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RELIGION/ The Charlotte Post
September 12, 1996
CHURCH NEWS
Continued from page 11A
2000 Milton Road. Classes
will begin Sept. 23. For more
information, call the Rev.
Fred Gibson, 532-6228.
•Jerusalem House of God
1704 West Trade
The church will honor the
late Bishop Matthew Brown
and Mother Lillie Mae Brown
during Founders Week Sept.
15-22. Pastors and evangelists
from across the state have
been invited to speak. For
more information, contact
Pastor Betty Jones at 377-
9571.
•Bethany Baptist
4700 Willard St.
On Sunday, the missionary
department will celebrate its
anniversary. The speaker for
the morning service will be
Sister Claudette King. At 3
p.m. the Rev. Vernell Lyles,
associate pastor of New St.
John Baptist Church, will be
the guest speaker.
• • •
On Saturday the missionary
department will sponsor a fish
fry at the church. Dinners are
$5.
• Rockwell AME Zion
6301 Rockwell Church
Road
The church will hold its
annual “Four Days in Zion”
program Sept. 18-21. All ser
vices will begin at 7 p.m.
Guest evangelists will render
services nightly.
• • •
The church will also sponsor
chicken dinner. Sept. 19-20
from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. To place
orders for delivery or pickup,
call 596-8279. All dinners are
$6, sandwiches, $3.
• East Coast Bible College
6900 Wilkinson Blvd.
Larnell Harris, Babbie
Mason, and Helen Baylor will
perform Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m.
Tickets are $15 in advance or
$17 at the door. For more
information, call 377-2241.
Proceeds will benefit the
Berean Junior Academy.
• Brian Mayes & True
Heavenbound will celebrate
their third anniversary on
Sept. 22 at West Charlotte
High School, 2219 Senior
Drive at 4 p.m. The program
will feature Robert Blair &
the Fantastic Violinaires of
Detroit, Jay Caldwell & the
Gospel Ambassadors of
Wilmington, Del. The Singing
Angels of Charlotte and the
Redemption of the Carolinas
will round out the program.
Church destruction in Wilmington
Continued from page 10A
Earl of Wilmington.
Historic markers commemo
rating every conflict from the
French and Indian War tp
World War II were twisted
and wrenched by the Storm.
“There’s a sadness associat
ed with this that if you see
one of the stately oaks or the
spire off the church down, it’s
different than seeing a power
line down,” said Bill Clontz, a
Wilmington resident and
.spokesman for New Hanover
County.
Don Betz, mayor of
Wilmington, stood in front of
the wreckage and marveled
that his town escaped without
fatalities while it was directly
in the path of Fran and, in
July, Hurricane Bertha.
“To have two hurricanes
pass over this community
within 60 days and have no
fatalities is a miracle,” he said
on NBC’s Today Show.
A decade of historic renova
tion in the city was almost
complete, said resident Laurie
Kaiser, whose home still has
roof damage to be repaired
from Bertha.
“It was almost hack in pris
tine condition," she said.
“These last two storms have
chewed it up.”
Wilmington also was home
to Anna McNiell Whistler, the
subject of the Whistler’s
Mother portrait crafted by her
son James. Her home, which
burned down some time ago,
was restored in its same style
and stood up fine to Fran.
Only a three-century old oak
tree out front was toppled,
said Allen Walker, who lives
in the Whistler house.
Walker said he had success
fully opposed past removal of
the tree, known locally as the
“Keebler Elf tree” because of
its resemblance to the home of
the cookie-baking elvc.s.
“I am not going to appeal it
this time,” he said.
“Obviously, it was time to go.”
EYE ON GOSPEL
continued from page 10A
forced to take out a loan.
Church leaders borrowed
$70,000 from the Church
Development Fund. The con
ditions were that they sign
over the deed to the property
(valued at $2 million), and
remain a Christian church.
Six months later, the CDF
rescinded the deal charging
that Lockhaven's worshipping
in tongues did not fall within
their definition of Christian
practices. However,
Lockhaven countered that
speaking in tongues or exer
cising the gift of the Holy
Spirit is well within the realm
of the Christian church and is
a widely practiced custom.
But because the deed was
placed into an irrevocable
trust, the lender retained sole
discretion for termination of
the agreement. Judges ruled
in favor of the CDF in a law
suit and subsequent appeal
brought by the church. Adding
insult to injury, the CDF
offered to sell the church back
in 1992 for $1.5 million. The
church declined the offer.
Briefly: John P. Kee is hop
ing to usher the holiday spirit
in early with the release of his
next project, “A Special
Christmas Gift,” on Sept. 17.
The album will feature Kee's
renditions of such classics as
“Joy To The World.”
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