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...nearly a quarter of a century, U.S. Protestantism has been resigned to letting the hungry sheep of the city subsist on a starvation diet. As middle-class neighborhoods decayed into slums, vestrymen and clergy often gave up, sold their empty churches to Pentecostal sects or parking lot operators. But the tide is beginning to turn, as mainstream churches have raised a new generation of dedicated Protestant ministers who are bringing religion alive again in their once-dying urban parishes. Every denomination has some of these clerical heroes, but none are more dedicated than those who belong to the sedate Protestant...
Fortnight ago, the Redeemer Church's vestrymen placed ads in four Bay Area newspapers charging that Pike's radical theological views "are unacceptable to us, and contrary to the credal beliefs as set forth in the Nicene and Apostles' Creeds -the fundamental beliefs of the Protestant Episcopal Church." Although they thus claimed to be authentically Episcopalian, the vestrymen admitted that in conscience they could not return to the jurisdiction of the church until Pike changed his views or the Episcopalian House of Bishops denounced his theology...
...church's nine vestrymen had met previously and voted Melish out-because of his liberal policies. Melish, who is assistant rector, condemned the vote as illegal because of the lack of a quorum. He then appealed to Bishop DeWolfe. His argument was disregarded and the substitute appointed...
...that), condescends to lick his hand. Moreover, Sheriff McNally -a character who has to be unpleasant on principle, since the scriptwriter forgot to give him any specific motivations-mellows a little, too, and in the end they all charge off to Utah together as cheerily as vestrymen to a box supper on the church lawn. "Great Britain and the State of Utah," says Rory to Jean in a wobbly voice. "It's impossible...
...rhymes with deuce) is well matched with traditionally high-church Trinity, where all 22 clerics on the staff are addressed as Father. His manner is dignified, yet easy; his administrative ability, his clean desk and smooth 15-minute-appointment schedule would do justice to the highest tycoon among his vestrymen. And he is also a sociologist in a parish that needs...