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RELIGIOrme C^rlotte
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Dean says Democrats can win the reUgious vote in 2008
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
EUGENE, Ore. —Howard
Dean says Democrats must
have faith in their ability to
attract religious voters.
The former presidential
candidate, who will speak at
this weekend’s Oregon Demo
cratic Convention in Eugene,
says his party must do a bet
ter job of winning the support
of evangelical Christians, who
have voted Republican in
recent elections.
Tb that end, Dean recently
appeared on Pat Robertson’s
“700 Club.” The appearance
wasn’t without its bumps.
Dean had to later apologize to
gay-rights leaders for incor
rectly stating during the pro
gram that the party’s plat
form said “marriage is
between a man and a
woman.”
Still, Dean, the chairman of
the Democratic National
Committee, said in an inter
view with the Register-Guard
newspaper that he hopes to
eventually make another
appearance on the Christian
Broadcasting—and that he’s
encouraging rank-and-file
party members to discuss
faith and morality.
“Our Democratic values are
American values,” Dean said.
“Most people in this county,
including evangeficals, think
it’s immoral to let children go
to bed hungry at night. They
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think it’s immoral not to have
everyone in some kind of
health insurance.”
The convention will give
party members in Oregon a
chance to get more acquaint
ed with the idea. It offers a
half-day training session on
religious outreach, an impor
tant part of the Democratic
Party’s attempt to extend
beyond its core secular issues.
But Amy Langdon, execu
tive director of the Oregon
Republican Party, said
Democrats are so out of step
with religious voters on
issues such as abortion and
gay marriage that the
approach has little chance of
working.
“I think theyil be hard-
pressed to make the case to
the faith community that
somehow the Democratic
Party serves their interests,”
she said.
The religious outreach is
part of an overall emphasis m
this convention on training'
Democratic activists for suc
cess at the ballot box and in
policy-making.
Session and speech topics
include Internet strategy for
grass-roots activists, how to
use the party’s new voter file
database, and ways Democ
ratic leaders can broaden
their appeal to work for all
Oregonians.
Democratic Party of Ore
gon Chairman Jim Edmun-
son said debating the party
platform and voting on the
policy positions that Democ
ratic candidates will be
expected to stand for in the
general election will contin
ue to be an important part of
the convention.
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lion members, the second-
largest association of Baptist
churches in the nation.
About a half-dozen North
Carolina churches stand to be
affected by the policy. Not all
have publicly endorsed or
supported gays, but they do
affiliate with the more liberal
Alliance of Baptists.
That organization, based in
Washington, D.C., welcomes
gays as equal members. In
North Carolina, 21 churches
affiliate with the alliance.
Many have already left the
state convention.
“It was more a relief know
ing we’re not part of that any
more,” said the Rev. Randy
Sherron, pastor of Green
wood Forest Baptist Church
in Cary, which has 1,500
members. The church part
ners with the Alliance to help
support a church in Cuba.
Others that are stiU mem
bers of the state convention
say they may make the same
break.
The policy is “one more way
of carving out exclusions for
God’s children,” said the Rev.
Mitch Simpson of University
Baptist in Chapel Hill.
Stan Hastey, executive
director of the Alliance of
Baptists, said the board’s
decision was saddening.
“AH of us on the moderate
side were proud to claim
North Carolina as a bastion
of reasonable thinking and
moderation,” Hastey said.
“It’s clear now that the con
vention has joined other state
units in going fundamental
ist.”
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should be done to “the glory of
God” (10:31). God does not
receive glory from divided
Christians. We exalt Christ
by uniting with fellow believ
ers, not opposing them.
2. How did Paul find out
about the division of the
Corinthian church? (v. 11)
Paul was not ambiguous
about the source of his infor
mation. He told the Corinthi
ans that some from the
household of Chloe had
informed him of the “con
tentions,” or quarrels, in this
yoimg congregation.
While we know nothing of
Chloe, she was likely a mem
ber of the Corinthian church.
Either family members or
servants probably related the
information to Paul in Eph
esus while they were visiting
that city.
“Observe [Paul’s] prudence;
He names the family, to let it
be seen that he made his alle
gation not without authority.
He does not name the indi
viduals, not to excite odium
against them” (Jamieson,
Fausset, and Brown’s Com
mentary, Zondervan).
3. Who did the divisions
revolve around? (v. 12)
Instead of involving doctri-
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nal distinctives, it seems that
the divisions in Corinth
revolved around personali
ties. Even today, churches
may experience factionalism
when certain people gravitate
to one leader over another.
More often than not, power
struggles are at the root of
division, as when one person
or group wants to control oth
ers. In Corinth, the personal
ities may have represented
certain doctrinal emphases
that were distorted by the
proponents of the divisions.
Verse 12 tells us of the lead
ers that the Corinthians
chose to align themselves
with. There were four groups
that were established as a
result of division in the
Corinthian Church. These
groups “represented” one of
the following leaders; Paul,
ApoUos, Cephas (Peter), and
Christ.
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