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HOOSIER U METHODIST (Paid Promotional Supplement) Vt^N 19-21 -Ifl«7 •Pskrhkk Etmttde Afl«S C WMJ At Old North Controversy erupts following Hutchinson appointment Controversy has rocked the 650-member over date is an accord with normal denomina- Old North United Methodist Church in Evans- tional procedure. ville in the wake of the appointment of Bloonv Old North member Jesse Dunville, who ington District Superintendent Charles cast one of the two dissenting PPR committee Hutchinson as pastor of the congregation. votes, has led the petition drive against Hutch- Dr. Hutchinson is black, the church all inson claiming experience, not race, is the rea- white. son members are upset over the appointment. The superintendent was appointed to Old "I DONT have a hang-up on his being North last month following a 5-2 vote of ap- black," Dunville told the Associated Press. "I proval of the congregation's Pastor Parish Re- like the person, but I don't think he can do the lations (PPR) Committee. However, a job." minority group of approximately 120 church Hutchinson said he believes the experi- members has banded to oppose the appoint- ence issue is a "smokescreen" for racial bias, ment. adding that the controversy "didn't come as In recent days, the emotionally-charged any surprise." issue has spilled-over into the public arena The experience claim is unfounded ac- with newspaper, broadcast and wire service * cording to Indiana Area Bishop Leroy C. Ho- Calumet celebrates accounts in Indiana and beyond. dapp who made the appointment. "I don't AS SUPERINTENDENT of the Bloom- believe that's a valid objection," he said. IT WILL BE A DAY LONG REMEMBERED in the North Conference's Calumet ington District in the South Indiana Confer- "Even in so-called administrative positions, District as an estimated 2,500 people gathered at Gary's Genesis Convention Center ence, Hutchinson has jurisdiction over 87 you deal pastorally with people constantly, so March 24 for a major Holy Week celebration. According to district superintendent churches and 57 pastors. Widely known by the there's really not that much difference." James Babbitt, "it was a time to celebrate our Christian witness and meet our new nickname "Hutch," the 51-year-old minister is THE BISHOP said appointments else- bishop." Banners flanking the auditorium (above) were brought by the 50 local congre- approaching the mandatory six-year tenure where in which black ministers have been limit for superintendents. gations represented at the event. Bishop Leroy C. Hodapp keynoted the gathering with named to serve white congregations (including He is slated to switch places with the one in Wabash, Ind.) have also drawn initial the message "We Offer Them Christ." The celebration also included the sacrament of church's current pastor, the Rev. Keith S. Car- controversy, but congregations eventually Holy Communion. More than 200 conf irmands were greeted by Hodapp and Babbitt and lile, at the close of the South Conference ses- received remembrances of (he occasion (additional photos page 3). sion early in June. The appointment change- (CNUunedonpageSl) Inside •Schools of Mission inMrt (paid promotional supplement} Psoes 15-18 • Retirement Homes HOOSIER U METHODIST (paid promotional supplement) Vt^n 19-21 -ifl«7 •PskrhKK etMttde afl«S Methodists in Indiana s Carlile named to Bloomington District Special session The Rev. Keith S. Carlile, since 1861 the ence's Council on Finance and Administration. senior pastor of Old North United Methodist Previously (1975-80), he chaired the Division of is recommended Church in Evansville, has been named super- Ordained Ministry and Continuing Education. intendent of the South Conference's Blooming- Previous Indiana pastorates include ton District. Continuing the strong momen- Terre Haute Maple Avenue Church, Indianapo- tum evident at the March 7 North He will succeed the Rev. Charles L. lis Christ Church, Indianapolis Wesley Church, Hutchinson who is reaching the mandatory six- Crawfordsville Trinity Church, Portage Council on Ministries meeting, the year tenure limit for district superintendents. Chapel-Asbury, North Liberty, Sanford-Be- North CCOM came together again thesda and Clinton Centenary. He also served April 10 to conclude unfinished busi- Dr. Hutchinson will, in turn, succeed as a missionary to Palolo Community Church ness. Among highlights: Carlile in the Old North pastorate (see related in Honolulu, Hawaii. story elsewhere this issue). Carlile's education includes degrees • Approved a recommendation Making the announcement is Bishop from Indiana State University, Garrett-Evan- to the North Conference Annual Con- Leroy C. Hodapp, leader of the United Method- gelical Theological Seminary and Northwest- ference session next month calling ist Indiana Area. Both appointments will be ern University. He also has done advanced for a special session of the Annual effective June 7 at the dose of the annual ses- training in pastoral counseling at Christian Conference in November. sion of the South Indiana Conference. Theological Seminary. As superintendent of the Bloomington Carlile and his wife, Joyce, were mar- • That special session to consi- District, Carlile wiH supervise the work of 60 ried in 1949. They have four sons and two der capital funding needs with a par- pastors serving 90 congregations. The district grandchildren. ticular eye toward camps and includes the counties of Owen, Greene, Lawr- Hutchinson has served as chairman of conferences, Wesley Manor and con- ence, Orange, Morgan, Monroe, Brown and the South Indiana Cabinet during his tenure as ference headquarters staffing. part of Jackson County. a district superintendent He was on the Con- A native of Boswell, Ind., Carlile, 57, has ference Headquarters Staff before being Complete details in the May held a variety of leadership posts in a minister- named superintendent in 1979. He served pas- HUM. torates in Alabama before coming to Indiana ial career spanning nearly 40 years. KetthS. Carlile Currently he heads the South Confer- in 1977. Agency, endorses conference on 'pornography, violence & Christian values By UNITED METHODIST NEWS SEKViCE the Church and Society Department of Human The confernce is designed to raise con- endorsed advertising of contraceptives in elec- Welfare, said about 300 persons are expected sciousness of the problem, according to Jessy tronic media provided appropriate safeguards NEW YORK - A national United Meth- to attend. E. Thomas, a board director from Lewiston, are observed; and asked United Methodists to odist conference on "pornography, violence SEVERAL of the 94 clergy and lay direc- Maine. inform themselves on the problems of U.S. and Christian values" was endorsed by the de- tors of the social action agency voiced misgiv- The Church and Society directors called farmers. nomination's Board of Church and Society ing that the sponsorship was not sufficiently for intentional involvement of women in con- The board's task force monitoring manu- March 21-24 here. broad to embrace all points of view on the sub- ference leadership and attention to sexual facturers of infant formula products outlined The event is to be presented in coopra- ject. A proposal to delay the session and seek abuse of handicapped persons. Speakers and how it will carry on the previous four years' tion with Asbury College, the Good News cau- co-sponsorship from other denominational other resource persons will be drawn from work by a panel related to the General Council cus within the denomination, the National units was defeated. both inside and outside the denomination. on Ministries. The task force expressed con- Federation for Decency, and United Methodist "Most of the planning to date has been IN OTHER BUSINESS at their spring cern that the infant formula issue is not on the Communications. Asbury College in Wilmore, done by representatives of one viewpoint on meeting, the Church and Society directors sup- agenda for the World Health Assembly's May Ky., will be the site of the conference sched- pornography, and that is the traditional, con- ported the work of a coalition opposing adver- session. uled for Aug. 23-24. servative viewpoint," Eleanor Amico of Edg- tising of alcoholic beverages on radio and Responding to a request from the Klam- Beverly Roberson Jackson, director of erton. Wis., a director, said. television as a way to reduce alcohol abuse: (CwUMKdoapageSl) [MM PAGE 2 • HOOSIER UNITED METHODIST • April, 1985 ^Pontius'Puddle BE IN SUNDAY .SCHOOL TODAY J Soundings from the episcopal study No easy answers Most United Methodists have little church is an inherent obligation on those if any occasion to read The Discipline. who claim that community's support. When they do it usually is to look up Support without accountability some point of church law or procedure promotes moral weakness; regarding the structure and/or accountability without support is a form operation of the local church or the of cruelty. A Church that rushes to annual conference. Rarely do we take punishment is deaf to God's mercy; but 'Exercise greet cere en burden which requires a computer for its time to read the introductory and a church lacking the conviction and relief. Step aside then and watch contributions historical statements which preface the eourage to act decisively loses its claim fall. basic body of The Discipline. This is an to moral authority." use of computers In church' Publish in the papers that your visitors unfortunate circumstance since much There are no easy answers here — are receiving "personalized" letters and To The Editor: useful information thereby is nor are they available anywhere. But watch them seek out churches where overlooked by many of our people. As an information systems specialist "personalized" doesn't require quotation the issue of church discipline hopefully and a member of a church which recently marks. As the nature of contemporary is clarified. The "cheap grace" cited by installed a computer system, I urge Wait until governmental agencies begin ■. society forces us increasingly to deal Dietrich Bonhoeffer certainly is no congregations to exercise great care in their requiring transmission of certain membership with variations from normally answer, since it abdicates moral decision to adopt computerized techniques.
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