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May 30, 1967 WABHINUTDN 1.Bmry Gorrett, Editor, 200 Maryland Avc., NE,,Washington, D.C REOIONAL OFFICES ATLANTA Walker L. Knight, Editor, 161 Sbing Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Teleflhone (404) 523-2393 DALLM R. T. McCmtny, Editor, 103 Baptist Building, Dallad, Texas 75201, Tel*hone (214) RI 1-1996 May 30, 1967 WABHINUTDN 1.Bmry Gorrett, Editor, 200 Maryland Avc., NE,,Washington, D.C. 20002, Tebbhone (202) 544-4226 BUREAU UAPf15T SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD Lynn M. DaviJ Jr., Chief, 127 Ninth he., N., Narhville, Tenn. 37203, Convention Sermon Urges Telefihons (61s) 234-1631 SBC to Quit Bickering PiIFJv1I BEACH (BP)--Southern Bnptists were challenged here to quit bickering among them- selves and get about their job of making and training Christian disciples. The plea by Landrum P. Leavell, a \.?ichitaFalls, Tex., minister, highlighted ceremonies opening a four-day run of the Southern Baptist convention. Seating space in the 14,000 capacity Convention Hall was =a ?remiurn as Leavell, pastor of First Baptist Church, sought to propel Southern Baptists with his description of the church with a feature. Leavell shared the podium during the two-hour ceremony with John Maguire of Jacksonvill~ executive secretary of Florida Baptists who welcomed convention goess to Miami Beach, and Clyde Skidmore, Bakersfield, Calif., pastor, who responded to the welcome. Persons making up the church of the future must: be captivated by obsession, cognizant of obstacles and correlated by obeisance, Leavell said. Southern Baptists can express this obsession through Christian love, Leavell explained. Results include the elevation of all human rights and the salvation of all who believe. The Texas preacher said neglect of the Holy Spirit and the endorsement of the beatnik philosopliy as a way of life could be responsible for some of the problems of Southern Baptist churches. The two words characterizing the beatnik philosophy are "~ngrateful~~and "undisciplined' he said. "We've grown up physically, but emotionally we still possess the characteristics of the beatnik philosophy .It Another obstacle hindering the progress of the church is the cleavage between education and evangelism, Lenvell said. "In our denomination there are those who subconsciously or consciously believe evangelism is the product of ignorance, while others believe the well educated must be anti-evangelistic or anti-spiritual," Leavell said. "There seems to be little middle ground left for any who are not extremists." Leavell added that the greatest of all evangelists--Jesus Christ--was also the greatest intellectual who ever lived in the history of the world. On the danger of conflict, Leavell declared disagreement among Christians accomplished more in retarding Christian progress during the early period of Christianity than the armed might of pagan Rome. Unfortunately, this problem exists today as an obstacle with which the church of the future must contend, Leavell said. Leavell advised Southern Baptists to go back to the Bible and to personal Christian cxperience and reaffirm their commitment to Christ. The convention sermon was aimed at setting the tone for Southern Baptist messengers to begin dealing with business matters. Messengers were later expected to consider a record world missions budget of almost 27 million dollars, a re-apportionment proposal, and several work goals. Also on the agenda were the reports of 19 agencies to give an account of their work during the past 12 months. May 30, 1967 Baptist Press -. Ope~nStar Irene Jordan Says She's Singing Missionary il By A1 Morgan MILLMI BEACH (BPI--International opera star Irene Jordan unexpectedly captured the spotlight here when she gave her personal Christian testimony before singing to an estimated 1,500 Southern Baptist women. Speaking in Miami Beach Auditorium, television headquarters of famed TV performer Jackie Gleason, the attractive soprano told of her invitation four years ago by LeRoy Till to participate in a Japanese Crusade. Prior to that time, she had not joined in such Christian ventures. Till, she said, asked that she perfrom in a classical music concert. Till is minister of music for Southern Baptist's largest First Baptist Church in Dallas, Tex. Since that time, Miss Jordan has participated in numerous such crusades for Southern Baptists. Southern Baptist foreign missionaries were featured in the 79th annual women's Missionary Union Convention which concluded its two-day meeting j;st before the opening of the Southern Baptist Convention. On the same program, a Southern Baptist theologian labeled modern Christianity as being in a state of spiritual war. J. Lyn Elder, addressing the denomination's leaders and workers, said: "We must recognize that things are far more serious in our world spiritually than we are often aware. This does not mean that we should become pessimists but activists. What is called for is not discouragement but increased effort. "We are--no matter what the placid surface of life influences us to think--in a state of spiritual war. The normal condition of the Christian is combat." On the same program with Miss Jordan was her sister, medical Dr. Martha Jordan Gilliland, who with her late husband was appointed in 1942 as missionary to Nigeria. The latter member of the Jordan family has been studying at PZayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., since the death of her husband in 1964. She returns to her Nigerian post later this year. Irene and Martha are two children in a family of 10 children, Their mother was attending the evening session, Allsinging foreign missionaryl'in her own tight, Miss Jordan has performed around the world in the past four years, singing her testimony to countless thousands who would other wise never hear the gospel. She has appeared in major Southern Baptist-led crusades in various parts of the world. Apparently emotional at times during her speech, she told of her desire to now witness through song of her love for Jesus. This she does, she said, although neither her hustand nor business manager are Christians. Miss Jordan had high praise for foreign missionaries, citing their efforts and devotion to what they believed. Elder, speaking on "To Preach Deliverance to the Captives," said Jesus himself on at least one occasion used a military analogy as he represented the church assaulting the stronghold of hell whose gates could not stand against the attack. Elder, a pastoral psychology professor at Golden Gate Baptist TheoLogicaL Seminary, Mi11 Valley, Calif., said today's Christian "continuously wrestles with those same forces of darkness and evil which Christ contended and of which Paul spoke, "Any failure on our part (~hristians)to recognize this is to weaken our service to the point of uselessness .'I The appointment of new missionaries was announced by Jesse C.. Fletcher, secretary for missionary personnel, Southern Baptist Foreign iiiission Board, who also decried a need for more foreign missionaries. Fletcher said that in the past seven year period more foreign missionaries than ever before have been appointed. Yet, he said, more are needed. The escalation is the result, he said, of widening fronts on which to serve. Baptist Press May 39, 1967 -- @ Chufch Staff Discord Called ,Detrimental to Christianity MIAMI BEACH (BP)--A Florida pastor told Southern Baptist Church musicians here that nothing is more detrimental to the cause of Christ than discord in the church between his disciples. James 1;. Pleitz, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Pensacola, told nearly 200 musicians gathered at the Central Baptist Church here that not all church staffs work together in harmony. He cautioned the church musicians to wurk with other staff members in order to create harmony rather than discord. "Discord:' said Pleitz, "is caused by lack of communication, over specialization, laziness and the desire to be number one." Over specialization causes a lot of sour notes to be sounded when "a worker seems to feel he is so specialized that he can't possibly do something other than the job he has been trained to do,!' said the Florida pastor. Church musicians, like other staff members of churches, need to be versatile. "It makes for harmony when staff members are willing to try to meet the need regardless of how well they are qualified to do the job," said Pleitz. He charged that the religious worker has a temptation toward laziness and the church is often slow moving. "The reason a lot of our churches have bogged down is because of laziness," continued Pleitz. "But, hard work will keep down a lot of discord." In his remarks to the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference, the Florida pastor said that most of the time discord on church staffs is caused by "the desire to be number one .I' Real greatness never hurt anyone but the desire for a false type of greatness has caused untold confusion and strife in our churches, charged Pleitz. Church Musicians Told To Avoid Commercialism By Lynn M . Pavis MIAMI BEACH (BPI--Sacred music must be protected from the vulgar strains of commercialism, contended James Woodward in his presidential address to the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference I+;.i-c; Ti.-.csda;. :.;ijrning. Woodward, chairman of the church music department for Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, urged the church musicians to be aware of present day musicial language. He indicated that the established forms of sacred music are under attack, or at least are being intruded upon by tunes and texts off the radio, television, the motion picture and Broadway theaters. "We must resist the subtle influences of the popular, the commercial, the worldly," said the Baptist professor. History shows that religious music in different ages had its roots in paganism. "The musical system of the early church was largely derived from the secular forms of music practiced in the private and social life of that day," continued Woodward. Nearly 200 Southern Baptist Church musicians at the Central Baptist Church here were told by their outgoing president that "There is nothing inherently sacred or secular in music per se.I1 Suitable worship music varies from century to century, culture to culture and even from church to church.
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