the scriptural events described therein No one has taken an official archaeological position either because there is so little archaeological evidence said Mel Thorne of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Saturday June 3 1995 9 A 3 Update - institute 169 graduates OGDEN - The LDS V o V " ‘One man’ s view’ Coincidences between - the' Book of Mormon gedgraphy and theUSA r- - :r - ’if V-' fi - i v4 r Vi" i" $ I Mormon sj ' ! y V-- : 'IV ' £ f V ' ' ' xx ? V " ' k X" 54th-annu- v' Studies “So there’s lots of room for people to get involved” said Thorne executive editor at the foundation on the Brigham RELIGION PI '5’' 4 XT'" '? 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MftKfS? v t about slavery - RALEIGH NC - The descendant of a North Carolina slaveholder is among those urging the dJ '''V V'i Worship- service helps bring 52000 men closer to God WASHINGTON Last weekend I hearts of 52000 men move them closer to God and their wives From 6 pm Friday till 10 pm Saturday night I participated in the most awesome worship experience of my life at RFK Stadium in Washington - Wendell Phipps a black pastor and a bass singer said “In Christ there is no East or West In Christ there is no black or white!” The 95 percent white crowd gave him a standroar for minutes ing ovation - a It seemed like a new civil rights era ' The first sermon by Luis Palau led to an altar call I thought that would be a final talk Yet a nearly tenth of the men made commitments to Christ - “the highest percent” Palau had ever seen though he’s an evangelist who’s preached to 1 1 million people He asked “How many of you have made Jesus your God? How many of you have drifted away? Is Jesus God of your morals? “ ‘Be holy because I am holy’ says the Lord Jesus honored women He lifted them Does Jesus control your sexuality? Is up your sexual life pure? What about masturbation pornography fantasizing? A Christian In The Rev Randy Phillips the pastor who has been its president from the beginning told the crowd: “Promise Keepers is not focused on an organization but on a commitment to the Lord Christ in this strategic time - that men would unite not just signing a card but for a lifetime of obedience to honor Jesus Christ to pursue vital relationships with a few other men understanding that he needs brothers to help him keep promises “A Promise Keeper is committed to practice spiritual moral ethical and sexual purity to build a strong marriage and family No success in life can overcome failure on the psychologist told me ’You won’t believe how many men in pornography are in trouble with their wives’ ” Jim Robb 47 rededicated his life “I’ve kept my promise to be faithful to my wife in person In spirit I’ve not always been” Jack Hayford pastor of a church of 8000 asserted “Worship is the most practical pursuit” Illustrating with Moses’ initial meeting with God he said “Worship is the way God has designed for me to know who I am He’s not telling us to fall on our face but saying ‘Since I created you I am the best possible source you have of finding out what I have in mind for you Spend time with me’ ” As God asked Moses he said “Take off your shoes which man has made and stand on the earth which I have made Now you can’t stand on your own power or run fast Walk softly before the Lord” homefront” Thus each speaker added another layer of what it means to be a “Promise Keeper” I began to understand how the movement exploded from 4200 men in 1991 to 22000 in 1992 50000 in 1993 to 280000 in seven stadiums last year and an expected 700000 in 13 cities this summer Howard Hendricks a Dallas Theological Seminary professor for 44 years and former Dallas Cowboys chaplin urged then to look at what “the owner’s manual has to say” about marriage In Genesis 2:24 man leaves his parents “cleaves to his wife (or is welded or glued in a OKLAHOMA CITY - The Rev Joseph Meinhart a Roman Catholic priest who worked 14 days at the makeshift morgue for bombing victims caught a glimpse of hell as rescue workers lifted the body parts of a child from the rubble The Rev Joe Williams a Southern Baptist who spent 19 straight days at the bomb site would look at his granddaughter and try not to picture her blown apart They are among the hundreds of clergy who were strong in a tune of crisis voluntarily putting in long hours to comfort the injured and dying and offer solace to rescue workers Their work continues more than a month after the April 19 bombing with the victims’ relatives and friends and a buffeted by an act of senseless terror But as the strain of coping with the extraordinary tragedy is added to their normal working conditions of long hours at rela- tively low pay some psychologists and church officials have turned their attention to a question often overlooked: Who cares for the caregivers? The answer many times is no one even when churches set up counseling programs In some denominations such us the Roman Catholic archdiocese where the vicar for ministries e also has a job running a formal no program for parish clergy is in place und officials hope clergy will seek help on their own initiative In the United Methodist full-um- Church education and therapy programs for caregivers will be offered for at least two years But when a counseling session for clergy was held recently only 20 of the 50 chaplains who worked at the bomb site showed up and that was with the bishop encouraging attendance Southern Baptists the largest religious group in the area held one meeting for ministers and also offered other counseling Williams head of chaplaincy for the Baptist General Conven- - i:- -- V i '’ ‘ — T sf 2Sji g commitment) and they Jesus buttons replace picture at high school BLOOMINGDALE Mich (AP) - A public school that was forced by the courts to remove a picture of Jesus from display now has a bunch of little buttons bearing the same image where the picture once hung The American Civil Liberties Union says it will take school officials back to court The school district said students put up the new display as a legal protest of the court action The US Supreme Court on May 1 let stand rulings that forced reJesus picmoval of the 2- - by ture from the Bloomingdale High School corridor The picture a print of Warner Sallman’s “Head of Christ” had hung there since the ' - t I:1 tion of Oklahoma said another conference for clergy is planned next month with an expert in coping with traumatic situations But he also is struggling with the problem of how to get clergy to attend Dealing with the clergy is like dealing with law enforcement officers many of whom put on a tough veneer and deny they can be affected by tragedy said Williams who also serves as an FBI chaplain “You kind of desensitize yourself because you’ve got to be strong at the time” he said In their personal makeup and theology ministers also tend to sacrifice themselves for others and sometimes do not know how to stop giving and accept help church leaders said At the Oklahoma Conference of Churches Carol Michclson the head of the new Intcrfuith Disaster Recovery for Greater Oklahoma City worked for weeks without taking a day off until she began feeling chest pains one day last week and ‘'finally gave out” “One thirg thev told me when S4 BOMBING on 11A life-lon- shall become one flesh” “Show me a couple who realizes there is no way out and I will show you a couple who will work out their problems Becoming one flesh is a developmental process needing a long-termarriage I’ve been married 48 years and am here to tell you it takes 48 years!” The stadium erupted in cheers He then became practical: “Do you read the word of God together to melt hearts together? Plan periodic husband and wife retreats Take that woman to a place she would enjoy Give your kids a break! Plan for the future of your marriage Most of us are not planning to fail We fail to plan” Bill McCartney a man’s man who coached University of Colorado football teams to many victories and envisioned stadiums of men cheering Jesus was the last to speak He said that a year ago he urged men to measure the value of their lives by looking at their wife’s face But in the face of his wife Lyndi he saw “so much pain” that he was moved to retire as coach to devote more time to her He’d made too many promises - but kept the most important one aftermath who cares for the caregivers? By DAVID BRIGGS Associated Press ot 1960s In the same spot there is now a cloth adorned with a dozen buttons bearing small likenesses of the print The Board of Education in this rural community 1 50 miles west of Detroit refused to remove it Lawyers for the school board Th A AtsocialiK) Pm chaplain offers a supporting hug to a woman as friends and members of the bombing victims visit the site in May family COLORADO SPRINGS Colo - ' Young children need help from parents churches and other adult role models to escape from poverty and succeed in the 21st century according to a national organization that helps the urban poor “Kids start to do badly in the fourth or fifth grades” said Hugh B Price president of the National Urban League “There’s a pronounced dip in the lives of some children This is the pattern we have to keep an eye on” Price spoke recently at the Ur- ban League of the Pikes Peak Region’s 31st Equal Opportunity Day dinner Price said the entire community should support children throughout their academic and social lives He suggested churches and community groups help reward children and teenagers who are “doing the right thing” in school and through community involvement Church talks - Toronto grad- al uation exercises will be Sunday at the LDS Institute of Religion The ceremonies hononng 169 graduates begin at 6:30 pm at the institute adjacent to Weber State University 1302 Edvalson St Steven R Mecham president of the WSU LDS Stake will lead the ' ceremonies Speakers will include graduates Camille Hansen and Matt G Pollard The ceremony will be followed by an informal reception in the institute cultural hall and the ACLU failed to resolve the issue Tuesday in a telephone conference with US District Judge Benjamin Gibson of Grand Rapids who issued the original removal order Michigan ACLU Director How-ur- d Simon said Ins group now will seek a court hearing and order for the buttons’ removal “It's time for the people in Bloomingdale to stop trying to figure out clever ways to try to evade the court’s rulings” Simon said "There are lots of court decisions that I don’t like iithcr But at the end of the day in this country you're supposed to comply with the court's oulcrs” Southern Baptist Convention to acknowledge for the first time that it was founded because of slavery Proponents are trying to get a vote on a resolution to that effect -with an apology to “our brothers and sisters of African descent” - at the annual meeting later this month in Atlanta of the 155 million-membconvention The Rev Jere Allen executive director of the church's Washington association said the denomination has to face the slavery matter to succeed in evangelizing among blacks “We need this for our healing" he said "As a corporate body we need to begin to admit this and repent of it in our own lifetimes" In 1845 Baptists from across the nation met in Augusta Ga and debated whether slave owners could be missionaries Northerners objected but Southerners said no one could question a call from God The church split Now Northern churches generally belong to the American Baptist Convention Southern churches to the Southern Baptist Convention ' The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States with nearly 40000 churches The church in 1989 declared racism to be a sin er Woman chancellor makes history SUPERIOR Wis - The new chancellor of the Superior Roman Catholic Diocese calls moving out of her basement office symbolic of how far women in the church have come For the first time since the dioin 1903 the chancellor’s position is occupied by a nun "What’s happening in the church is reflective of what’s happening in society” Sister Eileen Lang said "As women become more involved in leadership roles in society they are taking on more leadership in the church" she said The chancellor is the fourth-high-eposition in the diocese cese was established st Layton pastors now retired LAYTON - Donald and Ellen Bar-eb- o announce their retirement from the pastorship of Rosewood Lane Nazarene Church after 32 years in the ministry Donald Barebo plans to start a business using his carpentry and handyman experience His retirement from the pulpit took effect May 28 with his last sermon The Barebos spent the last ' eight years at Rosewood Nazarene after pastorships in Virginia Wisconsin California and New Mexico Cardinal closes LA cathedral LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger St Mahony has closed Vlbiana's Cathedral bocause damage from tho Northrldge earthquake left Its boll tower in danger of collapsing Mahony stated that It would not take a very strong aftershock to t bell tower topple the - Standard Examiner staff and wire services 83-foo- |