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Forme rly The
"Atlanta Barb
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"THE VOICE OF THE GAY COMMUNITY - SERVING THE SOUTHEAST AND THE NATION"
VOL. 1 NO. 8
PUBLISHED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA
25 CENTS
San Francisco
OVER 1,000 GAYS ATTEND
CHURCH CONFERENCE
Over a thousand gay'
Christians met recently for
five days in San Francisco
for the Universal Fellow
ship of the Metropolitan
Community Churches, now
of international status.
Under the leadership of the
founder and moderator, the
Rev. Troy Perry, delegates
from 32 states and five fo
reign nations gathered to
gether at the Metropolitan
Church of San Francisco as
representatives of this ra
pidly growing ecumencial
and congregational church
serving the homophile com
munity.
The Universal Fellow
ship, which began as a sin
gle church in Los Angeles
only six years ago, now
numbers in the thousands.
From the Southeastern
states came over 30 church
members and clergy repre
senting Atlanta, Tampa,
Miami, Fort Lauderdale,
Orlando, Cocoa Beach and
New Orleans. The Atlanta
contingent numbered 12
members and the Atlanta
church was represented by
4 delegates: The Rev. El
der John Gill, Rev. Jim
Snow (pastor and assistant
pastor of the Atlanta
church) and two lay dele
gates. Both Rev. Gill and
Rev. Snow were honored by
the Conference Committee
with a request to address
the entire conference body.
Rev. Keith Davis of the Mi
ami Church delivered a
stirring sermon on Satur
day evening. Both Tampa
and Miami were represent
ed by sizeable contingents.
During the conference it
was learned that the Rev.
Charles Larsen will leave
his position as pastor of the
Tampa church and return to
school to earn his doctorate
in religion. He will be re
placed in Tampa by the Rev.
John Hose from San Diego
(affectionately known as
“Pappa John”). From the
MCC at Providence, R.I.,
the Rev. Arthur Cazeault
announced that he has ac
cepted an offer from the
Atlanta church to join its
pastoral staff. Rev. Ca
zeault will arrive in Atlanta
the early part of October.
The cohesiveness of the
entire conference was easi
ly identifiable. While there
were differences over many
matters, the overall spirit
of cooperation throughout
the entire international
membership was highly im
pressive, truly in keeping
with the conference theme:
One Body, One Lord, One
Faith, One Baptism.
In a vigorous effort to
combat sexism within the
church, the Women’s Com
mission, chaired by the
Rev. Elder Frieda Smith,
boldly recommended that
between the present time
and the close of the decade
the conference achieve two
important goals: Develop
guidelines for member
churches toward creative,
meaningful non-sexist wor
ship and: through a com
mittee of qualified men and
women; Edit and publish a
fellowship hymnal in which
neither masculine or femi
nine words are used gene -
rically. The Women’s Com
mission further recom
mended that a section of “In
Unity” (the Fellowship’s
official publication) be de-
Cont’d. Page 4
THE BARB’S STUD OF THE MONTH
Courtesy
Michael’s Of Florida
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