Show - L "a 7 4r44 4x14" ' - trr: i'L - 444 4t 14A0owtr t74 4 4 A40 ir ewleirlieram'''r 1"''40" 11'4" ' i ig'1""irvIV"tr'ir'rlie"rver' 00 RELIGION Saturday June The Salt Lake Tribune 1 ooks eady to Slow His ife's tectic ace In Detroit Will Preach Full Time in Memphis J Gilchirst NEWS SERVICE KNIGHT-RIDDE- Every six months or so Benjamin Hooks reads "Robinson Crusoe" He is fascinated by the story of the shipwrecked man who used will and ingenuity to survive for years on a deserted island "To me it's the essential story of a person pitting himself against the odds and He could have given up but surviving he didn't" During four decades of public life Hooks faced his own tough challenges and survived For 30 years through a law practice a judgeship tenure on the Federal Communications Commission and at the head of the NAACP Hooks simultaneously pastored at two churches nearly 800 miles apart He hasn't had a vacation in two decades and knows cities by their airports and hotels because there was never time to peruse the museums or enjoy the social life His life was full of days and countless nights away from his Memphis home An era came to an end Sunday when Hooks preached his last sermon as pastor of Greater New Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Detroit He is going home full time to Middle Baptist Church in Memphis although he will retain the title of pastor emeritus at Mount Moriah 18-ho- DOD "My Religion Hard Work": Benjamin Lawson Hooks has often been asked why he has given so much of himself "I can't explain why except it's my life" he says "I prayed hard always that I was doing the will of God and not just something I wanted to do" years have turned his thick hair to straight thinning white strands and his short frame carries a few more pounds Hooks says he's slowing down — sort of After a recent long Saturday he was up until 4 am first talking then preparing his sermon He had returned to Memphis about 8:30 Saturday night from a luncheon speech in Biloxi Miss After a few hours sleep he strolled into the kitchen of his condo in downtown Memphis about 8:30 dressed for church except for the finely woven robe he was Sixty-nin- e wavy black wearing over his white shirt a tie and gray slacks His wife had fried him a breakfast of chicken wings and pork chops he's on a diet to lose the 15 pounds he has gained since leaving the NAACP a year ago The short hours of sleep did not show at breakfast nor when he stepped to the rostrum at Middle Baptist and thundered out his message whisking the congregation away on a spiritual cloud He had two other appointments later that evening including a guest sermon at another Memphis church That schedule seemed light compared to what it has been the past 30 years "I've just been a person who worked hard That was my religion hard work" says Hooks In his early teens Hooks gave up the usual activities of youth and retreated into a world of reading studying the Bible and talking to the elders of the community His older sister Julia Gordon says Hooks' serious demeanor earned him the nickname "judge" and his love of the Bible had some calling him "Jacob" When Hooks wasn't working at his father's photography studio he was across the hall talking to one of the only black attorneys in town He says he has always enjoyed talking to older people learning about history and hearing about their experiences "I just didn't enjoy a lot of superficial talk and older people were just more serious minded" Hooks says Peter Scarlet 4 5444 el A f 11 '"": - IF THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A former missionary to New Guinea and author Don Richardson is the keynote speaker at this week's Christian Institute for Mormon Studies The event sponsored each year by the Utah Institute for Biblical Studies is scheduled Thursday through Saturday at the Double-tre- e Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City UIBS offers a variety of college-level religion courses to clergy and laypeople interested in Christian ministry Built around a seminar or symposium format the annual Christian Institute for Mormon Studies features presentations on everything from simple explanations to 4 47 '4- J4 ? rON otk 'ki '''' V l "Otei : ii'' 111 k '''' ' 2000-memb- !:' - m 1 - Benjamin Hooks served on FCC board Memphis from college in 1949 They married two years later DOD First Black Judge: A year after deciding to enter the ministry Hooks got his first church in March 1956 It was Middle Baptist One job was never enough for him In the 1950s and '60s even as he was pastoring at Middle Baptist the young lawyer was immersed in the national civil rights movement with Dr Martin Luther King Jr He represented jailed protesters plotted strategy and organized demonstrations He had no intention of coming to Detroit but when Mount Moriah said they needed him he consented and began commuting between Memphis and Detroit in 1964 Within months of accepting the position at Mount Moriah he was appointed to Tennessee's Shelby County Criminal Court becoming the first black judge in the South since Reconstruction The next term year he was elected to an eight-yea-r Of the appointment Hooks says: "It was very clear that if I didn't accept the appointment it would be a long time before blacks got another chance Don't ask me how God works like that" Some weeks he would leave Memphis on Friday after work in court fly to Detroit meet with church officials counsel members preach on Sunday and fly back to Memphis in time to be on the bench Monday morning The routine got only more complex after his appointment by President Nixon in 1972 to the FCC and in 1977 when he left the commission to become executive director of the NAACP Although Hooks was officially on leave from both churches during his years with the FCC and NAACP he usually kept his commit good-lookin- talk about issues of the day Gordon says that by the time he reached his late teens she knew her brother was going to be a preacher "We all went to Sunday school every Sunday but he just got more out of it" she says Around the house he would retell sermons and Bible stories "He always had the gift" she says Frances Dancy Hooks his wife of 43 years remembers that when they socialized with other young couples one of her girlfriends would point at "Benny" draw an imaginary square in the air and burst out laughing If he took her to a dance she had to agree to attend a civic meeting or church gathering Her friends couldn't believe g Frances was really going to marry such a dud Although the Hooks and Dancy families knew each other the two didn't get well acquainted until they returned to fun-lovin- Also speaking at this year's conference are longtime Mormon critic Sandra Tanner and David Crump both on the TABS faculty Tanner a former Mormon who subsequently became an evangelical Christian is the author of The Changing World of Mormonism and Mormonism: Shadow or Reality She will discuss the concept of truth in Mormon culture in two talks: "Truth and Honesty in Mormonism" and "How LDS People Deal with Truth" Crump pastor of Immanuel Church in Salt Lake City and IIIBS's New Testament instructor will speak on "Knowing the Truth" and "Being Liberated by the Truth" His remarks will be built around the gospel of John nt Pope Disappoints Supporters of Ordination MI Continued from C-- 1 will follow One possibility may be to initiate "liturgies of protest" at churches while another is to intensify a campaign already under way to have supporters of women's ordination wear blue ribbons — akin to the red AIDS awareness ribbons "Something like this was to be expected" said the Rev Richard John Neuhaus the who heads the New York-base- d Institute on Religion and Public Life "It will create keen disappoint- ment among a small but influential group the Catholic academic establishment" he said "But this is historically part of what it means to be a Catholic Christian You are aware of the limits that bear upon being in full commu priests A lesser factor Neuhaus said was the need for the church to make ever clearer its position in light of the Church of England's ordaining women as priests Following the March 12 ordinations the Vatican said ordaining women was a "very deep obstacle" to eventual unity between the Catholic church and the worldwide Anglican Communion whose mother church is the Church of England Fitzpatrick said she believes the timing of the papal letter was largely due to the Anglican ordinations and served as "a quiet invitation" for the Anglicans who oppose women serving as priests to join the Catholic church Hooks and his wife Frances live in a condominium in downtown Memphis The Mississippi River winds past their front windows and they can watch cars cross the bridge to Arkansas The place is elegant but not spotless For many years his schedule has been her schedule So when she can squeeze in the dishes and the dusting she does She washes irons and starches his shirts The family car is a minivan Frances Hooks is barely 5 feet tall thin as a whip but sturdy Her evenly bronze face glows and is framed by dark shoulder-length hair Her voice is penetrating Keeping up with her is not for those short of breath For all these years she has coordinated his speaking engagements made his airline reservations answered his letters and been his consultant She helped raise their adopted daughter who was the child of one of Hooks' brothers They now have two grandchildren She gave up a career as a teacher counselor and daycare center owner to help him out ODD Stung by Criticism: His schedule was difficult and she wasn't sure a secretary would always be available when he needed something done "Who better to awaken at 2 am than his wife" At the NAACP Baltimore headquar NiA 11(t j- : ZI 111 41 0tt c4 PE wiscommaramonstmenn 1V1 T0 51ap1” Disposable Reader comments: "I just finished reading your book and found much personal relief contained in its pages" '1 felt a peace I haven't felt since before my mission" a spiritual boost and filled me with 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says commuNrrY OF GRACE Presbyterian Church 2015 Newcastle Drive nion with the church "The church is simply saying that the Catholic church doesn't own or control the sacraments In saying the church is not able to ordain women it is not saying that it chooses not to It is saying that it doesn't have a choice" The letter Neuhaus said shows that John Paul "has drawn what the lawyers call a 'bright line' — that is when something is not at all ambiguous Though the content of the letter surprised no one — the pope was merely repeating what he has said during the 15 years of his pontificate — speculation varied on why the pope felt the need to issue such a statement now Neuhaus said the letter in his view springs from the need to settle any confusion that may have arisen from the Vatican's announcement earlier this spring that Catholic girls could assist priests during Mass serving as equals with boys at the altar While the Vatican was careful to say the decision represented no change in church doctrine some Catholics interpreted that announcement as a sign that women would someday be ordained as ar er self-relia- g He Had a Gift As a young adult — educated and single — all he wanted to do was go to church read and y - ' 1:1 pejorative critiques of practices Saints and beliefs of Latter-daThe conference begins Thursday with registration at 6 pm There will be plenary sessions the following two mornings and a variety of seminar sessions to choose from during the late morning and afternoons Friday and Saturday Richardson is the author of three books: Peace Child Lords of the Earth and Eternity in their Hearts He is scheduled to speak Thursday at 7 pm and Friday at the same hour In his talks "God's Keys to Man's Cultures" and "Finding the Eye Opener" he will discuss ways of communicating the Christian gospel cross v1 ' P c by a bathroom He kept his desk where he could see his wife's face through the open doors of the bathroom while they worked The two things he never fails to mention in his speeches are God and Frances "The only time I get angry enough to die is when somebody offends her" Hooks has been stung by criticism that the NAACP became irrelevant to the problems facing African Americans during his tenure as executive director In defense he vigorously outlines the group's civil rights victories youth programs billion-dollagreements with corporations and countless other accomplishments "I feel a sense of deprivation not for Ben Hooks but for the NAACP" he says "Nobody seems to want to give us credit" But in reality he is defending himself as much as the organization "I guess you do get a little paranoid" he confesses "If your organization doesn't get the recognition then obviously you don't get the recognition as head of ments to preach at each church two Sundays a month "I spent a lot more time in Detroit before I went to the NAACP The NAACP whipped me to death whipped me almost beyond recognition" he says "I'd leave here on Sunday get to Baltimore about 6 pm and be sitting up in the office until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning Middle Baptist with 850 members is considerably smaller than Mount Moriah's congregation Hooks helped develop long-terplans for both churches through his leadership they became and independent Choosing between Detroit and Memphis was difficult for Hooks He had been involved in the community and political life of Detroit mainly through the powerful Baptist Pastor's Council of Metropolitan Detroit a group that helps shape political decisions and civic agenda More than once Hooks considered moving to Detroit and running for political office For a short time in the late 1960s he had a Detroit fried chicken franchise Mahalia Jackson Chicken Systems Inc "It was quite a struggle for me to decide where it was God's will for me to work and I decided on Memphis" he r ''' - i- - Utah Institute for Biblical Studies to Hold SL Seminar This Week By ters the Hookses' offices were connected t He Gives Last Sermon By Brenda C3 4 1994 n Lri!c-zz— 11: ik- -t ''-'-- I !!!!—- -: ' !i Southeast Christian Church i881 E Vine St 212-525- 8 WOO So 11 van wink 8:30 & 11 Worship )(w() Church School am 9:45 am Evening Service 6:00 pm Minister: Jerry Lewis Youth Minister: Chris Laps An Indonondont ChrOgn Centered Body 1 I WE'VE DESIGNED A CHURCH FOR YOU Enjoy Contemporary Music Quality Children's Program A Place Where You Can Make New Friends Practical Encouraging Messages Casual Atmosphere South Valley Community Church Sunday Morning 11:00 AM 4880 So 70 E 583-912- 9 Mork weal 02 Jack Perry at State Pastor $t ) 1tet"o"At I |