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National Religious Broadcasters
A10 : 40
Serving Since 1944
FAX COVER LETTER
DATE:
1/8/91
FAX NUMBER 202-456-6218
TO:
Carolyn Cauley
FROM:
Anne Dunlap
TOTAL NUMBER OF PAGES INCLUDING THIS PAGE: 6
Carolyn:
Here is the morning program schedule as it now stands for
the President's participation. We don't foresee any changes
at this point.
Also, here is information on what some of our NRB members (I'm
sure there are many, many more) are doing on behalf of our US
forces involved in Operation Desert Shield.
Let me know if you need anything further, please.
E Brandt Gustavson, LLD, Procutive Director
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JANUARY 28
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7:45 am
Presidential General
WJCB-TV, Channel 49, Hampton, VA
Session (badge
Panelists: Levi. E. Willis
Sheraton Washington Baliroom
required)
Howard O. Jones, "Hour of Freedom," Oberlin, OH
B. Sam Hart
Moderator: David Clark
"Old Time Gospel Hour," Philadelphia, PA
First Vice President, National Religious Broadcasters;
J. Morgan Hodges
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
Chris-Mor Productions, Washington, DC
Welcome: David Clark
NRB President's Address: Jerry Rose
Hispanic Workshop (HNRB)-La Funcion Social Del
President, National Religious Broadcasters;
Comunicador Cristiano
President, WCFC-TV Channel 38, Chicago, IL
(The Social Function of the Christian Broadcaster)
Opening Prayer: Richard Lee
Holmes Room
Moderator: Guillerma Luna
There's Hopel Atlanta, GA
Hispanic Campus Crusade for Christ, San Antonio, TX
Music: Tony Melendez
Panel: Daniel Vargas Manas
Sparrow Records, Chatsworth, CA
Carlos Vasquez
Introduction of FCC Chairman: Richard Wiley
Mauro Duran
NRB Communications Counsel, Wiley, Rein, &
Fielding, Washington, DC
Film & Video Evangelism
Vermont Room
Comments: FCC Chairman Alfred Sikes
Moderator: Russ Doughten, Mark IV Pictures, Inc.;
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission,
Mustard Seed, International, Des Moines, IA
Washington, DC
Participants: Bob Bradberry, Jesus Film Project,
Music: Tony Melendez
Campus Crusade for Christ, Laguna Niguel, CA
Sparrow Records, Chatsworth, CA
Heinz Fussle
Heinz Fussie Productions, Inc., Warsaw, IN
Congregational Singing of Patriotic
Date Mason
Songs: Doug Oldham
Films for Christ, Mesa, AZ
Lynchbrug. VA
Presidential Address: George Bush
FCC/Legal Update
President of the United States
Annapoils/Rockville Room
Moderator: Richard Wiley
Closing Prayer: Lloyd Oglivie
Wiley, Rein & Flelding, Washington, DC
Lloyd Oglive Ministries, Hollywood, CA
Panelists: Lawrence W. Secrest III
Wiley, Rein & Fisiding, Washington, DC
10:00 . 11:00 am
News Conference
Ashion Hardy
Mazzanine
Walker, Bordelon, Hamlin, Theriot & Hardy, New Orleans, LA
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Convention
Partnerships for Urban Outreach
Atrium
Registration
Cotilion Ballroom, South
Moderator: Glenn Plummer
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hispanic Registration
Christian Television Network, Detroit, MI
Convention Lobby
(HNRB)
Participants: Tony Evans
The Urban Alternative, Dallas, TX
10:00 am . 6:00 pm
Exhibitor Registration
Chuck Colson
Atrium
Prison Fellowship Ministries, Washington, DC
Earl Paulk, Jr., Earl Paulk Ministries, Decatur, GA
10:00 am . 6:00 pm
NRB Media Exposition
Exhibit Halls A, B, & c
(badge required)
Daring to Communicate: Providing Access for
Multitudes
Wisconsin Room
Moderator: Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni and Friends, Inc., Agoura Hills, CA
Black Broadcasters Workshop (BNRB)-African-
Panelists: Ginny Thomburgh
American Owners & Operators In the Century
National Organization on Disability, Washington, DC
Baltimore Room
Kelsey Marshall
Moderator: Dwight Green
Advocate for Accessibility, Alexandria, VA
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half of their incarcerated parent.
Harris, Russ Taff, Sheila Walsh, Phil Dris-
NATIONAL"
The program is one of Prison
coll, Phil Keaggy, and the Imperials.
Fellowship's most popular, and many in-
Together, these artists have won 15
dividuals and churches have been intro-
Grammy and over 50 Dove Awards. Tour
PFM's Angel Tree Project Is
duced to prison ministry through it. The
cities include Memphis; Fort Worth,
Seeing An Expanded Outreach
ministry begun through Angel Tree doesn't
Texas; Anaheim, Calif.; Tacoma, Wash.;
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NRB) -
end at Christmas. Churches participating
Dayton, Ohio; Charlotte, N.C.; Fairfax,
Christmas is taking on a new dimension for
in the program continue ministry to these
Va.; Lakeland, Fla.; Detroit, Mich.; and St.
thousands of innocent crime victims this
families year-round, offering physical,
Paul, Minn. For a review of "The Young
year, as Prison Fellowship Ministries
emotional, and spiritual assistance.
Messiah" release, see page 40.
(PFM) estimates that more than 150,000
When the inmate is released. the
children will receive gifts through its
INTERNATIONAL
church helps that individual readjust to life
Angel Tree program. The program is an
in the community. Each person involved in
outreach to the children of prisoners and
the Angel Tree process benefits. Prison
New Film Series For African
youngsters in high crime areas.
Fellowship Angel Tree is conducted in the
Christians To Be Produced
The project is expected to nearly
48 contigueus states under the direction of
double its outreach from last year thanks to
APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (NRB) -
the organization's 54 field directors
an alliance of Prison Fellowship with Word
Two Christian organizations have agreed
Publishing and Focus on the Family. The
to begin producing a dramatic Christian
Operation Desert Prayer" Has
organizations are working together to
film series in Kenya during the coming
provide toys, clothing, Christian books,
Begun For Peace In Mideast
year. International Media Ministries
Bibles, and cassettes to Angel Tree
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NRB)
(IMM) and Nairobi-based The Christian
children.
'Operation Desert Prayer," a radio cam-
Foundation of Kenya (CFK) will start
Word has developed new products
paign organized by songwriter Dana Key
taping the first of 20 dramatic films in The
to pray for peace during the current Mid-
Christian Growth Film Series in March.
especially for these children which are
being displayed in Christian bookstores
dle East crisis, began on Thanksgiving Day
The series is based on socio-cultural
across the country. Shoppers may purchase
with prayer led by U.S. Senate Chaplain
issues that confront African Christians,
one or more products and leave them in a
Richard Haiverson and religious broad-
like barrenness, witchcraft, AIDS,
special bin in the store for delivery to the
casters Charles Stanley and Pat Robertson.
polygamy, corruption, and intertribal mar-
children at Christmas. Each of Word
The campaign will end on Christmas
riages. This is an exciting series in that it
Publishing's six products is designed to be
day with prayer led by D. James Kennedy.
provides true-to-life answers to difficult is-
cross-culturally sensitive. The products
Joni Eareckson Tada, and Pat Boone.
sues that confront the African church
cover three age groupings: 3-6, 7-11, and
Radio stations across the nation are joining
today," commented series producer and
12-up.
with Key by devoting 60 seconds three
co-writer Daniel Henrich.
Once again this year, Focus on the
times a day to pray for peace and inviting
The scripts are being co-written with
Family is also participating in the Angel
local pastors to lead the prayer times.
Henrich by African writers Haron Wachira
Tree project through a broadcast featuring
When Key wrote the song "Pray For
and Lyombie S. Eko. IMM is a ministry of
PFM chairman Chuck Colson and Focus
Peace," there was no way he could have
the Assemblies of God Foreign Missions
founder James Dobson, encouraging lis-
known about the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
and is based in Brussels, Belgium.
teners to send gifts to help children via the
or the recent unrest in Israel. Key realized
outreach. In the past few years, Fecus lis-
his responsibility to use the song to call
Evangelistic Meetings Aired
teners have contributed nearly 100,000
Christians together to pray for peace. Thus
On Television In The USSR
gifts to the Angel Tree outreach.
was born "Operation Desert Prayer."
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (NRB) -
PFM's Angel Tree, begun in 1982, is
For Key, writing such an anthem
Evangelist Sammy Tippit, of the San An-
one facet of the organization's outreach to
which inspires a nation to focus on a cause
tonio-based God's Love In Action, has just
prisoners and their families. Through
is an inherited trait. It was his ancestor.
completed unprecedented evangelistic
Angel Tree, PFM volunteers work with
Francis Scott Key, who penned the lyrics
meetings in Soviet Moldavia and
prison chaplains to get the names of
to "The Star-Spangled Banner." Like his
Romania. Tippit, whose services were
children from inmates. The names and gift
ancestor, Key holds high the standard "for
aired on Soviet television, was received by
wishes are written on paper angels, which
the land of the free and the home of the
are hung on a Christmas tree in a church or
brave."
the mayor of Kishinev, the capital of Mol-
davia.
mall. Individuals then select the particular
In Tippit's meetings with Soviet offi-
child they would like to help.
"The Young Messiah" Being
cials they stated, "We have for many years
Angel Tree gifts are usually delivered
Presented In Ten U.S. Cities
persecuted Christians in Soviet Moldavia.
by volunteers to the homes of the children,
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (EP) - An all-
But we were wrong. We need the morality
or churches sponsor gift-giving parties to
star cast of Christian artists is traveling to
and faith of the Christian community. Our
bring the families together. In some instan-
ten cities this Christmas season to present
forefathers were a people of faith. We need
ces, families are allowed a time of gift ex-
"The Young Messiah," a contemporary
to return to the faith of our fathers."
change in the prison visiting rooms. Gifts
rendition of Handel's classic creation. The
Tippit was allowed to preach in the
are always presented to the children on be-
list of artists includes Sandi Patti, Larnelle
football stadiums in Bel'ey and the largest
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Sellers!
The Evangelical Council for Finan-
Speaking from Psalm 23, Dr. Graham
CLOTHBOUND
cial Accountability's (ECFA) Board of
gave a straightforward gospel message to
"(1) 1. The Grace Awakening, Charles Swindoil,
Word Publishing
Directors has announced the appoint-
the group consisting of both Protestants
2. The New Millennium, Pat Robertson,
Word Publishing
ment of Clarence Reimer to the posi-
and Catholics.
3. "Good Morning, Holy Spirit, Bennie Him.
tion of interim president of the ECFA.
Thomas Nelson Publishers
4. The Two Side of Love, Gary Smalley and John
During the last three years, Reimer
WPIT-FM/Pittsburgh, Pa., began its
Trant, Focus on the Family Publishing (Word)
served ECFA as its director of member
"Prayers For Peace In The Middle East"
(2) 5. The Applause of Heaven, Maz Lucado.
Word Publishing
review and compliance. Reimer assumed
campaign on November 14. WPIT,
(3) 6. Love Is a Choice, Robert Hemfelt, Frank
Minirth, and Paul Meier, Thomas Nalaon
his new responsibilities as of November
known as "Pittsburgh's Family Station,"
Publishers
1 following the announced resignation of
and Family Bookstores are sponsors of
(5) 2. My Utmost for His Highest, Owald Chambera
Burbour & Ca; Discovery House Publishers,
Arthur Borden, president of ECFA for
the event and are encouraging in-
G.R. Welch Co. Ltd.
(4) 8. Love Hunger, Frank Minirth, Paul Meiar.
the last nine years. Among his many ac-
dividuals to sign their names with a brief
Robert Henjelt, and Sharon Sneed, Thomas
complishments with ECFA, Borden
message on one of five banners on dis-
Nelson Publishers
(8) 9. Tom Landry: An Autobiography, Tom
oversaw the organization's rapid growth
play at participating Family Bookstores
Landry with Grago Leuris, Zondervan Publishing
House, HarperCollins Publishers
to over 650 members, adoption of
or at the studios of WPIT-FM. Red ink is
(6) 10. Love for & Lifetime, James Dobson.
landmark fundraising standards, and the
being used to write the names and mes-
Multnomah Prem
(7) 11. Comeback, Dave Druncky with Tim Stafford.
administration of the National Religious
sages on the white and blue banners that
Zondervan Publishing House. Harper San
Broadcasters' Ethics and Financial In-
Francisco
are available for signing through Decem-
12 Courtship After Marriage, Zig Ziglar, Oliver-
tegrity Commission (EFICOM).
ber 8. The banners will then be shipped
Nelson Books, (Thomas Nelson Publishers)
(9) 18. Honest to God?, Bill Hybeis. Zondervan
to the troops participating in Operation
Publishing House
American Christian Television Sys-
Desert Shield. For more information, call
14. Eternal Security, Charles Stanley Thomas
Nelson Publishers
tem (ACTS) of Fort Worth, Texas, has
(412) 281-1900.
(13) 15. The Kingdom of God Is a Party, Tony
Campoin, Word Publishing
appointed Cade Garrison as the western
16. Kids Who Carry Our Pain, Robert Hemfelt and
regional manager of its network. Formed
Jack Odell, announcer, writer, and
Paul Warren, Thomas Nelson Publishers
17. Children at Risk. James Dobine and Gary
in May 1984, ACTS carries family-
director of Pacific Garden Mission's
Bawer, Word Publishing
18. Wisdom. Larry Lea, Thomas Neison Publishers
oriented programming, as well as a wide
(PGM) radio drama Unshackled!, was
(19) 19. The Focus on the Family Guide to Growing a
range of Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
honored earlier this year by the mission
Healthy Home, edited by Mike Yorkey,
Wolgumuth & Hyati, Publishers
programs. Garrison will work with chur-
for his 37 years of affiliation with the
(10) 20. The Man in the Mirror, Patrick Morley,
Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers
ches, cable systems, and television sta-
gospel broadcast. On the occasion of his
tions in the western United States to
PAPERBACK
75th birthday. Odell was presented a ser-
market the network and help organize
vice plaque by PGM superintendent
*(4) 1. Julia's Last Hope, Janette Oice, Bethany House
Publishers
churches into local ACTS boards. For
David G. Saulnier. Odell succeeded
(1) 2. This Present Darkness, Frank Peretti,
Crossway Books
more information, call (817) 737-4011.
Eugenia Price as writer/director of the
(2) S. Piereing the Darkness, Frank Peretti,
broadcast in 1955, having begun as an-
Crossway Books
4. Jerusalem Interiude, Bodis Thoma, Bethany
Mary Anne Skeba, art director for
nouncer two years earlier. The Un-
House Publishers
Cornerstone TeleVision, Inc. (CTV), was
shackled! series, which features true-life
(?) 5. The Calling of Emly Evans, Janetie Other
Bethany House Publishers
recently presented with the Broadcast
stories, began in September 1950 and is
(3) 6. The Blessing. Gary Smalley and John Trent,
Pocket Books
Designers' Association 1990 Silver
now heard on more than 860 stations
(10) 7. More Than a Carpenter, Josh McDowell,
Award for Scenic Design in the
world-wide.
Tyndale House Publishers, Walker & Co.
(8) & Joshua. Joseph Girana, Macmillan Publishing Co.
Local/National Set Design category. The
(5) 8. Becoming a Woman of Excellence, Cynthia
Heald, NavPress
award was given for Skeba's set design
WSFJ-TV 51/Thomville, Ohio, has
10. Good Grief, Granger Westberg, Fortress Press
of Project 90, a program produced local-
appointed Ed Griffis as its new program
(Augsburg Fortress, Publishers)
(8) 11, Stick a Gerantum in Your Hat and Be
ly and syndicated on two satellite sys-
director. Griffis has held several
Happyl Barbara Johnson, Ward Publishing
terms and several television stations.
(13) 12 Hinds Feet on High Places, Hannah Hurnard,
programming, production, sales, and
Tyndale House Publishers, Walker & Co.
Skeba was among 2700 entrants to the
management positions in radio,
(9) 18. A Daughter of Grace, Michael Phillips and
Judith Pelia, Bethany House Publishers
competition.
television, and print media. Most recent-
14. The Satan Seller, Mike Warnin, David
Balsiger, and Las Jones, Bridge Publishing
ly, he served as station manager for
(11) 15. Riders of the Silver Rim, Brock and Bodis
Evangelist Billy Graham held a
WEFC-TV 38 in Roanoke, Va. For more
Thome, Bethaugy House Publishers
(20) 16. Strees Fractures, Charles Surindall,
special worship service November 11 on
information, call (614) 833-0771.
Multnomah Press
the flight deck of the U.S.S. Cushing, a
(18) 17. Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis. Macmillan
Publishing Co., Walker & Co.
naval destroyer which had just arrived in
Effective January 1, Steve Brown
(17) 18. Prayers That Avail Much, Word Ministries,
Harrison House
Hong Kong from the Mediterranean
will no longer pastor the Key Biscayne
19. Preparing for Adalescence, James Dobern,
after three months of support for Opera-
Presbyterian Church in Key Biscayne,
Regal Bonks (Goupel Light Publications).
Bantam Books
tion Desert Shield. Dr. Graham was
Fla. Brown, who is the continuing host
20. The Last Confederate, Gilbert Morris, Bethany
House Publishers
piped aboard and had honors rendered,
of the Key Life radio program. cited a
*Last month's position
given the rank equivalent of a four-star
heavy writing and speaking schedule as
This lim is beand on actual sales in Christian bookstores in the
admiral while on the ship. He personally
cause for his resignation. He has pas-
United States and Canada during October. All rights reserved.
Copyright ISSO CBA Service Corporation and Spring Arbor
met with nearly every one of the several
tored the church for 17 years.
Distributors. Distributed by Evangaties! Christian Publishers
Association.
hundred officers and crew in attendance.
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NEWS RELEASE
Ed Steele (714) 997 8450
For Further Information Contact:
TO: Religion Sundersting
ATTENTION: KON K.
FAX: (201) 428 5400
CHRISTIANS CALL FOR WORLDWIDE PRAYER SUMMITT
People In Over 150 Nations To Participate In Simultaneous Hour
of Prayer For The Crisis In the Persian Gulf and The Middle East
Orange CA., 12/19/90 - What began less than two weeks ago as a southern
California inter-faith prayer Convocation and a National Call to Prayer
has mushroomed into a precedent setting historic multinational event
with participants in over a 150 countries according to leaders.
The January 12 National Call to Prayer which will focus on the crisis
in the Persian Gulf and the Middle East is sponsored by Redeem America,
an interdenominational non-profit organization headquartered in Orange
California who's purpose is to bring America back to her constitutional
Judeo-Christian biblical moorings.
"Within hours the National Call To Prayer had come to the attention of
President Bush who has been fully briefed about the event, members of
Congress and senior officials at the Pentagon. Key ministries from
many states began to call," says 31m Barcla of Costa Mesa, Chairman,
"and the phone has not stopped ringing since.
"It's been a heartwarming explosion of interest driven by a profound
sense of need and faith," says Carolynn Guthrie Barclla, a former
Producer of Pat Robertson's nationally syndicated 700 club Television
show. Carolyn is mobilizing the Call to Prayer internationally and
producing the California Convocation of Prayer from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00
noon in the Marina Ballroom of the Disneyland Hotel. As many as 2,000
people are expected to attend. "Live phone patch reports from similar
gatherings around the world and a giant rear view projection screen
delivering videotaped messages from strategic national leaders will be
among the highlights of the firswt hour which will be devoted to
worship and praise. Southern California based ministry leaders,
pastors, government and civic leaders, military personnel and chaplains
will participate. Then, beginning at 11:00 A.M. those gathered locally
will link with others worldwide for a full hour of simultaneous prayer
led by local leaders.
In addition to inter-faith gatherings the National Call to Prayer is
urging churches, ministries para church organizations and individuals
to dovote some time between 2:00 PM and 3:00 P.M. castern standard time
to pray simultaneously on behalf of national and world leaders,
operation Desert Shicld personnel, and for the Peace of Jerusalem.
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"Individual flexibility is the key," comments media reepresentative Ed.
Steele. "People of faith who believe in the power of prayer including
Protestants, Catholics, Jews and other faith groups are invited to
participate.
Venues will include homes, churchos, temples, cathedrals, synagogues,
public places, offices, businessos, places of commerce - any place a
group or an individual chooses."
"Technology has boon a major factor in the exploding national and
international interest. FAX machines have distributed information to
over 400,000 participants in the U.S. A Norway based electronic network
which reaches church leaders and individuals in 150 countries was
activated," comments organizer Carolyn Barella. "It's historically
unprecedented, in that, never before have 50 many, in such diverse
places been drawn together so quickly to join voices for a single hour,
of focused, simultaneous prayer. The ability to communicate instantly
with visual messages has made a tremendous difference. And in South
Korea alone 1t is expected that over one million poople will
participate at 4:00 A.M. January 13 in order to link with us at 11:00
A.M. January 12 in the U.S. Other countries will follow the format in
their time tone in what has now become a WORLDWIDE CALL TO PRAYER."
We are prepared here at RA headquarters for an avalanche of calls from
churches and groups around the world once the official nows hits the
extensive network of Christian Television and radio stations," says
Mark Vincent, RA's Director of Operations." Several extra volunteers
have been added to expodite the mobilization of this urgent call to
prayer.
A partial list of participants and endorsers includes Dr. Pat
Robertson, Christian Broadcasting Network; Dr. Jerry Rose, President
of National Religious Broadcasters; Congressman William Dannemeyor,
Fullorton CA.;Dr.Bill Bright, President, Campus Crusades Dr. Ted
Engstrom, President Emeritus of World Vision, denominational leaders
such as Dr. G. Raymond Carlson of Assemblies of God; Dr. Adrian Rogers,
pastor of the 22 thousand member Bellvue Baptist Church in Memphis TN.,
and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention; telecasters
like Dr. Lloyd Ogilvie, Let God Love you, Hollywood CA.; Dr. Jack
Hayford, Church on the Way, Van Nuys, CA.; Dr. D. James Kennedy, Ft
Lauderdale FL. Dr. Charles Stanley, First Baptist Church of Atlanta; and
many others. Government and Civic Loaders such as Governor Elect Pete
Wilson, Congressman Robert K. Dornan, Garden Grove CA. Anaheim Mayor
Frod Hunter are also included among the sponsors. Hundreds of pastoral
leaders like Chuck Smith, Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, best selling
author/pastor Hal Lindsay and Bishop Charles Blake of the West Angeles
Church of God in Christ, LOS Angeles are also included in the list of
participants.
Further information and special guidolines are available for those who
wish them from Rodoem America, P.O. box 3230, Orange, CA, 92665 (714)
998 2800, FAX: 998 6020,
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percent of parents want more programs
by forcefully letting Washington and
WHO'S TENDING
with traditional values and morality.
broadcasters know how we feel.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15
Broadcasters must heed this call by
mandments to children.
creating programs which use the power of
television in an entertaining, yet positive
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5. In what ways do you think
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children's programming will need to
way. Washington lawmakers must heed
The Rushnell Company, Inc.
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THE KINGDOM CHUMS ORIGINAL TOP TEN is a
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tive to invest in wholesome, educational
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And we as producers, and as parents,
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE: Stories From The
programming for their children. A recent
must heed the call to keep our concerns
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Parents Magazine poll revealed that 78
about children's television in the spotlight
Art work from Superbook, courtesy of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN)
by Donald J. Peterson
SUPERBOOK
"Grandpa, guess how the world
was made? God created it! We saw it
on television!" That's what high-rank-
ing Communist Party officials have
been hearing from their
grandchildren who have TM been watch-
ing CBN's Superbook series on na-
tional television in the USSR.
Above: David and Goliath
Enraged by this, Communist
Party leaders fired off angry protests
Left: Superbook cover
to the Central Television Committee
chairman demanding removal of the
series. But when chairman Nenashev
issued his order to the children's
Another
programming department to stop
airing it, he found himself on the brink
of a major crisis.
Miracle
Over 300 of his employees, all
highly sympathetic to the Superbook
series, threatened to resign from the
in the
Communist Party - - and their jobs
- if the order was enforced. As a
result, the series continues to be
Soviet
aired weekly to some 90 million
homes across Russia.
Superbook is a series of Bible
Union
stories told by animated characters
Above: Noah
who travel back in time and en-
counter powerful men and women of
the Old Testament. CBN originally
conceived the series in 1981 for prime-time television in
"We want to introduce a whole generation of Soviets
Japan. Since then, it has been translated into many lan-
to the person of Jesus Christ, using the tools God has given
guages and has sold over one million copies worldwide.
us. Local churches across Russia have informed us they
CBN has been working together with Finnish-based
want to help to counsel the seeking souls, not only the
IRR/TV (International Russian Radio/TV) to air the Su-
children, but whole families, as the response comes in."
perbook series on Central Television in the USSR. As a fol-
Michael Little, group vice president for CBN Interna-
low-up, IRR/TV expects to mail between one and two mil-
tional, told Religious Broadcasting, "CBN is privileged to
lion color booklets about the life of Jesus to Soviet children
work with IRR\TV to bring about this historic event ex-
who write to request them.
plaining the basic stories of the Bible to the peoples of the
Hannu J. Haukka, president of IRR/TV, considers the
USSR."
airing of the series in the USSR as nothing short of "a
Superbook is a trademark of The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. (CBN).
miracle of God." Added Haukka, "This is perhaps the
most important task we will ever face as a Christian min-
Donald J. Peterson is the assistant editor of Religious Broad-
istry to the USSR.
casting.
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by Horst Marquardt
T
he Iron Curtain has been raised. German
unification is upon us. West Germans are
now free to visit historic sites of Bach and
Luther. Yet this does not yield more spiritual life
to the "Land of the Reformation." Although 85
percent of the population is Protestant or
Catholic, only five percent attend a Protestant
church service and only 20 percent a Catholic
church service.
The mass media serves as a mirror of society,
reflecting how faithless and atheistic a nation can
become. The faithlessness does not only apply to
East Germans under Communist sovereignty for
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45 years, but is also prevalent in large parts of
West Germany. The mass media, especially
television, could help change this deplorable state
of affairs.
Broadcasting In Germany
West Germany's broadcasting system is
much different than those in North America.
Private broadcasting was not legal until 1984.
Public broadcasting stations are financially
"secure" through the mandatory fee of DM 19 per
month every television/radio owner has to pay.
The immense income is distributed to the sta-
tions of each of the 11 federal states, soon to num-
ber 16. Together they form the "First Television
Program" (ARD). The "Second Television
Program" (ZDF), a nation-wide network, is based
in central Germany. In addition, each federal state
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December 24, 1990, Monday
SECTION: OPINION; Pg. 19
LENGTH: 794 words
HEADLINE: Meeting Soviet Citizens' Spiritual Needs
BYLINE: Jim Falkenberg and Peter Feaver; Jim Falkenberg is president of Bible
Literature International (BLI), a nonprofit ministry based in Columbus, Ohio. He
has made two recent trips to the Soviet Union to pursue literature projects with
Soviet churches. Peter Feaver is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Ohio
State University's Mershon Center.
BODY:
HEADLINES and newscasts from Moscow graphically portray a superpower fallen
to its knees economically and teetering on a shaky base politically. The Soviet
Union, after harvesting a bumper crop of 240 million tons of grain, faces severe
shortages of food and is accepting aid from former nemeses turned friends.
President Bush has just offered $1 billion in credit guarantees and other aid
to help bolster Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev through what promises to be a
difficult winter.
But the vivid pictures of empty store shelves and long lines of Soviet
citizens awaiting food tell only part of the story - as a look at Soviet
spiritual health will attest.
If any encouragement is to be found for the Soviet people during the
Christmas season, it is likely to be in their new-found religious freedoms. At
least on the spiritual front, reports are amazingly hopeful. For the first time,
Christmas will be celebrated this year in Red Square from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7.
There will be tree-lighting and cathedral bells heralding Jesus' birth. The
Soviet Navy band is scheduled to play ''Silent Night'' and ''Hark, the Herald
Angels Sing.''
Such an open display of religious worship would have been unheard of even two
years ago. The recent dramatic growth in freedom of religious expression can be
traced to the commemoration of the Christian millennium in 1988, marking 1,000
years since the official adoption of Christianity as the national religion of
Russia.
Since that time, literally hundreds of Soviet citizens imprisoned for their
faith have been released, cathedrals turned into museums during the Stalin era
have been returned to the church, and seminaries have been opened. In September
of this year, the Soviet Parliament passed new religious freedom laws allowing
religious affiliation, education, charitable activities, and publications for
the first time.
Glasnost has pulled back the curtain on the Soviet Union to reveal a society
suffering from a spiritual yearning as great as any physical hunger. Seventy
years of repressive laws limiting freedom of religious expression did not
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quench the spiritual thirst of the Russian people. If anything, the testimony of
the thousands of Christians, Jews, and Muslims martyred by Soviet authorities
only encouraged extensive underground faith movements.
New religious freedom has pushed the pent-up demand for religious material
into the open - and Western religious organizations are working together to fill
the void. In a way unprecedented since 1917, evangelists, religious drama
troupes, and religious films are enjoying widespread exposure throughout the
Soviet Union. Several weeks ago, residents of Kiev responded enthusiastically to
the premiere of the film ''Jesus'' in their city and received thousands of
copies of the Gospel of Luke in their own language from Bible Literature
International, one of numerous literature ministries working to meet the need
for spiritual materials.
But Western religious organizations have only begun to meet the seemingly
insatiable demand. Newly bold church leaders have expressed a strong desire for
more Bibles, and especially for instructional literature geared for children.
Even now, international missions arms are sending illustrated children's
New Testaments as well as other family-related literature to the Soviet Union.
Unlike the food aid currently pouring into the Soviet Union, donations of
religious material are designed to meet long-term as well as short-term needs.
Much of the aid goes directly to local churches and seminaries which are
nurturing a new generation of religious leaders. The long-term goal is to make
the Soviet Union self sufficient, able to meet its own religious-literature
needs.
The new religious openness has not been without some negative side effects.
Increased anti-Semitism and other odious legacies of Russia's religious past
have also been released from state oppression and are now rearing their ugly
heads throughout Soviet society.
Similarly, the recent mysterious murders of a Latvian priest and a Russian
Orthodox priest are painful evidences of lingering religious oppression.
However, the new freedom offers fresh opportunities for healing these wounds and
weeding out intolerance. Satisfying requests for religious aid is an integral
and necessary step in repairing the delicate fabric of Soviet society.
As food shortages, civil-military unrest, and ethnic nationalism threaten to
rend the Soviet Union asunder, a vigorous and healthy expression of religious
freedom may be one encouraging promise for peace. Soviet citizens may find new
hope as they hear and experience, many for the first time, the words that
ushered in the Christ child: 'Peace on earth, goodwill toward men.
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TASS
January 6, 1991, Sunday
LENGTH: 449 words
HEADLINE: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS IN MOSCOW
BYLINE: BY TASS CORRESPONDENTS ALEXANDRAS BUDRIS AND NIKOLAI PALAGICHEV
DATELINE: MOSCOW, JANUARY 6
BODY:
THE CHRISTMAS TREE CELEBRATIONS WERE HELD IN RED SQUARE IN CENTRAL MOSCOW
TODAY AS PART OF THE JOINT SOVIET-U. S. CHARITABLE ACTION TO WISH MERRY
CHRISTMAS TO MOSCOW AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE WORLD.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE EVENT BELONGS TO AMERICAN PRIEST JAY CANTY, A CO-CHAIRMAN
OF THE SOVIET-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR CHARITABLE COOPERATION.
VARIOUS STATE AND PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS, AS WELL AS MAJOR FIRMSFROM THE UNITED
STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CELEBRATIONS, WHICH BEGAN ON
DECEMBER 24.
ON THAT DAY, LIGHTS WENT ON TWO HUGE CHRISTMAS TREES ONE INTHE MIDDLE OF
MOSCOW'S MAJOR TRADING CENTRE AND NEW YORK'S CATHEDRAL OF SAINT JOHN.
THE THREE-WEEK CELEBRATIONS INCLUDED FUNCTIONS FOR THE LOW- INCOME POPULATION
GROUP, FREE ADMISSION TO THEATRICAL AND VARIETYSHOWS, EXCURSIONS AS WELL AS THE
DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO CHILDREN IN MOSCOW'S ORPHANAGES AND
CHILDREN'S CLINICS.
FORMER U. S. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN'S VIDEOTAPED CHRISTMAS GREETINGS WERE
PLAYED TO CROWDS OF MUSCOVITES IN RED SQUARE TODAY. A CANDLE-BEARING MARCH
WAS HELD THEN TO THE MUSIC OF CHRISTMAS HYMNS PLAYED BY THE USSR NAVY BAND. THE
ST. BASIL'S BELLS PEALED AND JAY CANTY READ EXCERPTS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT
TO PEOPLE IN RED SQUARE.
CELEBRATIONS WERE ALSO HELD IN MANEZHNAYA SQUARE TO THE SOUTH OF THE KREMLIN.
A SPECIAL CHARITABLE SHOW-AND-GAMES PROGRAMME WASSTAGED HERE FOR CHILDREN ACROSS
MOSCOW. CLOWNS, JESTERS AND BRIGHT-COLOURED FILM AND STORY CHARACTERS
ENTERTAINED PEOPLE AND INVOLVED THEM IN ACTION. DANCES, TUG-OF-WAR COMPETITIONS
AND HORSE-RIDES WERE ON OFFER.
THE AUTOSAURUS CLUB ENTERTAINED SPECTATORS WITH A DISPLAY OF RESTORED VINTAGE
CARS DATING FROM THE THIRTIES AND THE FORTIES. ARIDE IN A VINTAGE CAR PROVED A
GREAT ATTRACTION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE. PILAF AND A STEAMING-HOT CUP OF
TEA WERE ENJOYED BYSOVIET PEOPLE AND FOREIGN TOURISTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE BOTH
RIDES AND MEALS WERE OFFERED GRATIS.
"WE AIMED NOT ONLY TO ENTERTAIN CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY RIDES IN ANCIENT CARS
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, = AUTOSAURUS CLUB LEADER VITALY KRUTIN TOLD TASS. "WE WANT TO
DRAW SOCIETY'S ATTENTION TO THOSE WHO ARE DEPRIVED OF A HOME AND SHELTER
PROVIDED BY PARENTS. ALL THE MONEY RAISED THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS DURING OUR
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CHARITABLE ACTION WILL GO TO MAKE LIFE BETTER AT AN INFANT HOME IN MOSCOW'S
SOVETSKY DISTRICT. =
"THIS PROGRAMME, = THE SHOW'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR VLADIMIR DEMIN SAID, "WAS
PREPARED THANKS TO SPONSORS - THE KONTINENT ASSOCIATION, THE MOSCOW ART
ASSOCIATION, THE SOVIET-AMERICAN ROSSIYA VENTURE AND THE RUBIN COOPERATIVE. WE
HOPE TO MAKE OUT-OF-DOOR GAMES TO THE SOUND OF MOSCOW BELLS A REGULAR FEATURE".
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February 12, 1990, Southeast Edition
LENGTH: 844 words
HEADLINE: Broadcasters With A Mission Target Eastern Europe
BYLINE: By Randall Bloomquist
DATELINE: BETHESDA, MD.
BODY:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and the Son and the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you."
Matthew 27:19-20
Like so many others with products to sell and gospels to preach, America's
religious broadcasters are racing to cash in on perestroika. But don't hold
your breath for a Soviet Version of the 700 Club or the emergence of a Romanian
Jim and Tammy -- the televangelists have too much international experience and
savvy for that.
"I think it would be a tremendous mistake for us to automatically decide that
what's good for us in this country would be good for the people of Eastern
Europe, said Jerry Rose, president of the 825-member National Religious
Broadcasters.
According to Rose, who is urging every member of the NRB to join the crusade
in Eastern Europe, "between 15 and 30" religious broadcast outfits are currently
moving toward creation of some sort of overt operation in the Soviet Union and
the Eastern bloc,
Rose, who acknowledges that religious broadcasters have seen their
credibility plummet as a result of the PTL Club and Jimmy Swaggert scandals,
vehemently rejects the suggestion that American televangelists are running to
Europe to avoid problems at home. "That's ludicrous," he said. "We've always
been mission-oriented. The reason we haven't been in Eastern Europe before is
simply that we couldn't get in."
Many of the broadcasters planning overt Eastern European missions, Rose
points out, have years of overseas ministry experience -- including, in some
cases, involvement with Bible smuggling and undercover evangelism in communist
countries.
Nor, says Rose, do American televangelists view Eastern Europe as a fresh
cash COW waiting to be milked. "The solicitation of funds, if it ever happens,
is a good way down the road," he said. "Right now the emphasis is on getting
the programming to the people and that will be done through local groups."
Perhaps the best-known Christian broadcast group operating behind the
erstwhile Iron Curtain is Pat Robertson's Virginia Beach, Va.-based Christian
Broadcasting Network (CBN) At the recent NRB convention in Washington,
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D.C., Robertson announced that the CBN's Superbook, an animated Bible show for
children, has been added to the weekly lineup on Soviet television and is now
available in government-run videotape stores. He also reported that CBN has
received permission to open both a news bureau and a II ministry center" in
Moscow. The news bureau will serve as a center for both the gathering and
dissemination of news while the ministry center will supply Soviet citizens
with Bibles and other Christian materials.
CBN says it is covering its costs on the sale of Superbook tapes but will
see no profit from any of its various Eastern European projects. Nor will the
group solicit contributions in the Soviet Union or Europe. According to CBN
vp/public relations Frankie Abourjilie, the efforts will be funded solely by
donations from = CBN's growing and loyal" U.S. audience.
But one aspect of CBN that Eastern Europeans may never see is Robertson
himself. While the former Republican presidential candidate will tape a few
segments of his 700 Club talk show from deep inside the Soviet Union, the
program will not be broadcast anytime soon in that part of the world.
"We don't believe the people of Eastern Europe need Pat Robertson or the 700
Club," said Abourjilie. The reason [Robertson] is the focus of our work here is
because the media is so interested in him."
But another major televangelist with Soviet connections has fewer
compunctions about building a cult of personality in the once-evil empire.
California-based Robert Schuller, whose "Hour of Power" program is the
highest-rated religious show in U.S. television, claims he is currently
negotiating to have the program broadcast on a regular basis in the Soviet
Union. Schuller is being represented in those negotiations by Occidental
Petroleum chairman Armand Hammer, a longtime associate of top Soviet leaders.
Schuller made his Russian TV debut with a Christmas Eve sermon that Soviet
broadcast executives claim was viewed by some 200 million people, including
Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Smaller broadcasters seeking to spread the word in Eastern Europe include
Chatham, N.J.-based Trans World Radio, which has received permission to build a
production facility in the Soviet Union; Rose's TV 38; and Three Angels
Broadcasting of West Frankfort, Ill. Both TV 38 and Three Angels are exploring
arrangements to have their programming aired on Eastern bloc TV stations.
Rose said smaller broadcasters who get involved in Eastern Europe may have to
scale back some of their operations in the U.S. - a trade-off he is willing to
make. "You have to understand the evangelist mentality," said Rose. "I won't
completely sacrifice my goals at home to go into Europe, but I will do
everything I can to help spread the word of God across the world."
GRAPHIC: Picture, 1, CBN's Soviet Superbook; Picture 2, Robertson
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Copyright (c) 1990 The Times Mirror Company;
Los Angeles Times
September 7, 1990, Friday, Home Edition
SECTION: Part A; Page 1; Column 5; Metro Desk
LENGTH: 1466 words
HEADLINE: ONCE BANNED, EVANGELICALS SEEK FLOCKS IN EAST BLOC;
RELIGION: SOME ARE CRITICIZED FOR CAPITALIZING ON CONVERTS AND BEING INSENSITIVE
TO TRADITIONAL FAITHS.
BYLINE: By JOHN DART, TIMES RELIGION WRITER
BODY:
A letter from the International Bible Society in Colorado Springs trumpets
the following proposal: "For a gift of $25, you can give 10 believers in Russia
their first Bible."
A newsletter from the Costa Mesa-based Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship
International proudly proclaims: "Airlift to Armenia and Russia Dodges Bullets
and Food Panic. Thousands Receive Christ."
And an ad in a Christian magazine promises that "this summer 100,000 students
will hear the truth about Jesus" when Michigan evangelist John Guest holds
campus rallies in Kiev, Moscow and Romania.
American evangelicals are moving fast into what many of them perceive as a
new land of milk and honey now that hostility to religion has faded in communist
countries. Numerous independent ministries are heralding their success on the
new spiritual frontiers through advertisements, newsletters and pleas to
potential contributors.
But amid such euphoria, some religious leaders are concerned about those they
believe are as interested in enhancing their reputations and pocketbooks as in
making converts. And they fear that religious conflicts will erupt with
traditional religions.
"Some will come as self-appointed messiahs, others will arrive because there
is money to be raised as a consequence of their visits," said George Otis Jr.,
president of the Sentinel Group, Seattle-based consultants on evangelism
strategy.
"Stormy times are coming between Eastern Orthodox and evangelicals," warned
Kent Hill, executive director of the Institute on Religion and Democracy in
Washington.
But evangelicals once banned from Communist Bloc countries counter that they
are being welcomed, and in some cases even courted, in the wake of Soviet
President Mikhail S. Gorbachey's reforms and the opening of Eastern Europe.
"Interest in spirituality is absolutely enormous," said the Rev. Peter
Deyneka Jr.
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Deyneka, president of Slavic Gospel Assn. in Wheaton, Ill., points to his own
experience as an example.
For years he had to spread the word by smuggling Bibles in with tourists and
producing radio programs beamed across the border.
But since April, 1989, Deyneka has been to the Soviet Union five times,
once delivering 43,000 New Testaments that were distributed in Moscow.
Indeed, government authorities are accepting millions of donated Scriptures.
Religious broadcasters are being asked to provide programming. Westerners have
started rudimentary seminary classes. Pirated and officially distributed copies
of a movie about Jesus are being hotly sought.
Last September, Portland evangelist Luis Palau scored a first by conducting
open air revivals in five Soviet cities. Billy Graham, who held rallies in
Hungary last year, is negotiating for a crusade next summer at a Moscow
stadium. And Jerry Falwell traveled to Bucharest in July to present 40 Romanian
students with scholarships to his Liberty University in Virginia.
Although some of the most dramatic religious thrusts are coming from
enterprising evangelicals, mainline religious bodies are offering support to
regenerate faiths long forced underground.
U.S. rabbis and cantors are helping Soviet Jewry rediscover its heritage.
Episcopal, Lutheran and other Protestant denominations are strengthening sister
churches and improving ecumenical contacts. The Salvation Army has resurrected
work in Eastern Europe that went clandestine 40 years ago. Unitarian
Universalist churches have linked up with their counterparts in Romania's
Transylvania region.
Whatever the motives, Hill, author of "The Puzzle of the Soviet Church," and
others say it is essential to "show respect to the Orthodox tradition. À
danger, he said, is that many conservative evangelicals in America imply that
non-evangelicals are not true Christians.
Some have inferred that view from a mail appeal in June from Bill Bright,
head of the San Bernardino-based Campus Crusade for Christ. He was seeking $1
million to finance 1,000 more theater showings in the Soviet Union for the
agency's vastly successful movie "Jesus," plus money for follow-up evangelistic
literature.
Christians, the letter said, feel a burden for "the eternal destiny of 280
million Soviet citizens," the country's total population. Trouble is, Bright
ignored an estimated 60 million to 70 million Orthodox Christians, 10 million
Catholics, 4 million Armenian Christians, more than 1 million Lutherans and at
least 1 million other Protestants in the Soviet Union.
"Somehow they think Orthodoxy is folklore," complained Father George
Stephanides, pastor of St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church in Irvine.
Bright acknowledged in an interview that his letter "could have been phrased
differently. I don't want to offend anyone. It is true, there are millions of
believers in the Soviet Union. =
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While it is "very invigorating" to see Western Christian bodies rushing to
Communist countries, Father Leonid Kishkovsky, president of the National Council
of Churches, expressed worries about what he called certain "abrasive,
pejorative" evangelical methods.
"The historical record is troublesome," said Kishkovsky, a priest in the
Russian-heritage Orthodox Church in America. "There might be a tendency to
associate Russian icons with idolatry," he said.
A number of Eastern Orthodox bishops, including a high-ranking prelate who
traveled with Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I this summer in the United States,
have said they are afraid that evangelical Protestants and, in some cases, Roman
Catholics may replenish their flocks at the expense of Orthodoxy.
Kishkovsky pointed to Graham as a model he hopes others will follow. During
the evangelist's unprecedented preaching trips to Soviet churches in 1982 and
1984, his message was typically evangelistic. "But you also had a profound sense
that the non-evangelical Christians, mostly Orthodox, were being treated as
authentic Christians," Kishkovsky said.
Of all the big-name Protestant ministers moving behind what used to be the
Iron Curtain, the Rev. Robert Schuller of Garden Grove's Crystal Cathedral might
prove to be the most palatable.
With the diplomatic help of industrialist Armand Hammer, a longtime friend of
the Soviets, Schuller delivered upbeat messages twice on Soviet television in
recent months and hopes to begin a monthly television program before the end of
the year.
As he does in this country, Schuller indicated he would talk mainly to
nonbelievers, emphasizing a self-esteem message not heavily laden with "Jesus
talk." His program will also emphasize American-Soviet friendship, he said.
Schuller has conceded that his new venture should help him in this country
where his television ministry has been running a deficit.
"I think it has given me tremendous credibility," he said. "It virtually
assures the fact that our position in America will remain strong and sure."
Schuller is not the only American Protestant moving into Soviet television.
Southern California broadcaster Paul Crouch, president of Trinity
Broadcasting Network, signed a preliminary contract in April with Leningrad
officials to jointly operate a televisionstation. A final agreement allowing TBN
to essentially run the station and show substantial amounts of religious
programming may be near, a spokesman for Crouch said.
A children's animated television series of biblical stories, produced by Pat
Robertson's Christian Broadcasting Network, will soon be shown on Soviet
television.
In addition, the evangelical-oriented Trans World Radio, based in New
Jersey, has launched the first radio production studio to be run by Westerners
in the Soviet Union. Four other studios are envisioned by the end of the year.
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Charles Colson, who went to jail for his Watergate sins, has visited Soviet
prisons to talk about religious services for inmates -- a relatively new
phenomenon in the Soviet Union. Colson's Prison Fellowship International in
July was a co-sponsor of the first national conference on prison ministries in
Kiev.
All this religious fervor became possible after the June, 1988, celebration
of the 000th anniversary of Christianity in Russia. At a meeting with
patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church, Gorbachev apologized for how religion
had been abused in the past.
During a meeting with Pope John Paul II in Rome the next year, Gorbachev
promised a new Soviet law on freedom of conscience. Such legislation was given a
first reading in the Soviet Parliament in May and may be debated this month.
Hopes for coordinating evangelical activities in the Soviet Union are
focused on an international conference scheduled for Oct. 22-26 in Moscow. The
plans grew out of a large world evangelization gathering last summer in Manila
where a dramatic highlight was the entry -- three days late -- of 68 delegates
from Soviet churches.
SUBJECT: RELIGION -- EASTERN EUROPE; EVANGELICALISM; EVANGELISM; PROSELYTISM;
BIBLES; RELIGIOUS BROADCASTS; EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH; FUND RAISING; RELIGION --
USSR; PROTESTANTS; CATHOLIC CHURCH; SCHULLER, ROBERT; CROUCH, PAUL; EVANGELISTS
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January 18, 1991, Friday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 10; Column 1; Foreign Desk
LENGTH: 1431 words
Capt. Tate
HEADLINE: WAR IN THE GULF: The Pilots;
Allied Fliers Jubilantly Tell of Early Control of the Skies as Iraq Planes Fled
BYLINE: By PHILIP SHENON, Special to The New York Times
DATELINE: IN SAUDI ARABIA, Jan. 17
BODY:
Hours after their bombing runs reduced Iraqi targets to rubble and flame,
American fighter pilots returned to bases here today and jubilantly described
how Iraqi fliers had offered little resistance, with some Iraqi combat jets even
scrambling far to the north to avoid combat.
"If somebody was coming into my homeland, I would go after them a little bit
harder," Col. John McBroom of the Air Force said, minutes after he emerged from
the cockpit of an F-15 fighter he had piloted on a bombing mission over Iraq.
"We went in there and did exactly what we wanted to do."
Speaking at a Saudi air base with a small pool of reporters that had been
organized by the Defense Department, Capt. Genther Drummond, a flier from Osage
County, Okla., who took part in this morning's opening assault of the war, said
it was "as if we had no adversary."
Iraqi pilots, he said, "never came to fight." Other American pilots reported
that a number of Iraqi fighters had peeled off quickly after spotting the allied
forces and had flown north toward safer skies near the Turkish border. It was
unclear whether they were retreating out of fear or prudence, perhaps eager to
save their planes for some future fight.
Two Allied Planes Lost
But even in the absence of seriously committed defense by Iraqi pilots, some
of the attacking fliers made it clear that their missions were not quite
cakewalks or milk runs. Within 12 hours of the first attack officials reported
that one American, one British and one Kuwaiti plane had been lost and four
French fighters had been hit but were able to return to base.
Describing the shower of tracer fire seen from the cockpit of his British
Tornado ground attack craft, Flight Lieut. Ian Long said, "The sky was a mass of
yellow explosions." He admitted the fear that gripped him as he flew in the
midst of Iraqi antiaircraft artillery bursts as dawn broke over Baghdad on
Thursday. "It was the most scary thing I have ever done in my life," he said.
The heavy bombardment, which began early this morning and continued on
throughout the day and late into this evening, destroyed military installations
in the ancient Iraqi capital and other strategic targets in Iraq, the pilots
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said.
Although senior American military officials will not discuss logistics of the
bombing missions, others say there is a nearly constant aerial assault on Iraq.
'Round-the-Clock Bombing'
"We've been at war for a day, and some of the crews have already made more
than one run on Iraq," an official said. "It's not a wave of bombings. It's
round-the-clock, minute-by-minute bombing."
The rumble of Western bombers on the way to Iraq could be heard across vast
stretches of the northern Arabian desert before dawn this morning, and American
marines in a remote desert camp were roused from their sleep by what they
described as the reassuring sound of American airmen headed for combat.
As waves of war planes roared over, headed north for Iraq and Kuwait, members
of the Marine Task Force Ripper -- under military reporting rules, the exact
location of the units cannot be identified -- raised their heads above the
trenches and yelled, "Go, Air Force!"
Captain Gets First Kill
Though Iraqi artillery fire and ground-launched, hand-fired missiles proved
most menacing for the allied attack force of American, British, French, Saudi
Arabian and Kuwaiti planes, on at least one occasion an enemy jet engaged an
American F-15 fighter flown by Capt. Steve Tate of Watersmeet, Mich. In the
short dogfight that followed the Iraqi plane was downed in what was described by
military officials here as the first air kill of the war.
Captain Tate, a husky, mustached man, was among a group of F-15 fighter
pilots who served as an escort to bombers headed for Iraq this morning. His role
was to sweep the skies ahead of the bombers and deal with any attack by Iraqi
fighters and antiaircraft weapons, and to protect the bombers while they dropped
their loads over Iraq.
As the bombers descended toward their target near the Iraqi capital, he said,
the F-15's detected what he thought was a French-built Mirage, leaving the
ground and moving quickly toward the fighters. The Iraqi jet was soon closing in
on his F-15.
' I Locked Him In'
Another F-15 in the squadron "had just turned south, and I was headed
northeast on a different pattern," Captain Tate said. "I don't know if the
bogie was chasing him, but I locked him in, confirmed that he was hostile, and
fired a missile."
The Sparrow missile hit its target about 12 miles away. "It was a huge
fireball," said Captain Tate, who had never used one of the radar-guided
missiles at night, even in practice, and had been concerned about the weapon's
effectiveness in the dark.
"I feel good," he said with a broad smile. "I never experienced this before."
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"It continued to burn all the way to the ground and then just blew up in a
thousand pieces," Captain Tate said, shortly after he climbed down from his
plane to accept the congratulatory handshakes and backslaps from his ground
crew.
Enemy Runway the Target
Lieutenant Long, the British flier from the Royal Air Force's 31 Tornado
squadron, described how he had carried out his mission, which was largely to
deliver a half-ton bomb designed to leave a crater in an enemy runway to render
it useless.
"We went in low over the target, as low as we dared," Lieutenant Long said.
"We dropped the bombs and then ran like hell. It was absolutely terrifying.
There is no other word for it. We were frightened of failure, frightened of
dying.
"We could not see the ground, but it looked like a pretty good hit," he said.
In interviews after their bombing runs this morning, American pilots combined
images of wonder and horror to describe what they saw and felt as they dropped
thousands of tons of explosives over Iraqi targets, which included air bases,
other military installations and industrial sites believed to be used for the
production of chemical and biological weapons.
"If you saw any of the footage from World War II, that's exactly what it
looks like," said Lieut. Col. Don Kline, commander of the 27th Tactical Fighter
Squadron and the pilot of one of the first F-15's to enter Iraqi airspace this
morning.
'A Bunch of Explosions'
"It looked awesome," said Colonel Kline, 42, of Dallas. "There were things
going off all over the place. There were a bunch of explosions, quick as they
were going off. I couldn't count."
Captain Tate, the pilot who shot down the Iraqi fighter, said he first saw
Baghdad after the Iraqi capital had been under allied bombardment for at least
half an hour.
Flames rising up from the city left some neighborhoods "lit up like a huge
Christmas tree," he said. "The entire city was just sparkling at us."
Other reports from television reporters in Baghdad early in the day said the
bombardment seemed to have hit primarily military targets, including the Defense
Ministry, and avoided residential areas.
'It's Just Begun'
Despite much evident euphoria on the part of the returning fliers, some of
the more cautious American pilots were saying the fighting could last several
months, or even longer.
"It's not over," said Colonel McBroom of the Air Force, looking up to the
gray desert sky that the airmen under his command had appeared to conquer just
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hours before. "We had one good morning. You sting 'em quick, you're winning,
7-0, but it's not over. It's just begun."
But as the first day of the war drew to a close, many of the pilots and other
military men here seemed to reflect apprehension and relief in almost equal
measure.
"It had to start to come to an end," said Pfc. William Weaver, 20, of Cherry
Hill, N.J., a member of the Army's 82d Airborne Division, who spent this
historic morning on K.P. duty. "Now you can see an end."
Defense Against Nerve Gas
The ominous threat to troops that might yet lie in the offing was made fully
apparent as an air defense artillery unit drilled on Wednesday night in the
desert.
The soldiers, at that time still unaware that the air attack on Iraq was
about to begin, were given the order to start taking anti-nerve gas tablets.
The tablets increase the resistance of a human body to deadly nerve agents,
which Iraq is reported to have stockpiled in large quantities, by more than 4000
percent. Reporters visiting the unit were also directed to take the tablets.
At a Marine encampment in the desert, one of the men gestured to the planes
flying overhead and shouted, "Good luck, flyboys!"
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ARMAMENT, DEFENSE AND MILITARY FORCES
NAME: SHENON, PHILIP; LONG, IAN (LIEUT)
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Navy medic Clerence D. Conner of Hemet, Calif.,
was with a five-man Marine patrol Thursday night
near the Kuwaiti border when Iraqi artillery suddenly
started raining down.
Conner, a corpsman who was there to administer
first aid to the patrol, was hit with shrapnel in the
right shoulder and will receive the war's first Purple
Heart, the heart-shaped medal honoring soldiers
wounded in combat. Several pilots who flew bombing
missions are missing, but Conner was the first cas-
ualty among U.S. ground forces, officials said.
"We were standing by his bedside and he said,
'Please, don't send me home. I've got to get back to
my unit. They're depending on me,' " said Maj. Gen.
Mike Myatt, commander of the 1st Marine Division.
Myatt said he was so moved he wanted to pin the
CLERENCE D. CONNER
medal on Conner in the hospital. The Pentagon, how-
'please don't send me home'
ever, has not yet shipped any of the medals.
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Fact Sheet
Gulf Crisis:
166 Days of US Diplomacy
For 1GG days, Leom the Unio Lay Invested
Working With International
Kuwait on August 2, 1990, until the
Institutions
Trips
expiration of the UN deadline for Iraqi
withdrawal on January 15, 1991, Secre-
President Bush has emphasized that
1990
tary of State James A. Baker, III,led a
Iraq's aggression against Kuwait threat-
Aug. 3: Moscow
diplomatic effort to end the conflict
ens the vision of a "new world order" that
Aug. 8-10: Ankara, Brussels (NATO)
could otherwise replace the "Cold War"
Sept.. 5-15: Jeddah, Taif, Abu Dhabi,
peacefully. This effort involved extensive
tensions that have characterized world
Cairo, Alexandria, Helsinki,
cooperation with the Soviet Union, the
Brussels, Moscow, Damascus,
NATO allies, the European Community,
politics since World War IL Secretary
Rome, Bonn
our friends in the Middle East, and, most
Baker concentrated heavily upon
Sept. 26-Oct. 5: New York (United
importantly, with the United Nations and
involving the institutions that will likely
Nations and CSCE ministerial)
the Desert Shield coalition that was
characterize the "new world order"-
Nov. 3-10: Manama, Dhahran, Taif,
formed under the UN mandate.
especially the Conference on Security
Jeddah, Cairo, Ankara, Moscow.
and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a
London, Paris
Nov. 15-26: Brussels, Geneva, Paris,
NATO that includes newly unified
Jeddah, Sanaa, Bogota
Ten Trips
Germany, and the European Community
Nov. 28-29: New York (UN)
(EC). The CSCE, EC, and NATO
Dec. 9-12: Houston (US-USSR
Secretary Baker discussed the Gulf crisis
condemned Iraq's aggression-and all
ministerial)
on every trip outside Washington, DC,
NATO states and many CSCE and EC
Dec. 16-18: Brussels (NATO)
between August and January-a total of
countries joined the 29-nation Desert
10 diplomatic missions-and he held
Shield coalition.
1991
many other talks in his State Department
Jan. 6-14: London, Paris, Bonn, Milan.
office and over the telephone.
Geneva, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Taif,
Working With the UN
Cairo, Damascus, Ankara, Ottawa
For only the second time in its history,
Meetings
and for the first time with the Soviet
Summary
Union's support, the United Nations
Secretary Baker has held more than
formally has authorized the use of force
200 meetings since August 2, 1990,
with:
More than 200 contacts
against an aggressor nation. Twelve UN
with foreign dignitaries
Security Council resolutions adopted
Soviet officials (35 meetings);
over a period of more than 5 months
Representatives of every NATO
(bilaterals/meetings/
events).
clearly laid out the path of peace for Iraq.
member (15 nations);
These resolutions demand that Iraq
CSCE signatories (33 nations);
Six congressional
All Gulf nations, except Iran;
withdraw immediately and uncondition-
Cuba (which, with Yemen, voted
appearances.
ally from Kuwait, establish an economic
against UN Resolution 678 authoriz-
103,421 miles traveled.
embargo backed by force, and authorize
ing the use of force).
the use of all necessary means to expel
166 days between
Iraq from Kuwait if the Iraqis did not
August 2, 1990, and
withdraw by January 15, 1991.
January 15, 1991.
Secretary Baker engaged in personal
diplomacy at the UN to secure passage of
these resolutions - including two
historic sessions that involved foreign
ministers of all five permanent members
US Department of State
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of the UN Security Council: on Septem-
ber 25. when the council authorized an
US-Soviet Gulf Crisis Discussions, 1990
air embargo of Iraq and the use of force
to impose sanctions; on November 29,
Date
Location
Participants
when it mandated the use of "all means
necessary" to evict Iraq from Kuwait after
Aug. 3
Moscow
Secrotary Boker and Foreign
January 15, 1991.
Minister Shevardnadze
Sept. 9
Helsinki
President Bush, President
Gorbachev, Secretary Baker,
US-USSR Cooperation
and Foreign Minister
Shevardnadze
The crisis began as the Secretary was on
Sept. 11-13
Moscow
a diplomatic mission in Mongolia. The
Secretary Baker and
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze
next day he flew to Moscow for talks with
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and the
Sept. 26-Oct. 5
New York
President Bush, President
issuance of a joint US-USSR statement
Gorbachev, Secretary Baker,
that condemned the Iraqi action. This
and Foreign Minister
Sheverdnadze
was the first of nine US-Soviet meetings
on the Gulf crisis (see box).
Nov. 8
Moseow
Secretary Baker and Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze
Nov. 18-21
Paris
Secretary Baker and Foreign
Going the Extra
Minister Shevardnadze
Mile for Peace
Nov. 28
New York
Secretary Baker and Foreign
On January 3, President Bush stated that
Minister Shevardnadze
he was "ready to make one last attempt to
Nov. 29
New York
Secretary Baker and Foreign
go the extra mile for peace." Therefore,
Minister Shevardnadze at dinner
Secretary Baker met with Iraqi Foreign
meeting of five UN Security
Minister Aziz on January 9. Even after
Council permanent representa-
tives (China, France, UK, US,
Iraq's intransigence caused that meeting
USSR)
to end in failure, the Secretary held out
Dec. 9-12
Houston and
President Bush, Secretary
hope for 11th-hour efforts by UN Secre-
Washington
Baker, and Foreign Minister
tary General Perez de Cuellar and by the
Shevardnadze
EC, which ultimately were unsuccessful.
At 4:50 pm EST on January 16-some 17
hours after the UN deadline expired-the
coalition forces launched Operation
Desert Storm to force Iraq into complying
with the 12 UN Security Council resolu-
tion. As Secretary Baker's spokesman
told reporters just hours after Desert
Storm began: "The pause for peace,
mandated by the UN Security Council
Resolution 678, is over."
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Grahams
HEADLINE: The President Preacher;
service ,
In Crisis, White House Turns to Billy Graham
fort myer
SERIES: Occasional
BYLINE: Megan Rosenfeld, Washington Post Staff Writer
BODY:
Somehow, he's always there.
Billy Graham, America's most enduring evangelist, was summoned to the White
House Wednesday, arriving roughly an hour and a half after the first squadron of
fighter bombers took off from their base in Saudi Arabia. He stayed the night at
the White House (a place 50 familiar he knows to ask for the Queen's Bedroom
rather than suffer the rougher mattress of the Lincoln), quickly arranged with
Christian military chaplains to hold a prayer service yesterday morning, and
preached a 17-minute sermon to the assembled leaders of the country.
"This was supposed to be the Christian century," he told the audience of some
400 people, referring to religious predictions of a peaceful era. "But it has
been anything but the Christian century. Why can't we settle our problems in
peace?" But, he said, "there come times when we have to fight for peace.
"Our democracy has been built within the framework of the Ten Commandments
and the Sermon on the Mount," he said. Perhaps, out of this war "will come a new
peace and, as has been stated by the president, a new world order."
Graham reminded the audience, which included the president, vice president,
their wives, military brass and most of the Cabinet, of difficulties faced by
previous presidents, starting with George Washington, and quoted a prayer of
Abraham Lincoln's "that we will be on God's side. =
An Army chorus sang "God Bless America," and President Bush and the entire
congregation joined in on "Amazing Grace." Graham then returned to the White
House with the President for lunch before leaving Washington.
Graham, 72, has known George Bush for 30 years, introduced by Bush's father,
Prescott, a Graham spokesman said. Graham and Bush and their wives have
vacationed together in Mexico and at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport,
Maine. Graham was the only clergyman at Bush's inauguration, giving both the
invocation and the benediction. Although Bush is an Episcopalian and Graham a
Baptist, they evidently enjoy each other's company to the extent that Graham
told a fellow evangelist that "George Bush is the best friend he has in the
whole world outside his own immediate staff," according to a 1988 book titled
"George Bush: Man of Integrity," by Doug Wead.
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If that is the case, it would merely underline Graham's role as unofficial
chaplain to the White House, a series of unlikely symbiotic relationships that
began with a visit to Harry S. Truman in 1950 that ended unpropitiously. The
emerging young preacher arrived at the White House with three Billy Graham Team
colleagues, all dressed in white suits and white buckskin shoes, and after a
20-minute chat asked to pray with the president. Graham's mistake, he said
later, was to allow himself to be debriefed by waiting reporters, and to then
reenact the prayer session for the cameras by kneeling on the White House lawn.
He learned better.
Lyndon B. Johnson told one reporter that he summoned Graham whenever he
needed some "good tall praying." Johnson would occasionally return the favor by
appearing at a Billy Graham Crusade. Graham spent the last night of Johnson's
presidency in the White House and stayed over for the first night of Richard
Nixon's.
Jimmy Carter chaired one of the Graham crusades when he was governor of
Georgia, and had hosted the reverend at his home, although Graham seemed a less
visible presence during the Carter presidency. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the
first president to actively befriend him, inviting him to the White House many
times and on his deathbed asking to see Graham. John F. Kennedy invited him to
play golf (Graham had to give up the sport for health reasons more than a decade
ago), but the two were not close. Ronald Reagan, who came to power with the help
of the conservative evangelicals from whom Graham gently distanced himself, was
friendly but not a pal -- although he did make Graham one of his personal guests
on Inauguration Day and awarded him the Medal of Freedom.
When Graham was hospitalized for thrombophlebitis in December 1976, three
presidents called on one day to wish him well: the incumbent, Gerald Ford; the
president-elect, Carter; and former president Richard Nixon.
It was Graham's relationship with Nixon, in fact, that has caused him the
most difficulty and, according to some biographers, the most pain. A friend
since their first golf game in 1952, Graham was shaken by the revelations of
Watergate, and subsequently announced he was "out of politics," turning more
toward social concerns such as poverty and the arms race.
In recent days, Bush has also consulted other clergymen, including the bishop
of his own Episcopal church, Edmund Browning, who has led protests asking Bush
not to use force in settling the Middle East crisis. On Monday, he talked by
phone to Robert Schuller, the minister of Southern California's largest
Protestant church, who came away with the feeling that Bush "didn't want his own
way, he just wanted to make the right decision."
Schuller, the pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove and a
well-known television evangelist, said Bush had called him on "a private matter"
and that the two of them had then discussed the situation in the Persian Gulf.
"He said to tell the people that I'm praying, that I believe in prayer and
really want their continued prayers," Schuller quoted Bush as saying.
But Graham seems to hold a special place in the White House, and it's hard to
know why. By all accounts he is gregarious and genuinely decent, and has
survived intact both IRS investigations and the religious scandals of recent
years. Contributions to the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association were up to $
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71.6 million in 1989, according to the financial report released at the end of
November, an increase over the previous year. Graham enjoys celebrities and is
famous enough himself to be accepted on equal terms, always patriotically
supportive of the nation's elected leaders.
Staff writer Low Cannon and wires services contributed to this report.
GRAPHIC: PHOTO, BILLY GRAHAM WITH PRESIDENT BUSH YESTERDAY AFTER A PRAYER
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TYPE: NATIONAL NEWS, FOREIGN NEWS
SUBJECT: WARFARE, WAR; RELIGION; CLERGYMEN; U.S. PRESIDENT
NAMED-PERSONS: BILLY GRAHAM; ROBERT SCHULLER; GEORGE BUSH
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LENGTH: 1528 words
HEADLINE: TV Producer Norman Lear -- Offsetting the new right His People for the
American Way
BYLINE: By VERNON SCOTT, UPI Hollywood Reporter
DATELINE: HOLLYWOOD
KEYWORD:
LINCOLN & "GOD'S SIDE"
Perspot
BODY:
Television producer Norman Lear, who established People For The American
Way, is a leading national figure in a battle to neutralize what he calls ''the
new religious right.'
Lear, 59, a long-time political liberal whose TV series, 'Maude'' and ''All
in The Family'' broke new ground and espoused a variety of causes, has emerged
as a major Hollywood political activist.
He has been labeled ''the No. 1 enemy of the American family'' by Jerry
Falwell, head of the Moral Majority.
Falwell accused Lear of inserting incest, adultery and homosexualty in his
sitcoms. He and others single out Lear for producing shows with leering sexual
double entendres in ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, ''Hot L Baltimore'' and
'Fernwood 2 Night.'
The soft-spoken, balding producer doubtless has not endeared himself to the
new right with his activities in the American Civil Liberties Foundation and as
a member of the board of the California Citizens Action Group.
Lear, through his hit TV series, has been one of the most influential men in
the country for the past decade. Millions of viewers doted on 'Sanford and
Son'' and 'Good Times' and continue to enjoy ''Archie Bunker's Place,'
'Diff'rnt Strokes, 'Facts of Life,' ''The Jeffersons'' and ''One Day at a
Time.
As head of Embassy Communications, Inc., with partner Jerry Perenchio, Lear
oversees a considerable entertainment empire with plans to expand into feature
films. His influence in Hollywood is considerable.
On March 21 Lear's clout will be evident in "I Love Liberty,' a two-hour
special which he calls ''a patriotic reaffirmation, a paean, a tribute to the
guaranteed liberties in this country that is unique in the world.''
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Lear and his oft-time partner, Bud Yorkin, are the producers but the show is
listed as a production of People For The American Way.
Love Liberty'' stars Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Jane Fonda, Rod
Steiger, Bonnie Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Lou Gossett, Valerie Harper, Judd
Hirsch, Burt Lancaster, Hal Linden, Walter Matthau, Mary Tyler Moore, Kenny
Rogers and many more.
People for the American Way has 61,000 contributing members with
contributions ranging from small change to thousands of dollars. Its
headquarters are in Washington, D.C., with branches in New York and Los Angeles.
More than one-third of its income is spent on media projects, masterminded by
Lear, TV spots singing the praises of U.S. diversity and freedom of thought.
Lear says, 'People For is to help people work and enjoy their liberties by
using them. The country needs to know what people feel about the issues. And we
want to motivate Americans to express themselves for a healthier society.
'People For the American Way welcomes all walks of life, Democrats,
Republicans, conservatives, liberals, Catholics, Protestants and Jews and all
the races that make up this country. It welcomes rich and poor and middle
class.
Lear believes People For can be an effective political tool to offset the
activities of the new right, including the Christian Voice, the Religious
Roundtable, Moral Majority and the Christian Patriots Defense League.
He credits the religious new right with contributing to the defeat of such
liberal legislators as Birch Bayh, Frank Church, George McGovern and Jon
Brademas in the 1980 elections.
'The Moral Majority is one small organization -- a mind set - not all that
persuasive,' Lear said.
'They have the right to express themselves, and that's to their credit when
most of the rest of America is passive, which is the ultimate disservice. When
one voice and only once voice is heard, that influence becomes disproportionate.
'People For is another voice with 30-40 individuals speaking around the
country. It's financed by donations and there is no real membership structure.
But it is Lear who calls the shots from his plush offices in Century City or
from his Brentwood mansion, complete with swimming pool and tennis court.
Lear may be perceived as the ultimate Hollywood capitalist with a conscience.
The extent of his wealth is not public knowledge but it is conceded that he is
one of the richest men in a rich town.
As he approaches his 60th birthday, Lear is appalled by television's hold on
Americans. The medium that enriched him beyond his wildest dreams has become a
monster in his eyes.
'What worries me, he says, ''is that amount of time people in this country
spend watching the tube --- six hours on the average. That kind of passivity
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cannot be good for the human spirit, no matter what the quality of the shows.
''We must encourage people to reach out to each other and participate in
life, not be spectators.
After producing more than 2,600 hours of TV espisodes, Lear is tackling
feature movies ''to stretch into new directions.
TV's most prolific producer says his own three daughters were limited to one
hour of television a day when they were growing up and did not bother to take TV
sets to college. Lear himself rarely watches the tube these days.
He's too busy. He's stopped playing tennis on weekends to write and attend
meetings for new projects.
The press of business, too, prevents him from spending as much time as he'd
like at his Vermont hideaway.
''I've done more traveling in the past year and a half than I've ever done
before,' Lear said. ''It involved setting up People For, among other things.
'Now that Jerry and I are operating Embassy Communications, we have a
thousand people working for us, not including the TV shows' crews and actors.
The day-to-day operations of the business are handled by Jerry.
''If Jerry Perencho hadn't come into my life there would never have been a
veritable pile of TV shows going for us. He's helped diversify our company by
bringing in cable and syndication operations. His creative business sense is the
foundation of Embassy.
' ' I still think of myself as a writer. I get up every day at six and I'm at
the office by nine. I rarely get home before seven in the evening. If I'm not in
the office, I'm at home writing.
''Right now I aspire to making good motion pictures and helping others make
them.
Lear seldom gets to bed before midnight, then reads until he falls asleep.
He and his wife, Frances, entertain at small, elegant dinner parties and
occasionally attend industry functions and private parties.
Their friends include many behind-the-scenes show folk, including Yorkin,
Stanley Sheinbaum, playwright Herb Gardner, producer David Picker and author
Gore Vidal.
Sunday nights often include a light dinner with friends followed by a new
movie, via the Bel Air circuit, in the Lear's home projection room.
Lear is no longer involved in his TV series unless there is a vital change in
a show's direction or a new major character introduced or replaced.
' 'My family and associates were surprised that I could walk away from
supervising the series, he said, grinning. ''I never doubted I could do it
myself. I never look back.
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''Yes, I'm aware that many people say I've wielded considerable influence on
viewers by the number and content of our shows. Some say the influence is
subconscious and some say it is obvious.
But I say a show's influence on viewers can be compared to tossing a pebble
into water. I can't really relate to my personal impact on viewers.
''If I've enjoyed some success as a TV producer it's because I've learned a
basic lesson of show business -- don't try to out-guess the public.
'When I'm creating a show or writing a script I go with a gut feeling. What
makes me laugh or cry is what makes you laugh or cry.
'What I CAN relate to is Archie Bunker's chair in the Smithsonian Institute.
That chair was patterned after my father's chair in our home when I was a boy.
When I see that chair in the Smithsonian it brings tears to my eyes.
Lear, a slender man who obviously takes care of himself physically, has
given no thought to retirement. Neither does he seem particularly interested in
building a greater fortune.
There is a motto prominently displayed behind his office desk which, he says,
represents his reason for continued activity:
'Happiness is the exercise of your vital abilities along lines of excellence
in a life that affords them scope.'
''I find much joy in my work,' Lear said. ''But work isn't everything. I
indulge myself by spending as much time as I can with Frances (to whom he has
been married 25 years) and my daughters (Ellen, Kate and Maggie).
One suspects that Lear enjoys his participation with People For as much as
anything else. It provides a forum for his political beliefs.
In a recent edition of Screen Actor, a publication of the Screen Actors
Guild, Lear excoriated the new right saying:
'Our founding fathers never treated the God they worshipped as the creator
of a political platform - or as a rubber stamp to imprint private doctrines on
public policy. They all believed, as Abraham Lincoln later warned, that we
should never assume God is on our side - but should always seek, as best we can,
to be on God's side.
Lear, it would seem, likes to think he has lined up on the right (excuse the
expression) side of the Lord.
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Scud kills 3 in Tel Aviv
BYLINE: HUGH CARNEGY, VICTOR MALLET and ROBERT GRAHAM AND DAVID WHITE,
JERUSALEM, DHAHRAN, LONDON
BODY:
AN IRAQI Scud missile struck a heavily populated area of Tel Aviv last night,
killing at least three people and injuring 70. The attack renewed the prospect
of Israel being dragged into the Gulf conflict.
The missile, with a conventional warhead, devastated a two-storey block of
flats and damaged 20 houses.
The Scud defeated the US-manned Patriot anti-missile system deployed in
Israel at the weekend to bolster the country's air defences after two earlier
Scud attacks.
Allied governments were quick to condemn the latest attack and urged Israel
to continue exercising restraint. They have sought to keep Israel out of the war
for fear of driving the Arab forces from the 28 nation coalition formed
against Iraq.
Mr Marlin Fitzwater, the White House spokesman, said: 'The latest Iraqi
missile attack on Israel is a continued example of Iraq's unprovoked aggression
against its neighbours.'
He condemned 'this brutal act of terror' and said: 'Israel has shown
remarkable restraint in the face of this aggression. We continue to consult with
the government of Israel and will continue doing so as events unfold.'
Mr John Major, the prime minister, said the attack showed 'how utterly
repugnant' was the regime of President Saddam Hussein of Iraq. He hoped Israel
would not give him the satisfaction of drawing them into the conflict.
Earlier Mr Major joined US President George Bush in stepping up warnings that
Mr Saddam would be held accountable for possible war crimes over Iraq's
treatment of downed airmen.
The first official Israeli responses to the Scud attack were measured,
suggesting the allies' pleas might be heeded. Mr Ehud Olmert, the health
minister, said: It is not a question of whether Israel will retaliate but when
and how. I think that this policy has not changed in spite of tonight's events.'
The Israeli cabinet is due to meet today to discuss its reaction.
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Mr Olmert said Britain and the US understood Israel's unique situation. 'They
know that no country can just sit still and let its citizens be injured and be
attacked every night. The question is how to co-ordinate it and how to do it in
the most effective way.'
He added: 'We are not just interested in retaliation but in retaliation that
will be effective and that serves the interests of the people of Israel.'
After last week's Scud attacks, which injured 28 people, Mr Lawrence
Eagleburger, US deputy secretary of state, was sent to Israel by President Bush
to co-ordinate US-Israeli policy.
Yesterday Mr Eagleburger was told that Israel wanted up to Dollars 3bn to
cover the economic costs of the war. Some observers saw a link between Israel's
continued restraint and the likely US response to its plea for further funds.
Yesterday afternoon Patriot missiles destroyed four Scuds aimed at Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia. Earlier a Patriot downed one of three Scuds also fired at Saudi
Arabia's eastern province. The other two fell in the desert.
The war crimes warning by President Bush and Mr Major and the apparent
personalisation of the conflict fuelled speculation that the allies' war aim has
expanded to encompass the removal of Mr Saddam.
Mr Major, denying this was the aim, strongly suggested it would be desirable
if he were overthrown by his own people.
' He may yet become a target of his own people', he told parliament yesterday.
'It is perfectly clear this man is amoral - he takes hostages, he attacks
population centres, he threatens prisoners, he is a man without pity. Whatever
his fate maybe, I for one will not grieve for him.'
Their condemnation was echoed in a statement by the European Community in
Brussels.
In other developments yesterday the RAF lost a fifth Tornado bomber as allied
raids continued in spite of unfavourable weather.
The loss of the bomber - the fourth during combat operations - raises the
tally of allied aircraft losses to 19, including one US helicopter. A further
two Tornados belonging to the Saudi Arabian and Italian air forces have also
been destroyed.
The total of sorties against Iraq and Iraq-occupied Kuwait flown by US,
British, Italian, French, Kuwaiti and Saudi aircraft, has exceeded 10,000.
There was speculation that the relatively high rate of RAF losses during
low-level attacks on Iraqi airfields heavily defended with anti-aircraft
artillery might soon lead to a change in tactics.
Allied figures for the number of Iraqi aircraft destroyed were raised
yesterday, with one estimate of 34 confirmed and 20 possible losses. This
included at least six of Iraq's best Soviet fighters, MiG 29s.
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Meanwhile, in a letter to the United Nations, Iraq said that 41 Iraqis had
been killed and 191 wounded by the allies' air and missile attacks Between
January 16 and 22.
The shift in allied operations towards tactical targets in preparation for a
land battle was hampered yesterday by low cloud over Kuwait, making 'search and
destroy' missions more difficult.
The weather has also obstructed the evaluation of damage, which is needed to
determine the pattern of further raids.
However, raids on refineries are believed to have reduced Iraq's fuel
production capacity by about half.
Attacks on Iraq's chemical warfare facilities have had to be carefully
planned to avoid the risk of contamination in populated areas.
Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev called for intensified efforts to end the
war. 'Events in the Gulf are clearly tending to escalate', he said. 'That is
very dangerous. We must do all we can to stop the conflict spreading.'
Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, the United Nations secretary-general, also
pleaded for diplomacy to take over from the battlefield.
GULF WAR
Pages 2 - 4, 13 - 16 Political moves Page 2
Effect on world's oil industry Page 3
Commons debate Page 4
TV coverage Page 13
Editorial Comment Page 14
North Africa's fragilefabric under strain Page 15
Greenspan hopeful Page 16
Capital markets Page 22
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Currencies Page 29
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GRAPHIC: Picture, Rescue workers search wrecked Israeli homes last night
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HEADLINE: Oil Remains the Driving Force of the Persian Gulf War
SERIES: Occasional
BYLINE: DAVID WARSH
BODY:
Twenty years, three oil shocks, three global recessions: The Persian Gulf War
that began last week may have been about borders. It may have been about
civility. But deep down, its purpose is to take away the "oil weapon" from the
nations that have exercised it since 1971.
Though not officially stated in such terms, the idea involves eliminating the
government that has reached for the weapon most recently and intimidating the
others. But President Bush had little to say the night war broke out in
describing his war aims regarding the slow growth and the cycles of boom and
bust that have plagued the international order since the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries gained control of prices.
Instead, the president repeatedly stressed the brutality of the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait. Only obliquely did he refer to the stakes that could
ultimately make the war worthwhile.
"While the world waited, while Saddam stalled, more damage was being done to
the fragile economies of the Third World, the emerging democracies of Eastern
Europe, to the entire world, including to our own economy," the president said.
That brief mention notwithstanding, when the history books are written, the
period of instability that began with the "oil embargo" of 1973 is likely to
form the core of the story of the gulf war.
How might this war help the world economy free itself from the periodic
stranglehold on oil that has been exercised by the oil-rich nations? It helps
to go back to one of the basic economic stories of the last 20 years. Few
technical issues are more susceptible to argument than the provision and
distribution of energy in the world economy. But the broad outlines of a story
acceptable to most experts was related by energy economist M. A. Adelman of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in congressional testimony last autumn.
For most of a century after its discovery in 1859, Adelman said, oil's world
price was held well above the cost of finding new reserves by the multinational
oil companies. Then, in the years after World War II, oil's inflation-adjusted
price fell by 80 percent. It hit bottom in 1970. It was then that the cartel of
sovereign governments known as OPEC discovered it could exercise control of the
price of oil through a combination of output cuts, threats and the shrewd
manufacture of crises.
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There is reason to believe, Adelman said, that the OPEC nations were
abetted in their early efforts by the Nixon administration, which was anxious at
the time to arm the nations of the Middle East -- Iran in particular --
against the Soviet Union.
Slowly at first, then in a series of sharp increases, the cartel of nations
raised the price of oil 15-fold, adjusted for inflation, between 1970 and 1971,
to markups far beyond those ever contemplated by the companies that had
administered the oil market. The result of this governmental gouging was, as
Adelman said, worldwide suffering on a grand scale. Among the consequences he
noted:
Industrial nations tumbled into steep recessions twice, in 1974 and 1981.
The latter slowdown in Europe turned into a six-year depression. The lost output
cost the world hundreds of billions of dollars. Declining productivity growth
translated into stagnant living standards that strained normally confident
societies.
Less-developed countries devastated their forests for fuel. They ran up
staggering debts in a vain attempt to outrun the oil shocks -- debts whose
ultimate uncollectability shut down new lending for worthy purposes and
ultimately threatened the banking system of the West.
Arab nations invested huge portions of their oil revenues in armaments.
Petrodollars financed the eight-year Iraq-Iran war, for example, with 1 million
dead and 3 million casualties and refugees.
The third oil shock, which began last summer, was no different from the
earlier two, Adelman argued. Last June, oil was selling for about $ 13 a barrel
and the market verged on the brink of a further steep decline. Two months later,
when Iraq invaded Kuwait, prices skyrocketed toward $ 40 a barrel. Overripe
after eight years of debt-financed expansion, the United States paused
momentarily on the brink, then tumbled into recession. Sales fell, unemployment
rose sharply, the budget deficit soared, the banking system threatened to
collapse.
Although Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan has said that he
thought the recession just might have bottomed out, much depends on the price of
oil -- and so on the outcome of the war.
Just how, then, might a successful gulf war stabilize the price of oil? And
at what level? With no one in the Bush administration talking much about war
aims other than "the liberation of Kuwait," it is difficult to say.
But the very unanimity with which the United Nations reached its votes, and
with which 28 nations assembled their military mission in the gulf suggests
the extent to which a stable world economic order is desired. Predictable oil
prices would form a significant part of such a world -- and precisely those
nations threatened by Saddam Hussein's August invasion, Kuwait and Saudi
Arabia, are thought to be most deeply committed to a policy of stable prices.
It's not gas-guzzling cars and fast boats that are the issue. Nations are
free to tax the use of energy as heavily as they see. Indeed, they can
confidently be expected to do so if an environmental crisis looms. Rather, it is
the freedom from sudden and disruptive shocks arising from cartel shenanigans
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that is desired by Bush and the leaders of the 27 nations that joined him.
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On the morning after the war began, oil prices plummeted a long way toward
what the markets figure might be their long-term price of $ 15 or less, and the
possibility arose that the war might be more or less self-financing, through
stronger-than-expected economic growth. So why, then, did Bush have so little to
say about the economic basis of the war? Well, for one thing, the state of
economic understanding of the processes of growth and development is hardly such
that he could firmly base moral claims of life and death upon it. It is much
better to base your policy on the promise that it will stop the torture of
children than on your hope that it will enhance industrial and agricultural
productivity.
Moreover, the gulf war offers no quick fix for slow global growth. Even if
the war goes well for the coalition, much remains to be done to stitch
together the new world order of which the president spoke.
Then, too, questions having to do with energy consumption are highly charged
emotionally. For many people, economic growth means the greenhouse effect and
nothing more.
Finally, it can hardly be said that all of America's problems --- nor those of
any of the other industrial nations -- stem from gyrations of the price of
oil, important as that strut of the story has been.
But barring a disaster, the likelihood is that the institutional arrangements
of the post-Cold War world are being laid in the ashes of the war against Iraq.
Not since the end of World War II has there been so much to gain from a possible
victory.
David Warsh is a columnist for the Boston Globe.
TYPE: COLUMN
SUBJECT: UNITED STATES; IRAQ; WARFARE, WAR; OIL; PRICES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
NAMED-PERSONS: GEORGE BUSH
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August 29, 1983, Monday, Midwestern Edition
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"I am a light the untorld"
LENGTH: 4284 words
HEADLINE: 'Spirituality or Materialism: Crossroads for Humanity'
HIGHLIGHT:
Allison W. Phinney Jr., C.S.B., of Boston lectures for The Mother Church
BODY:
Spiritual reality, or what Jesus called the kingdom of God, is here now. It
has never been more important to humanity to realize it. Allison W. Phinney Jr.,
C.S.B., a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship, spoke on this
subject in a lecture given recently for The First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston.
This special lecture is one of several called for by The Christian Science
Board of Directors. Based on the teachings of Christian Science, it shares
spiritual perspective on current public trends.
Mr. Phinney is Clerk of The Mother Church. He is also a teacher of Christian
Science.
An abridged text of his lecture follows:
One thing we ought to say by way of introduction is that when we're talking
about spiritual things we're talking about what you already know in your heart
of hearts. It's these universal spiritual truths that bind us together, make us
feel like brothers or family even though we've never met.
Interestingly enough, when some of this pure light or spiritual truth shows
up in human experience we all generally recognize it. I saw an illustration of
this some years ago at a large meeting I attended. It was a general assembly of
the World Council of Churches held in Sweden in the '60s. It was at a time when
there seemed to be some genuine stirring of hope for unity of purpose. From all
over the world clergymen and religious leaders had flown in to be present at
this huge gathering.
But conducting most of the sessions of the general assembly was a rather
plain little man from England. He'd been pressed into service by the passing of
one of the great and notable figures in the religious world. And this little
Englishman was not awfully good at substituting. He missed the nuances of some
of the proposals from the floor. Sometimes he had to be reminded of the correct
procedure. At first he wasn't taken too seriously. But he persisted in his
duties, and it was clear to those who had eyes to see that he was a truly humble
and spiritually-minded man. Several times he spoke of prayer and Christian love
as being very important to the assembly and its business. He insisted on taking
time for prayer. You could see he obviously believed in it as real.
Ever-present divine influence recognized
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At the close of the entire session an urbane and eloquent South Indian bishop
gave an unusual tribute to the moderator. He said of his power to control the
assembly: ''At first we were impressed by his authority. He seemed to have the
kindly firmness of a parish pastor. Later, he seemed to have the assurance of an
archbishop. At the end, we realized he was positively infallible in his
authority. What they were all recognizing of course was the significance and
power of genuine love and the authority of even a degree of the Christ-spirit.
I hope that by simply sharing from my heart this afternoon you'll find your
own heart speaking, and your own basic consciousness of spiritual truths and
realities becoming more of a factor in your life. We all have this conscious
capacity. But in this age which so presses its materialism and its bland denial
of anything but what the senses know, we may have to learn to choose spiritual
things, learn to say yes to them, learn to make room for them in our lives.
Christian Scientists - and of course I'm speaking as a Christian Scientist -
would call the ever-present divine influence in human consciousness the Christ.
They believe Jesus most fully expressed the Christ in human history - 50 fully
that he was called the son of God. But the Christ goes on speaking to people
down through the years. It's what shows us that life is something astonishingly
different from all that the busy, unenlightened human mind supposes. It tells us
of the reality of God, here with us, of His law, and of a divine Love which is
the very Principle of the universe.
But this point of view isn't very prevalent or fashionable right now, is it?
It doesn't show up on your 6 o'clock newscast or in your morning newspaper. In
fact, millions don't even seem to know that the spiritual dimension to our lives
is anything to be missed. We fill up our days with business as usual, with
worries, with shopping.
This trend isn't something going on on the far side of the world, only under
communism. It's happening here. It's the trend of our own society.
There isn't a day that goes by, for example, that some exponent of the
natural sciences doesn't argue for the entirely material origin and basis of
life, love, and thought.
Toward mental darkness - or new light?
Materialism seems to be trying to push us more and more into a corner - to
force us to draw the conclusion that everything is really only the product of
matter, at the mercy of matter, beginning and ending with matter.
No wonder there is an uneasiness or emptiness abroad in the land! There's
increasing doubt about where we're going, about nuclear war, about genetic
manipulation, about how much of a future, if any, mankind has. The great world
historian Arnold Toynbee, in the last article he wrote for publication, traced
these feelings to something much deeper: ''In AD 1975,' he wrote, ' 'an
increasing number of Westerners are living in a spiritual vacuum. The discomfort
and dismay of these present-day heirs of Western civilization goes far toward
accounting for the crisis by which the Western world is now being beset''
(''Life after death,' essay by Arnold Toynbee, published in The Sunday Times,
London, October 26, 1975).
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The question seems to be deepening. Is materialism and its so-called progress
the ultimate destiny of mankind? Will religion make any practical difference in
how people live - or will it before long be just a kind of museum faith?
Imagine for a moment, even now, trying to prove the reality and substance of
your love for a child. Or think of trying to justify your spiritual intuitions
about God in a laboratory setting under the cool gaze of a panel of scientific
inquisitors. Will anyone dare to suppose there's such a thing as actual
spiritual light or the presence of God by the year 2001?
Civilizations apparently rise and fall on the basis of their spirit, their
purposes, their ideals. Where are we headed? For centuries of mental darkness or
for new light? It may be we're at a crossroads in these closing years of this
20th century.
One road follows out the evaluation of man as an ingeniously mechanical,
chemical, and biological creature. The other road leads to fresh clues about the
truly spiritual nature of man and to a greatly expanded feeling of hope and new
possibility for mankind.
When we realize this, when we see what's at stake, we may begin to view our
times in a far different way. When we wake up to what's really going on, we see
there's a great choice to be made - a choice to make individually and together -
that will make a fundamental difference to the future of mankind.
Beginning with the individual's inner choice
You could say there's a war on for the spiritual future of mankind. But it's
not going to be some kind of easy external crusade. It begins with the inner
choice of every individual. And it calls for - and it deserves - more courage,
honesty, discipline, and total devotion than any other war or cause you could
possibly imagine.
The spiritual road that brought us to this crossroads time of course began
long ago. Christ Jesus said, "I am come a light into the world, that
whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness'' (John 12:46). As ''The
New English Bible'' has it: 'When a man believes in me, he believes in him who
sent me rather than in me;
I have come into the world as light, so that no
one who has faith in me should remain in darkness' The New English Bible,
John 12:44).
What if we took those words of Jesus not as a religious dogma we might either
want to believe or not believe but as a factual observation? What if, instead of
thinking of Jesus' statement as a point of doctrine or creed, we realized Jesus
said it because it seemed to him plainly to be the case, to be true? In other
words, what if Jesus were saying to the world: ' 'What I am showing you about God
is of such magnitude, such importance to living, that men and women would be
dwelling in ignorance and darkness without it. They wouldn't understand how life
works and what it's all about.'
Wasn't Jesus, in his unique humility and love and spirituality, seeing
something so compelling about God's kingdom being right here and now that he
knew this would constitute light for the whole world! He realized it made such a
difference that his life was literally the light for mankind, a light humanity
simply couldn't live without.
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In the mid-19th century a religious thinker named Mary Baker Eddy saw these
issues coming into sharp focus. This was at a time when the dark trend toward
materialism seemed to be gaining momentum. Skepticism, doubt, and the power of
the natural sciences were growing. But she saw something else developing in
human consciousness. She saw what she believed was the dawn of a spiritual era
for humanity. On the very first page of her book ''Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures'' she wrote: ''Truth, independent of doctrines and
time-honored systems, knocks at the portal of humanity. Contentment with the
past and the cold conventionality of materialism are crumbling away. Ignorance
of God is no longer the stepping-stone to faith.''
God's allness seen as present reality
But none of this was said as personal assertion. For her it didn't begin with
reasoning out a theological theory. It came directly out of concrete spiritual
experience so profound and life-changing she felt it was as though she had seen
deep into another universe. It left her with no doubt at all that God was in the
future of mankind, as well as the past and present. In fact, she decisively
called pure Christianity Science - the great Science of being. In other words,
she came to see the spiritual truths and experiences of original Christianity as
actually scientific - demonstration of an underlying reality very different from
what the physical senses habitually reported.
This materialism we're all so familiar with isn't the reality of being, she
said. But God, Spirit, divine Love, is the reality - not just a poetic,
religious truth or a reality to be realized only in the afterlife, but
scientific reality now. In fact, she spoke of the discovery of God's allness.
At first she could hardly find the words to express what she was seeing. She
reached out for a more exact vocabulary to say it. She called Spirit, God,
substance or reality. She called matter unreality; the physical senses, error.
She called God Mind. It was evident to her that the human mentality, which
she called mortal mind, wasn't so much a real entity as it was a limited point
of view. All of mortal mind's so-called thinking is simply what proceeds from an
ingrained sense impression of living in matter. But having true Mind, God,
begins to give a different consciousness of what's possible and natural.
Here's how she explained it in one of the books she wrote later: ''It became
evident that the divine Mind alone must answer, and be found as the Life, or
Principle, of all being; and that one must acquaint himself with God, if he
would be at peace
I had learned that thought must be spiritualized, in
order to apprehend Spirit. It must become honest, unselfish, and pure, in order
to have the least understanding of God in divine Science. The first must become
last. Our reliance upon material things must be transferred to a perception of
and dependence on spiritual things' 'Retrospection and Introspection, p.
28).
Like most 19th-century New Englanders, she was well acquainted with the harsh
side of life. She herself was ill a great deal. The brother to whom she was
closest died at age 31. Her husband died of yellow fever. They hadn't been
married very long, and she was left without support for her child. So it wasn't
either from a sheltered, privileged experience or some sort of mystic rapture
that she was talking about the allness of God.
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At one point she was badly injured in a fall in Lynn, Massachusetts. It was
reported in the local paper that she was in a critical condition. In this
extremity she reached out for the Bible. She could barely see the words, but an
account of one of Jesus' healings filled her with inspiration, with light, with
the sudden, utter undoubted reality of all those spiritual things we've been
talking about. The suffering stopped, strength returned, and she was healed and
able to get up.
Over the next few years she gave up everything else to follow out what she
had glimpsed. She began to see that Jesus' healings came about not because he
was a man-god, 50 to speak, but because he was acting according to divine law.
There was a divine Principle behind his healing works. That Principle, Mrs. Eddy
began to understand, was God Himself. ''God will heal the sick through man,''
she later wrote, 'whenever man is governed by God'' (Science and Health, P.
495). Jesus had said it so simply, but the point had been missed: ''I cast out
devils by the Spirit of God'' (Matt. 12:28).
Mrs. Eddy realized it was therefore terribly important to separate Christian
healing from any form of willpower or trying to use the power of the human mind
to influence the body. The Mind healing she was talking about was with a capital
''M'' - the healing that flowed from having God as one's only Mind. It meant
obeying the first commandment in the deepest recesses of one's being having no
other gods or even mentality apart from the infinite Mind or divine Spirit that
creates and supplies man's individuality and identity.
A quiet, Christian response to need
Mrs. Eddy learned that she could heal others this way, not in some dramatic
charismatic manner but in a quiet, natural, Christian response to need. For
example, she healed her young niece who was dying of enteritis, which had been
diagnosed by three doctors. She healed a neighbor's child of a clubfoot. She
then took small classes and was able to teach others to heal. There were
healings of erysipelas, dropsy, tuberculosis, and many other conditions.
She explained her discovery, Christian Science, in the book ''Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures.' And she founded the Church of Christ,
Scientist, in 1879. In the century since, it has grown to be a worldwide
Christian denomination.
The healing aspect of Christian Science has continued in the same quiet way.
Through the prayer of a Christian Science practitioner one of our children was
born safely in a home delivery. The doctor, who was willing to work with
Christian Scientists in having children at home, was a bighearted, humane man.
He was at the time chief of the obstetrical service at University Hospital in
Boston.
But after labor had gone on for quite a while he sank down in a chair with
his hands over his eyes, wearied and in despair. He kindly suggested I call the
Christian Science practitioner, since it was too late to get to the hospital and
the birth was obstructed. He felt he had done all he could. But as I came back
to the foot of the stairs from talking on the phone with the practitioner for
three or four minutes, I heard the crying of the child who had just been born!
Grasping the law that underlies healing
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We've also seen healings in the family of longstanding heart problems,
internal rupture and hemorrhaging, kidney stones, and extremely severe attacks
of croup, among others. So healing of this kind has been a normal occurrence.
But of course Christian Science isn't some form of alternative health care. A
Christian Scientist's interest - and my only reason for sharing such experiences
with you - is in the way these experiences open one's eyes to a present
spiritual reality. It's possible to see that the ordinary material sense of
things which seems so solid isn't the reality after all. There's a different,
more basic law and reality underlying human experience - and this is God's law
of goodness and eternal order. Healing on this basis - whether it's healing of
physical illness or job problems or some form of sin or community antagonisms -
makes more apparent the very real presence of God's kingdom.
So the essential purpose of Christian Science is the restoration of Christ
Jesus' Christianity. This includes healing as a natural part of Christian life,
but its most basic aim is to truly have God as God. Not God when there's time
for Him or when there's a need, but God before anything else. Not God as distant
and unable or unwilling to help, but God-with-us. Not God as a part of our
existence, to be fitted in, but God as a whole, our very Life and Principle. It
requires prayer for growth in grace, and living up to the words of one's prayer.
It does demand considerable spiritualization of thought and the healing of sin -
in other words, the new birth that Jesus said would be necessary.
From a crossroads to a firm course
Sometimes when one prays, at first the things of the spirit of God can seem
to be foolishness and quite distant from the immediate human need. Perhaps
divine Spirit seems to be only a blank, whereas at other times there has been a
strong sense of God's governing and His care. This is the crossroads we talked
about. We come to the crossroads ourselves, in our own individual experience.
We find, though, at such times that as we honestly listen and we reach out
toward God, good, with our whole heart and being, we can go forward. In fact,
the sense of a crossroads disappears. The threatening view of materialism and
its claim to be all yields and subsides. The naturalness of spiritual things and
their concrete reality becomes more apparent, and we find we can walk in it.
A young man, a Christian Scientist, faced a crossroads of this kind. He had
been beset by various problems from the beginning of his college career. Each
step of progress seemed to be met by a wall of resistance. Finally, one December
the situation seemed to culminate in a sudden severe illness. A throat condition
rapidly became alarming. He could hardly speak over the phone, he was so ill.
Before long he was too weak to come to the phone and couldn't get out of bed.
A Christian Science practitioner was asked to pray, and both parents of
course prayed as well. Because of the need, the mother set out for the long
drive to the college. It was late at night and bad weather. The father wasn't
able to accompany her because of commitments the next day. Both parents chose to
seek more of God's omnipresence rather than fear and concern. But about 3 a.m.
the father received a call from the mother. There seemed to be no relief from
the pain. The boy insisted, however, on holding to spiritual reality, choosing
this Spirit and Love he'd known since childhood.
Spiritual beacon from the Gospels
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At that point the father found he was required more fully than ever before to
understand that man literally does belong to God and in fact has always been the
child or expressing of God, not the mortal being who seems to be at the mercy of
a material universe. He prayed to see more clearly the meaning of the Lord's
Prayer that God is ''our Father'' and to know the great reality of divine Love.
The Christian Science practitioner continued to pray throughout the night.
Soon an unmistakable sense of divine Love came and brought tangible peace.
The father learned the next morning that at about the same time, the boy had
said he would go to sleep and had been able to, even though at that point there
was no apparent change in the difficult symptoms. And from then on recovery was
very rapid. The young man came home the next day, but he was essentially well by
the end of the trip home. And to the considerable surprise of friends on campus
who had seen the situation, he went back in just a day or two to take his exams
successfully. It was much more than a physical healing. What had seemed a
threatening crossroads was actually a turning point in acknowledging the
realness of God and finding out more of His governing of man.
We have been talking this afternoon about two different trends - one an
obvious trend toward materialism and darkness, the other, indications of the
dawn of a spiritual era for humanity. Every person on earth today has a stake in
the outcome of this issue. It's an issue that underlies everything else - from
man's inhumanity to man to the threat of nuclear war. It is not something we can
leave to someone else. Can you conceive of what it would mean if the light of
the world - that which has illumined human consciousness with some conviction of
the reality of goodness, love, spiritual meaning - were really to be obscured SQ
that it was entirely lost to human consciousness for a while? It would make the
sun going out seem minor by comparison! It would chill the spirit of humanity.
An arctic winter of the heart would darken and descend!
On the other hand, can you conceive of what it would mean for mankind to come
into its own, so to speak, to realize even in a degree that the true nature of
man is spiritual because God, Spirit, divine Love, is the very Principle of all
infinity?
What would it be like? Well, we have some glimpse of what it would be like
from the Gospels, from the words of those who were with Christ Jesus. First of
all, there was physical healing and healing of sin. And there was quiet joy.
There must have been a wonderful, overflowing joy at that morning meal with
Jesus, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, after the resurrection.
Those with Jesus had seen enough to convince them forever that the evils of
human life, and even death itself, were not the final word or power over men.
Even though they occasionally failed and struggled to hold the vision
consistently, they knew that life simply wasn't what the physical senses
insisted it was. Jesus had explained that the ''kingdom of God is come unto
you'' (Matt. 12:28), is ' 'within you'' (Luke 17:21). And this truth was
literally freeing them, opening the horizons of thought to a larger view of life
than anything they had ever dreamed.
Now something of this freeing, releasing experience comes into the life of
anyone touched by the Christ. It becomes very apparent that something bigger
than all of us is going on. One is jarred out of the conventional, lets go
somewhat of a personal sense of living for divine impelling and bearing up.
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Looking at the Bible clearly
But if all this is within, in the heart of man, why isn't it more obvious,
more apparent? My experience has been that it becomes more obvious as we choose
to seek it, consistently want it, value it, and willingly live by it. Maybe you
recall Mrs. Eddy's comments in regard to her discovery: ''The first must become
last'' 'Retrospection and Introspection,' P. 28). What are we really putting
first? Television, business, the house, sports, friends, sensuality? Which comes
first - ordinary materialism or the pure desire for spirituality, closeness to
our God who is supremely good?
It may be helpful to look again at that Book of books, the Bible, to remind
ourselves of how others once found it natural to live. All too often it seems we
view the Bible through the smog of the present-day mental atmosphere. We think
of it vaguely as primitive, pre-scientific. But the Bible is actually a record
of the spiritual experience of some pretty rational, sagacious people - people
who simply found God much more real to them than all the vivid material
circumstances of forced marches, exile, shipwreck, prison, government
oppression, sickness
and death.
Those voices in the Bible come down through the centuries sounding very much
like our own. In Psalms, for example: 'Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in
the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should
walk;
teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good;
lead me into the land of uprightness'' (Ps. 143:8-10).
The time to take a stand
What came first for the writer of those psalms? We can see it was Spirit,
God. The Bible is in part a compilation of people's concrete experience of
spiritual reality. It isn't the superstition of primitive men and women but of
articulate, thoughtful people well acquainted with the hardness of human life.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say in this instance that the primitive is
the present-day materialism which doesn't seem to be able to comprehend anything
that it can't see, touch, or measure.
Hasn't the time come to stand against this primitive, aggressive darkness and
to say yes to the spiritual nature of man - not only for ourselves but for the
sake of a spiritual future for humanity? Isn't this the time?
Like the people of the Bible, we too can find we belong to God, that we are
the children of light. What a remarkable difference it makes in how things look
and how we live!
Mary Baker Eddy once framed the question this way: 'Between the centripetal
and centrifugal mental forces of material and spiritual gravitations, we go into
or we go out of materialism or sin, and choose our course and its results.
Which, then, shall be our choice, - the sinful, material, and perishable, or the
spiritual, joy-giving, and eternal?'' 'Miscellaneous Writings,' p. 19).
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Rescue
NYT
1-22-91
Navy Pilot Is Plucked From Iraqi Desert
By PHILIP SHENON
wrong place at the wrong time," Cap-
Special to The New York Times
tain Goff said. "We couldn't afford to
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 21
Censors Screen
have him be there."
downed American Navy pilot was
The two pilots said they then at-
escued in the Iraqi desert this after-
Pooled Reports
tacked the truck with 30-millimeter
oon by an Air Force team in what
Gatling guns, which left the truck in
military officials said was the first suc-
The American-led military
flames. Pressed to describe the truck
cessful such mission over hostile terri-
command in Saudi Arabia has
further and to guess whether the driver
ory in the war with Iraq.
put into effect press restrictions
had survived the attack, the pilots
Members of the rescue party indi-
under which journalists are as-
would not comment.
cated that at one point their efforts
sembled in small groups and
Captain Johnson said he regretted
were jeopardized when an Iraqi truck
given access to various military
the attack on the truck, seeming to ac-
suddenly appeared and began driving
sources.
knowledge that the driver may ha
straight toward the stranded pilot.
These pool reporters obt
been a Iraqi civilian. "Things are hap-
They said they destroyed the truck
their information while under
pening rapidly," he said. "We have
with a blast of Gatling gunfire from an
military escort, and their ac-
other things to worry about."
A-10 attack plane overhead, then
counts are subject to scrutiny by
The truck, Captain Johnson said,
plucked the relieved pilot from the
military censors before they are
came within 200 yards of the rescue
desert minutes later.
distributed. Much of the infor-
site and "looked to be driving toward
The operation lasted eight hours,
mation appearing today on
my survivor."
four of which were spent in Iraqi air-
American military operations
space or on Iraqi territory.
was obtained under such cir-
'My Heart Was Pumping
'The Adrenaline Was Pumping'
cumstances.
Minutes later, rescuers said, the heli-
copter appeared and swooped down for
"He's real pleased," Capt. Paul
the rescue as the fighters circled over-
Johnson, 32 years old, the leader of
operation, said of the pilot. "It was a
The mission was
head, searching for Iraqi jets that
might try to scuttle the pickup.
rather indescribable feeling to know
that he was now on the helicopter and
we were coming out of enemy territo-
threatened by an
The downed Navy pilot jumped from
his desert hiding place and ran toward
ry, that we were about to pull this off
the helicopter, climbing aboard hur-
He described the mission as compli-
Iraqi truck whose
riedly.
cated and the time spent in Iraqi air-
space as almost unbearably tense.
driver was killed.
"Basically my heart was pumping
pretty quickly," Captain Goff said. "It
"The adrenaline was pumping for
is really exciting, the fact that you
two hours after the pickup," he said
think the guy is going to get rescued.
late this evening. "It's still pumping
It was not until midday, after conver-
My mind was just rushing." Then
now."
sations by radio with the downed pilot,
began the
cross
enemy
Captain Johnson, of Dresden, Tenn.,
that they finally determined where the
territory, back to Saudi Arabia
spoke to a small group of reporters or-
plane had been shot down, and where in
safety.
ganized by the Pentagon for a trip to
observe military operations; the re-
Iraq the Navy flier might be.
Erv
wing
com-
porters' "pool" report, cleared by mili-
Enemy Truck Appears
mander of the 354th Tactical Fighter
tary censors, was distributed here.
Wing, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., which led
Military officials in Saudi Arabia did
The two fighter pilots then began to
today's mission. said the rescue came
not release the name of the pilot, nor
circle the area, their mission to protect
after several da
would they identify the type of plane he
the pilot on the ground until a rescue
had frustrated American flight opera-
had been flying or the ship on which he
helicopter arrived at the scene to pick
tions in the Persian Gulf.
was based.
him up.
Air Force spokesmen said tonight
As they waited for the helicopter, the
It really galvanized us, he said of
that the Navy pilot had ejected after
pilots later recalled, a large Iraqi
the rescue mission, noting that it came
being hit by Iraqi ground fire, and had
pickup truck suddenly appeared on a
on a day when captured American,
parachuted into a bleak, empty stretch
nearby dirt road and began moving to-
British and Kuwaiti fliers were
of the Iraqi desert.
ward the pilot.
paraded on Iraqi television. "These are
"Unfortunately the truck was in the
the ones count
4 Midair Refuelings
They said pilots are provided with
smoke
grenades,
flar
radio SO they can signal rescue parties
in the event they are shot down.
The Navy pilot rescued
ommunicated with his
radio, the spokesman said.
The rescue party included two A-10
fighter jets and at least one rescue heli-
copter.
Under Pentagon rules, location
air base in Saudi Arabia where the res-
cue team is stationed, and presumably
where the pool interviews took place,
Captain Johnson and another mem-
ber of the rescue party, Capt. Randy
Foff, 26, of Jackson, Ohio, said they had
to refuel in the air four times for a mis-
sion that lasted eight hours and 18
minutes.
While they refused to say how far
into Iraq they traveled, they said that
nearly half of today's rescue mission
was
Iraq
Benign Mission for Attack Plane
The two pilots are assigned to so-
called Sandy Alert duty for their
fighter wing. "Sandy" is a term used in
the Vietnam War to refer to the planes
designated for search and rescue mis-
sions.
The mission began before 8 A.M.
when the two A-10 pilots were told to
begin searching for the downed Navy
pilot.
The A-10, the snub-nosed jet known
as the Warthog is designed to track
down and destroy tanks and other ar-
mored vehicles. Despite its reputation
as an attack plane, Captain Johnson
said, some A-10's are assigned to more
benign duties, including rescue mis-
sions.
After learning their orders early this
morning, the A-10 pilots scrambled into
the desert sky heading north, toward
the Saudi border with Iraq.
They radioed to flying Air Force
tankers to be ready for refueling for
January 15, 1991
MEMORANDUM FOR MARY KATE GRANT
FROM:
CAROL BLYMIRE CNB
SUBJECT:
NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
Below, I have listed numerous passages in the Bible,
prayers, and excerpts from the Intro (or the Cliff Notes section,
as I call it).
From Ephesians 6:10-20
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"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of
his might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able
to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not
contending against flesh and blood, but against the
principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of
this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness
in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done
all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with
truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and
having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace;
besides all these, taking the shield of faith, with which you can
quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the
word of God. Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer
and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance,
making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that
utterance may be given me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim
the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in
chains; that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
From Hebrews 11:1-3
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the
conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old received
divine approval. By faith we understand that the world was
created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of
things which do not appear."
From the bible that I have; a section entitled "What Is
Prayer?"
"The inevitable result of faith in a personal God is
the desire to communicate with him. To the Christian, whose God
desires to share himself, prayer is not a mysterious abracadabra,
but a personal respectful communication. Paul advises in
Philippians, Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything
by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be
made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all
understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.
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"Whatever the other results, peace of mind is the
product of prayer. Jesus taught that unlimited power is
available through the prayers of those who believe that God is
willing to answer. Yet he himself, though asking God to prevent
his crucifixion, concluded, `nevertheless, not my will, but thine
be done. God hears our prayers but in his infinite wisdom does
not always answer them as we prefer. And we should not limit
ourselves to praying only when we want something. The Bible
includes many prayers of confession, ofthanks, and of pure praise
to God.
From Psalms 67:1-4
"May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his
face to shine upon us, that thy way may be known upon the earth,
thy saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise thee,
O God; let all the peoples praise thee. Let the nations be glad
and sing for joy for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and
guide the nations upon earth."
From Psalms 18:1-3
"I love thee, o Lord, my strength. The Lord is my
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rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom
I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my
stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.
The Lord's Prayer
"Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our sins, as we
forgive those who sin against us, and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom
the Power, and the Glory, forever and ever. Amen."
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Remarks at a Breakfast Meeting With Religious Leaders
25 Weekly Comp. Pres. Doc. 658
May 4, 1989
in state Diring Room
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Dr. and Mrs. Bright and reverend clergy, and members of the National Day of
Prayer Committee, distinguished Members of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, and ladies and gentlemen. You know, it's often said of a group
or individual that he hasn't got a prayer. [Laughter] Well, those of us
interested in sports keep hearing that all of the time. But I'm delighted to
address an audience about which that will never be said.
And first, I want to say what a pleasure it is to welcome you on this special
day . America's religious, civic, political leaderse welcome you to this very
special place, America's house. We come as friends, as believers in a humane
and loving God, and we meet on a special day for America -- a National Day of
Prayer.
You know, a little boy once uttered this simple prayer: = God bless mother
and daddy, my brother and sister, and, oh, God, do take care of yourself
because if anything happens to you, we're all sunk." [Laughter] Well, I expect
this George Healy portrait of Lincoln gets to the margins of that prayer, and
I expect he felt that way -- perilous times for our country. And I'm sure all
of us have shared those sentiments at one time or another -- something in our
own lives, something facing our country.
Certainly the Continental Congress did, for it was they who in 1775 issued
the first official proclamation of a National Day of Prayer. In 1952 Congress
decreed that a specific date be set aside each year for Americans to gather in
homes and places of worship in order to pray. And since then, every President
has declared a National Day of Prayer. And 50, this morning, like my
predecessors, I am proud to continue that tradition. But I am pleased to note
that today marks a departure from the norm, for 1989 marks the first year of an
official permanent date of designation: from now on, the first Thursday of every
May.
My friends, I'm glad that together we could commemmorate this event and just
for a few moments let me focus on what to me, and I hope to you, this observance
means. It does mean, I'm sure we would all agree, that we believe in separation
of church and state, but not in the separation of morality, or moral values and
state. While the government must remain neutral towards particular religions,
it must not, certainly it need not, remain neutral towards values that Americans
support. And yes, we believe in pluralism. And I just want to reassure you I
believe in pluralism -- certainly in mutual tolerance, for we are one nation
under God. And we were placed here on Earth to do His work. And our work has
gone on now for more than 200 years in the Nation -- a work best embodied in
four simple words: In God we trust. And it was to that higher being that
George Washington looked when in 1776 he was addressing his troops, and he
said, "The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage
and conduct of this army."
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Lincoln believed in divine providence. Leaving Springfield to take over,
to assume the Presidency, he told the people of his home town that the God
which helped General Washington must now help him. "Without the assistance of
the divine being," Lincoln said, "I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I
cannot fail. And some of you may be too young to remember D-Day. Not many of
you, but some of you may be too young. [Laughter] Over a nationwide network,
Franklin Roosevelt prayed for the safety and success of our invading force.
"Our sons," he said, "pride of our nation, lead them straight and true. Give
strength to their arms, stoutness to their hearts, steadfastness in their
faith."
Our history tells us what our hearts confirm: As Americans, we are a
religious people. We prize compassion and self-sacrifice. We know that America
is great because America is good. And, as President, I am reminded of that
constantly. Several weeks ago, I was sharing with Mrs. Bright and Mr. Zeoli.
Barbara and I went up to -- or did you go to Lancaster, PA? She didn't make the
traveling squad. [Laughter] I went to Pennsylvania, and I went to a local high
school in a relatively affluent rural area, Lancaster, and there we discussed a
probelm which is America's problem -- the rising use of drugs. If you ever need
to pray about something and ask for strength and guidance, it is this, that we
succeed in our antinarcotics efforts. But then, after meeting with this
relatively affluent group, and hearing that drugs were in their corridors and in
their playgrounds, I went a few miles over --- just the same community - to meet
with the Amish and Mennonite leaders. And wonderful people, and kind, living
their own lives. And they don't have a drug problem. And they made very clear
to me why: family and faith. Against them, drugs don't have a chance.
And I am convinced that faith and family can help us honor God in a most
profound and personal way daily as human beings by the conduct of our lives.
They teach us not only to revere but to practice the golden rule. And they also
help us reflect the internal values of decency, humanity, kindness, and caring.
I thought of those values last Sunday when I was in New York to mark the 200th
anniversary of George Washington's first inaugural address, for its was then
that, like Washington two centuries ago, Barbara and I prayed at St. Paul's
Chapel there where in 1789 a prayer service was offered by the chaplains of
Congress for the United States of America. To me that day -- some of you may
have seen it -- was moving, intimate, but there was something special about that
church service 200 years ago. This Washington realized that political values
without moral values, without that moral underpinning, cannot sustain a nation.
And, so this strong yet gentle man knew that the advancement of America,
while it might rely on its President, would surely depend on providence. And
so, what Washington believed 50 strongly over 200 years ago -- it really is
just as true today. For without God's help, we can do nothing, and with it,
we can do great things -- for our children, for the world.
So, let me just thank you all for coming. Barbara and I are delighted to
have you here. We will do our best in the people's house to hold these values
high that are shared by everybody here regardless of our denomination,
regardless of our own personal commitments. We welcome you, we are pleased
you're here. And if you have an extra minute for a prayer when the going gets a
little tough, remember the Congress. They need it, too. [Laughter] And Barbara
and I know we do, too.
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Note: The President spoke at 8:45 a.m. in the State Dining Room at the White
House. In his remarks, he referred to Vonette Bright, chairwoman of the
National Day of Prayer Committee; and Billy Zeoli, president of Gospel Films.
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Fact Sheet
Gulf Crisis:
166 Days of US Diplomacy
For 1GG days, 1 too the Univa Inj Invaded
Working With International
Kuwait on August 2, 1990, until the
Institutions
Trips
expiration of the UN deadline for Iraqi
withdrawal on January 15, 1991, Secre-
President Bush has emphasized that
1990
tary of State James A. Baker, III,led a
Iraq's aggression against Kuwait threat-
Aug. 3: Moscow
diplomatic effort to end the conflict
ens the vision of a "new world order" that
Aug. 8-10: Ankara, Brussels (NATO)
peacefully. This effort involved extensive
could otherwise replace the "Cold War"
Sept.. 5-15: Jeddah, Talf, Abu Dhabi,
tensions that have characterized world
Cairo, Alexandria, Helsinki,
cooperation with the Soviet Union, the
Brussels, Moscow, Damascus,
NATO allies, the European Community,
politics since World War II Secretary
Rome, Bonn
our friends in the Middle East, and, most
Baker concentrated heavily upon
Sept. 26-Oct. 5: New York (United
importantly, with the United Nations and
involving the institutions that will likely
Nations and CSCE ministerial)
the Desert Shield coalition that was
characterize the "new world order"-
Nov. 3-10: Manama, Dhahran, Taif,
formed under the UN mandate.
especially the Conference on Security
Jeddah, Cairo, Ankara, Moscow.
and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a
London, Paris
NATO that includes newly unified
Nov. 15-26: Brussels, Geneva, Paris,
Ten Trips
Jeddah, Sanaa, Bogota
Germany, and the European Community
Nov. 28-29: New York (UN)
(EC). The CSCE, EC, and NATO
Secretary Baker discussed the Gulf crisis
Dec. 9-12: Houston (US-USSR
condemned Iraq's aggression-and all
ministerial)
on every trip outside Washington, DC,
NATO states and many CSCE and EC
Dec. 16-18: Brussels (NATO)
between August and January-a total of
countries joined the 29-nation Desert
10 diplomatic missions-and he held
Shield coalition.
1991
many other talks in his State Department
Jan. 6-14: London, Paris, Bonn, Milan.
office and over the telephone.
Geneva, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Taif,
Working With the UN
Cairo, Damascus, Ankara, Ottawa
For only the second time in its history,
Meetings
and for the first time with the Soviet
Summary
Union's support, the United Nations
Secretary Baker has held more than
formally has authorized the use of force
200 meetings since August 2, 1990,
with:
More than 200 contacts
against an aggressor nation. Twelve UN
with foreign dignitaries
Security Council resolutions adopted
Soviet officials (35 meetings);
(bilaterals/meetings/
over a period of more than 5 months
Representatives of every NATO
events).
clearly laid out the path of peace for Iraq.
member (15 nations);
These resolutions demand that Iraq
CSCE signatories (33 nations);
Six congressional
All Gulf nations, except Iran;
withdraw immediately and uncondition-
Cuba (which, with Yemen, voted
appearances.
ally from Kuwait, establish an economic
against UN Resolution 678 authoriz-
103,421 miles traveled.
embargo backed by force, and authorize
ing the use of force).
the use of all necessary means to expel
166 days between
Iraq from Kuwait if the Iraqis did not
August 2, 1990, and
withdraw by January 15, 1991.
January 15, 1991.
Secretary Baker engaged in personal
diplomacy at the UN to secure passage of
these resolutions - including two
historic sessions that involved foreign
ministers of all five permanent members
US Department of State
Bureau of Public Affairs
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of the UN Security Council: on Septem-
ber 25, when the council authorized an
US -Soviet Gulf Crisis Discussions, 1990
air embargo of Iraq and the use of force
to impose sanctions; on November 29,
Date
Location
Participants
when it mandated the use of "all means
necessary" to evict Iraq from Kuwait after
Aug. 3
Moscow
January 15, 1991.
Secrotary Baker and Foreign
Minister Sheverdnadze
Sept 9
Helsinki
President Bush, President
US-USSR Cooperation
Gorbachev, Secretary Baker,
and Foreign Minister
Shevardnadze
The crisis began as the Secretary was on
Sept. 11-13
Moscow
a diplomatic mission in Mongolia. The
Secretary Baker and
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze
next day he flew to Moscow for talks with
Foreign Minister Shevardnadze and the
Sept. 26-Oct. 5
New York
President Bush, President
issuance of a joint US-USSR statement
Gorbachev, Secretary Baker,
that condemned the Iraqi action. This
and Foreign Minister
Sheverdnadze
was the first of nine US-Soviet meetings
on the Gulf crisis (see box).
Nov. 8
Moscow
Secretary Baker and Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze
Nov. 18-21
Paris
Going the Extra
Secretary Baker and Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze
Mile for Peace
Nov. 28
New York
Secretary Baker and Foreign
On January 3, President Bush stated that
Minister Shevardnadze
he was "ready to make one last attempt to
Nov. 29
New York
Secretary Baker and Foreign
go the extra mile for peace." Therefore,
Minister Shevardnadze at dinner
Secretary Baker met with Iraqi Foreign
meeting of five UN Security
Minister Aziz on January 9. Even after
Council permanent representa-
tives (China, France, UK, US,
Iraq's intransigence caused that meeting
USSR)
to end in failure, the Secretary held out
Dec. 9-12
Houston and
President Bush, Secretary
hope for 11th-hour efforts by UN Secre-
Washington
Baker, and Foreign Minister
tary General Perez de Cuellar and by the
Shevardnadze
EC, which ultimately were unsuccessful.
At 4:50 pm EST on January 16-some 17
hours after the UN deadline expired-the
coalition forces launched Operation
Desert Storm to force Iraq into complying
with the 12 UN Security Council resolu-
tion. As Secretary Baker's spokesman
told reporters just hours after Desert
Storm began: "The pause for peace,
mandated by the UN Security Council
Resolution 678, is over.
Abraham Lincoln
THE PRAIRIE YEARS
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CARL SANDBURG
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PHOTOGRAPHS, AND MANY CARTOONS,
SKETCHES, MAPS, AND LETTERS
VOLUME TWO
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426
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THE PRA
crowded in and around the brick station, inside of which Lincoln
The tears were not yet d
was standing, and one by one came hundreds of old friends,
faded into the gray to the
shaking hands, wishing him luck and Godspeed, all faces solemn.
Some of the crowd said
Even Judge David Davis, weighing 350 pounds, wearing a new
tears, that tears ran down 1
white silk hat, was a serious figure.
And one of the crowd Si
A path was made for Lincoln from the station to his car;
face. "But he had a face
hands stretched out for one last handshake. He hadn't intended
was a man who often had
to make a speech; but on the platform of the car, as he turned
and saw his home people, he took off his hat, stood perfectly
still, and looked almost as he had at the Bowling Green burial
Ch
services when tears had to take the place of words. He raised
a hand, for silence. They stood, with hats off.
Old Abe Lincoln C
Out of the wilder
Then he said slowly, amid the soft gray drizzle from the sky,
Old Abe Lincoln C
"Friends, no one who has never been placed in a like position
Down in Illi
can understand my feelings at this hour nor the oppressive
sadness I feel at this parting. For more than a quarter of a
MRS. LINCOLN and the bo:
century I have lived among you, and during all that time I
the train.
have received nothing but kindness at your hands. Here I have
She noticed her husband's
lived from my youth till now I am an old man. Here the most
ordered as the train was ru
sacred trusts of earth were assumed; here all my children were
face a crowd.
born; and here one of them lies buried. To you, dear friends,
He put his hands under h
I owe all that I have, all that I am. All the strange checkered
to stand face to face with hir
past seems to crowd now upon my mind. Today I leave you;
the necktie and arranged his
I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved
He bowed to ladies at one
upon General Washington. Unless the great God who assisted
friend wired, "He remarked
him shall be with and aid me, I must fail. But if the same
glad to demonstrate how V
omniscient mind and the same Almighty arm that directed and
motion."
protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail; I
At another station he beg.
shall succeed. Let us all pray that the God of our fathers may
they would "not let it get a
not forsake us now. To Him I commend you all. Permit me to
nity." The train pulled out a
ask that with equal sincerity and faith you will all invoke His
And the crowd laughed to hi
wisdom and guidance for me. With these few words I must
now!"
leave you-for how long I know not. Friends, one and all, I
Each mile of the railroad,
must now bid you an affectionate farewell."
At one bridge a guardsman
Bells rang, there was a grinding of wheels, and the train moved,
musket.
and carried Lincoln away from Springfield.
People on foot and in wag
Government
1961).
729 I believe that the essence of government lies with unceasing concern for the welfare
result
and dignity and decency and innate integrity of life for every individual. I don't like to say
ate of
this and wish I didn't have to add these words to make it clear but I will-regardless of
color, creed, ancestry, sex or age.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON, remarks at a civil rights symposium, LBJ Library, Austin,
er to
Texas, December 12, 1972.-Text, p. 1.
train,
S the
730 Before my term has ended, we shall have to test anew whether a nation organized
and governed such as ours can endure. The outcome is by no means certain.
ading
President JOHN F. KENNEDY, annual message to Congress on the State of the Union,
January 30, 1961.-Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy,
1961, p. 19.
f my
least
731 Gentlemen, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, and you had put it
in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara River on a rope, would you shake the
icial
cable, or keep shouting out to him-"Blondin, stand up a little straighter-Blondin, stoop a
little more-go a little faster-lean a little more to the north-lean a little more to the
south?" No, you would hold your breath as well as your tongue, and keep your hands off
until he was safe over. The Government are carrying an immense weight. Untold treasures
eats
are in their hands. They are doing the very best they can. Don't badger them. Keep silence,
the
and we'll get you safe across.
bed.
President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, reply to critics of his administration, 1864.-Francis
um-
B. Carpenter, "Anecdotes and Reminiscences of President Lincoln" in Henry Jarvis Ray-
mond, The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln
p. 752 (1865).
p.
Carpenter, a portrait artist, lived in the White House for six months beginning
February 1864, to paint the president and the entire Cabinet. His relations with the
ons
president became of an "intimate character," and he was permitted "the freedom of his
private office at almost all hours, privileged to see and know more of his daily life"
ng,
than most people. He states that he "endeavored to embrace only those [anecdotes] which
bear the marks of authenticity. Many
I myself heard the President relate; others were
of
communicated to me by persons who either heard or took part in them" (p. 725).
Blondin (real name Jean François Gravelet) was a French tightrope walker who
crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope in 1855, 1859, and 1860.
ey
of
732 I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling
vill
especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.
President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, response to a serenade, October 19, 1864.-The Col-
of
lected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 8, p. 52 (1953).
733 Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or
he
too weak to maintain its own existence?
President ABRAHAM LINCOLN, message to Congress in special session, July 4, 1861.-
Γe
The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, ed. Roy P. Basler, vol. 4, p. 426 (1953).
734 There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration.
n
One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his
government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.
il
Attributed to Representative ABRAHAM LINCOLN.-W. T. Roche, address at Washing-
ton, Kansas, April 9, 1942: "These words were spoken by Lincoln, then a Congressman, in
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CONSTANTLY IMPROVING DIRECTORY OF RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
IS INDEED THE HANDBOOK FOR ITS NAMESAKE INDUSTRY
PARSIPPANY, N.J.- It just keeps getting better and better. And there's no other book in the world to match
it. "It" is the Directory of Religious Broadcasting published by National Religious Broadcasters (NRB). And the 1991
edition of the Directory is the fourteenth produced by NRB since the periodical made its debut in 1972.
The 1991 Directory of Religious Broadcasting, the result of an eight-month publication effort led by managing
editor Marj Stevens and production manager Susan Kubick, is due for release in late December. Printing the Direc-
tory for the second consecutive year is the William Byrd Press of Richmond, Va.
For the 1990 Directory of Religious Broadcasting, innovations such as the printing of the entire book on gloss
text were introduced. The 1991 Directory will continue the trend of additional improvements by the annual's
publishers. And there are several.
Thanks to an additional mailing to the book's listees, as much as 75 percent of the information in the 1991
Directory has been updated from the 1990 edition, representing the greatest information change from one year to
the next in the Directory's history.
An adjusted production schedule, earlier than in past years, will lead to the late December release of the 1991
Directory. Traditionally, the Directory has never been widely available until the annual NRB Convention in late
January or early February.
But those placing pre-publication orders for the 1991 Directory will receive it around the first of the year, much
earlier than any of the book's predecessors. This arrangement gives early Directory purchasers an entire year to
use the wealth of information contained within the annual.
Recognizing and respecting the publication as an extremely valuable resource tool, nearly twice as many ad-
vertisers have purchased four-color advertising in the 1991 Directory of Religious Broadcasting as compared to the
1990 edition. In fact, the number of four-color advertisers is the greatest in the Directory's history.
Past editions of The Directory of Religious Broadcasting have become dog-eared thanks to constant use by
their owners. The Directory is used by those throughout the religious broadcasting industry and by those who have
an interest in the field. In fact, the Directory is a resource tool used by major media like U.S. News & World Report.
The more than 4000 listings in the Directory of Religious Broadcasting cover such areas as religious radio
and television stations, radio and television programming, satellite services, equipment manufacturers and sup-
pliers, music publishers, advertising agencies, and international religious broadcasting.
"Wherever I meet religious broadcasters, they tell of the value of the Directory to their work," says NRB ex-
ecutive director E. Brandt Gustavson. "Al Sanders of Ambassador Advertising (Fullerton, Calif.) said to me 'there's
never a day we don't use the NRB Directory."
The 1991 Directory of Religious Broadcasting is now available from NRB for the pre-publication price of
$29.95. The pre-publication special is available through the 48th annual NRB Convention & Exposition until January
31, 1991. Retail cost of the Directory is $49.95.
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E. Brandt Gustavson, Executive Director
299 Webro Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054
National Religious Broadcasters
(201) 428-5400, FAX (201) 428-1814
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 09-30-90
CONTACT: Ron J. Kopczick
CLIFTON DAVIS, STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN, DOUG OLDHAM,
& TRAMAINE HAWKINS AMONG NRB 91'S MUSICAL GUESTS
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Every year music is an important part of the annual National Religious Broadcasters
(NRB) Convention. For the 1991 NRB Convention, (NRB 91) according to organizers, there will be more music of
wide-ranging appeal than at any preceding convention.
NRB 91, scheduled for January 25-29 in Washington, D.C., will feature a wealth of musical talent unsur-
passed by any of NRB's previous 47 national conventions. Serving as convention song leader, for example, is
three-time Dove Award winner and former Old Time Gospel Hour soloist Doug Oldham.
The convention's keyboard musicians, meanwhile, will be two veterans from New York's world-famous Radio
City Music Hall: George Wesner and Fred Davies. And the list of musical artists appearing at various NRB 91 func-
tions, from the opening general session on Friday night through Tuesday evening's closing Anniversary Banquet, is
just as impressive.
Featured at the annual Sunday afternoon gospel concert will be Clifton Davis of NBC-TV's Amen, Larnelle
Harris, Carman, Tramaine Hawkins, and the 100-voice International Christian Center Choir, as well as several other
outstanding church choirs. The gospel concert is sponsored by the Black National Religious Broadcasters (BNRB).
Appearing at other convention functions will be musical artists like classical pianist Dino Kartsonakis, the Day
of Discovery Singers, Gospel Music Association artist of the year Steven Curtis Chapman, guitarist Tony Melendez,
Steve Fry, keyboardist Ken Medema, Babbie Mason, Ray Boltz, The Nelons, Darryl Coley, and the African
Children's Choir.
Melendez and Medema are extraordinary musicians despite considerable disabilities. Melendez, born without
arms, plays the guitar with his feet, while Medema is blind. Closing out the convention on a musical note at the 48th
annual Anniversary Banquet are Glad, Gerard Garno, and the Rex Humbard Family Singers.
Many of NRB 91's musical artists will be taking part in convention functions other than what they are
scheduled for. Some will be signing autographs and albums during the NRB 91 Media Exposition, others will be par-
ticipating in convention workshops, and many will be enjoying the general sessions along with the rest of the atten-
dees.
Sacred music today ranges from contemporary rock, ballads, and folk music to traditional hymns, spirituals,
and the various forms of gospel. All of these forms will be well represented during NRB 91, demonstrating the
tremendous impact sacred music has on every group in society through religious radio and television.
Besides offering the best in sacred music, an NRB Convention allows broadcasters from across the United
States and around the world to gather for spiritual encouragement, educational opportunities, business meetings,
and fellowship. Once again, the Sheraton Washington serves as the convention's host site, with some of NRB 91's
auxiliary events held at the Omni Shoreham.
Founded in 1944 as the broadcasting arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, NRB now has 825
member organizations representing more than 1000 radio and television stations, program producers, and others
who are committed to maintaining accessibility and high standards for religious broadcasters on the airwaves of the
United States.
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ROLE OF NATIONAL RELIGIOUS BROADCASTERS
EXTENDS BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - Although it was founded nearly 47 years ago to maintain high standards
and assure accessibility to the airwaves for its members here in the United States, National Religious
Broadcasters (NRB) has certainly grown beyond the borders of this country in its scope and mission.
Just consider the fact that 11 percent of NRB's membership is from outside the continental U.S.
or at any given NRB Convention there are scores of delegates representing as many as 30 foreign
countries. But it's more than numbers, as NRB executive director E. Brandt Gustavson will attest to.
"The Christian communicator knows he has a responsibility to the whole world," explains Dr.
Gustavson. "God has blessed the United States with freedom of access through the mass media. This
is unlike other countries of the world where the state controls the radio, television, and other mass
media tools.
"NRB primarily serves the members of the association and their needs in domestic broadcasting.
However, our member ministries feel a world-wide burden to reach people for Christ. In keeping with
this desire, the NRB Executive Committee went on record asking the national office to help advise and
support in every way possible the needs of international Christian communicators."
Dr. Gustavson, attempting to fulfill the mandate of the NRB Executive Committee, traveled to Hol-
land in April to meet with 30 European Christian broadcasters. Later this month, he will visit Germany
on a similar mission.
Then, in September, Dr. Gustavson will address the the Australasian Christian Broadcasters
Conference in Queensland. While in Australia, NRB's executive director will also be meeting individual-
ly with various Christian media representatives and be a featured guest on several broadcast
programs.
Dr. Gustavson is certainly no stranger to the work of the religious broadcaster overseas. Prior to
joining NRB in February, Dr. Gustavson served as executive vice president of Trans World Radio
(TWR) for nearly four years. TWR broadcasts more than 1000 hours of weekly Christian programming
in more than 80 languages and has 800 missionary workers in 26 locations around the world.
In keeping with the organization's vision of helping to promote religious broadcasting world-wide,
the 48th Annual NRB Convention and Exposition will feature a substantial international emphasis. The
convention, also known as NRB 91, will be held in Washington, D.C., January 25-29, 1991.
Peter Kusmic, from Yugoslavia and a major figure in last December's freedom movement in
Romania, will be the featured speaker at the convention's International Luncheon on Monday, January
fter
28. CBN will present a video report on international religious broadcasting during the luncheon.
SPeech
In addition to the luncheon, a strong international workshop track is being developed for those at-
tending NRB 91 from the numerous countries where evangelical Christian organizations are emerging
on the scene to represent Christ on the air.
Including those groups from outside the U.S., 825 religious broadcasting organizations are mem-
bers of NRB. All told, the member groups represent more than 1000 radio and television stations,
program producers, and other entities related to the field of religious broadcasting.
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E. Brandt Gustavson, Executive Director
299 Webro Road, Parsippany, NJ 07054
National Religious Broadcasters
(201) 428-5400, FAX (201) 428-1814
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 07-06-90
CONTACT: Ron J. Kopczick
WARREN BURGER, CHARLES COLSON, KAY JAMES SCHEDULED TO
ADDRESS THE DELEGATES AT JANUARY'S NRB CONVENTION
PARSIPPANY, N.J. - What do a retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a former Presiden-
tial aide, and the current assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services have in common other than their roles in American history and the federal govern-
ment?
Well, how about the 48th Annual National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) Convention and Exposi-
tion in Washington, D.C., January 25-29, 1991? The above three, Warren Burger, Charles Colson, and
Kay James, respectively, are all scheduled to address the NRB 91 delegates as they meet at the
Sheraton Washington Hotel, according to NRB executive director E. Brandt Gustavson.
Retired Chief Justice Burger will be one of the speakers during the convention's opening plenary
session on Friday night, January 25. This is the first time an NRB Convention has ever opened on a
Friday. Also speaking during the opening session will be Moody Bible Institute president Joseph M.
Stowell.
Scheduled to address the delegates on Saturday evening is Ms. James. She will be sharing the
plenary's platform with youth evangelist and author Jerry Johnston, who is well-known for conducting
high school assemblies across North America. In his talks, Johnston addresses such issues as drug
and alcohol abuse, teenage suicide, and satanism.
Colson, who served as an aide to President Richard Nixon, is the president and founder of Prison
Fellowship Ministries (PFM), an organization that has had an impressive outreach to those behind
bars. Due to the success of PFM's work in the U.S., Soviet officials recently asked the organization to
begin the program in the USSR. Colson will also speak at an evening plenary session.
Other confirmed speakers at this time include: Radio Bible Class president Martin DeHaan, Sun-
day morning worship service; Yugoslavia's Peter Kusmic, International Luncheon; Old Time Gospel
Hour founder Jerry Falwell, Congressional Breakfast; and NRB president Jerry Rose, Presidential
Plenary. Serving as keyboard accompanists during the NRB 91 plenary sessions will be pianist Fred
Davies and organist George Wesner from New York's Radio City Music Hall.
Invited to also speak during the Presidential Plenary is U.S. President George Bush. The Presi-
dent has made four previous appearances at NRB Conventions, the first three when he was serving as
Vice President. The Presidential Plenary is scheduled for Tuesday, January 29.
"Declaring His Glory To All Nations," based on Psalm 96:3, will serve as the theme for NRB 91.
The theme emphasizes the burden NRB and its members carry in desiring to promote and encourage
religious broadcasting around the world in order to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ.
A major part of every NRB Convention is the Media Exposition, which is scheduled to be open
from January 27-29. The expo features the latest technology, publishing, computer services, program-
ming ideas, telecommunications ministries, recorded music, and products of interest for religious
broadcasters.
The NRB 91 workshops, meanwhile, are being designed to offer the most information and assis-
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tance to convention delegates. Among the workshop tracks will be a series for women and one
dealing with pressing social issues that are of concern to religious broadcasters.
Although the Sheraton Washington serves as the convention's host site, some of the NRB
91 auxiliary events will be held at the Omni Shoreham. An NRB Convention allows broadcasters
from across the United States and around the world to gather for spiritual encouragement,
educational opportunities, business meetings, and fellowship.
Founded in 1944 as the broadcasting arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, NRB
now has 825 member organizations representing more than 1000 radio and television stations,
program producers, and others who are committed to maintaining accessibility and high stand-
ards for religious broadcasters on the airwaves of the United States.
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NOTICE TO ALL MEDIA OUTLETS: Contained with the next NRB 91 press release will be a News Media Creden-
tials information packet dealing with the 1991 NRB Convention. Included will be the "Qualifications For News Media
Credentials" and a "News Media Registration - Application For Press Credentials" form. We hope as many of you as
possible will make plans to cover NRB 91 for your media outlets. Thank you for past coverage of NRB and its annual
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Religious Broadcasting Magazine
June 1990
P.8
N
ational Religious Broadcasters (NRB) and its members have long been inter-
ested in the work of Gospel media around the world even though it is realized
by everyone the association was founded for the primary purpose of serving the
needs of its adherents in the United States.
THE EUROPEAN
Because of the Christian thrust of the Gospel - that the message is to go to the whole
world - NRB's members have had a growing interest in broadcasting to the other na-
tions of the world for years. We as a group realize that with the potential God has given
Christ
us, it would be less than spiritually rewarding or even honest to neglect the Christian media
is coming
needs of the world.
In an effort to meet that responsibility, former NRB executive director Ben Armstrong
developed relationships with many potential groups wanting to form national organiza-
tions within their respective boundaries. Both regional and self-contained national groups
CHALLENGE
have been started, and Dr. Armstrong's encouragement played a major role.
Korea, the Republic of China, Brazil, South Africa, and Europe were some of the
areas which benefited. Now there are calls from other parts of the world for advice and
help in forming new groups.
During the recent meeting of NRB's Executive Committee, those international re-
quests were presented for discussion. In response, the Executive Committee agreed that
NRB should have enough of an international focus so that the Gospel message might be
helped and not hindered in its developing outreach to other nations.
With this in mind, I've just returned from Western Europe. In fact, I met for several
by E. Brandt Gustavson
days with broad-
casters from var-
ious nations. In Hil-
The European
versum, The Neth-
erlands, broadcasters from Denmark,
Norway, Finland, the United Kingdom,
France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and
Challenge:
Switzerland gathered to discuss not
only how they could work together in Western
What Is
It is very clear to me
Europe, but how their influence could be felt and
help the emerging nations of
as I meet with radio and
Eastern Europe, as well as the
television broadcasters
Muslim world at large. What a
NRB's Role?
faith-stretching time we had!
in the United States,
It is very clear to me as I
that God is laying
meet with radio and television broadcasters in the United States, as well as in other parts
of the world, that God is laying on our mind and conscience the needs of people, regard-
on our mind and
less of national boundaries. Even the prospect of opening up new media in Europe through
conscience the needs of
satellite and direct-to-home satellite reception is exciting indeed.
Those nations which have had state-controlled or public service radio and television
people, regardless of
are now realizing that the winds of change will make these media useful tools for present-
national boundaries.
ing the Christian message. With Trans World Radio installing or establishing radio studios
in the USSR, the possibilities for the presentation of the Christian message even within
the Soviet Union are being demonstrated.
Transmitting stations could be next in Hungary, Poland, or the USSR. And to im-
agine that Robert Schuller was able to present the Hour of Power message in the Soviet
Union on state-controlled television last Christmas was an amazing, yet significant, hap-
pening. This year, he is also being offered time for his telecasts.
May we who serve the Lord in Christian broadcasting, whether it be radio, television,
or some other medium, be shown by the Lord of the Harvest in an even greater way the
needs of the world and how we can have a part in meeting them.
I think we'll be able to really get our feet wet serving the needs of both Western and
Eastern Europe. Buckle up - it's going to happen awfully fast.
E. Brandt Gustavson is the executive editor of Religious Broadcasting magazine.
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FEATURES
8
The European Challenge: What Is NRB's Role?
by E. Brandt Gustavson/NRB's executive director discusses the organization's responsibility
to religious broadcasting in Europe and beyond.
10
In The West: Broadcasters Joining Together
by Harvey Thomas/A group of 30 Christian broadcasters recently met in Europe to plan strategies
for reaching the continent's 500 million people and more than 40 cultures.
12
In The East: Working While "It Is Yet Day"
by David W. Clark/The ideological vacuum left by Marxism in Eastern Europe must be filled by the Gospel.
14
The Soviet Union: Are The Changes For Real?
by Alex Leonovich/A native of the USSR, the executive director of the Slavic Missionary Service
reveals the changes he witnessed during a recent trip to his homeland.
16
New Technology For A Changing Continent
by David M. Adams/The possibilities for multimedia broadcasting will change the way we communicate to the world.
18
Special Report: Christian Radio Fellowship
DEPARTMENTS
SIGNING ON
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TRADE TALK
28
READERS' FORUM
4
PROGRAMMING ISSUES
30
WASHINGTON WATCH
6
CLASSIFIEDS/ADVERTISER LIST
32
INSIDE NRB
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COOKING WITH COOK
34
MEDIA FOCUS
22
LOOKING AHEAD
34
1991 NRB AWARD NOMINATIONS
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LATE NEWS
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With the crumbling of the Berlin Wall
Writing Is On
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The Wall
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opportunities for "Sending The
Message To An Open Europe"
via the airwaves.
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The story begins on page 8.
Correction: The cover photo of Religious Broad-
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Barbara Reynolds, the inquiry editor for USA
Today, wrote an article in her newspaper's March
Executive Editor
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E. Brandt Gustavson
Managing Editor
media. The title of the article was "Religion Is The
Ron J. Kopczick
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Assistant Editor
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Paula Podgurski
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had the courage to write it. The bad news is that the
Lorraine Nevers
truth of it is frightening.
Art Assistant
She opens by stating, "Eastern European ac-
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Anne Dunlap
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Reynolds went on to give two blatant ex-
Contributing Editors
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University, Virginia Beach, VA 23463. Dick
Mason, Second Vice President, Radio Bible
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Dear Editor:
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I just wanted to personally thank
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gave to Larnelle (Harris) in the March
then multiply that amount times the
others, should get involved by taking the
issue of Religious Broadcasting. The ar-
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ticle was terrific
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that program, and add it to the total
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WASHINGTON WATCH
Many months of study and debate
tion within existing channels. Stations that
casting of FM programming on AM sta-
over the state of AM radio have now
currently create the worst interference
tions.
produced at the Federal Communications
problems will be given a preference to
In a related proceeding, the Commis-
Commission (FCC) a sweeping proposal
receive channels in the expanded band.
sion adopted an order establishing addi-
of new rules designed to revitalize the ser-
During a transition period, these stations
tional technical rules to reduce inter-
vice by the year 2000.
will be allowed to simulcast on both their
ference. Implementation of these rules will
As a package, the proposed rules rep-
old and new frequencies until receivers
be deferred, however, until issues raised by
resent some of the most comprehensive
capable of receiving 1605-1705 kHz are
the other AM proposals are resolved.
changes undertaken by the FCC in recent
sufficiently available in the market. No
Once the new rules are put into place,
years and may provide much-needed im-
time period for the transition has been es-
the agency will eliminate the "grandfather-
provements to enable AM stations to com-
tablished.
ing" of frequencies when existing AM sta-
pete more effectively in the broadcast
To encourage maximum use of the ex-
tions are deleted. Under that policy,
marketplace.
panded band by existing stations, no new
coverage and protection rights for a
As the nation's first medium of mass
applications initially will be accepted for
deleted station were held open, or
communication, AM radio has played an
the available spectrum. Once the transition
"grandfathered," for a period of one year
important role in informing and entertain-
period is completed, other parties may be
after that station ceased operation.
ing Americans. During the last two
allowed to apply for unused capacity under
The FCC concluded that maintaining
decades, however, the effectiveness of this
the same regulations that govern other ap-
such rights for deleted facilities merely en-
venerable service has been hampered by
plications for the new AM stations. The ex-
couraged parties to resume operations that,
channel congestion, interference and low-
panded band is expected to have room for
in many cases, resulted in objectionable in-
fidelity receivers.
250 to 300 stations broadcasting at 10 kw
terference to other stations.
As a result, many AM stations have
daytime and 1 kw maximum at night.
The agency also will now accept con-
essentially lost their once substantial com-
A second set of rules proposes to set
tingent applications from AM licensees
new technical standards for the AM ser-
Commission
who seek to reduce interference through
vice. More stringent interference standards
private negotiations. Contingent applica-
are proposed for the expanded band. Even-
tions customarily have been disfavored.
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tually, those standards will be phased in for
However, the FCC said that it believes ac-
the entire AM band.
ceptance of such applications is an impor-
Initiative To Help
At the same time, certain technical
tant procedural device that will encourage
criteria are being relaxed to expand service
the implementation of private, inter-
Improve AM Radio
to local communities. For example, the
ference-reducing settlements.
agency is proposing to allow AM daytime
A major factor in any decision to grant
stations to operate with nighttime enhan-
a contingent application will be whether
by Richard E. Wiley
cements, where warranted, if additional in-
deletion or reduction of an AM facility
terference will not result.
may result in an unacceptable loss of ser-
petitive advantage. The FCC has set an ex-
To provide broadcasters with both the
vice to a local community. No contingent
plicit goal of restoring the band's competi-
ability and the incentive to reduce inter-
applications will be granted where "white"
tive posture and is calling on both broad-
ference through their own initiative, the
or "gray" service areas would be created if
casters and radio manufacturers to make
Commission also is proposing to authorize
a station reduces its coverage area or
commitments to meet public demand for a
AM licensees to conduct private negotia-
ceases operation.
technically superior service.
tions to curb interference among stations.
Finally, the agency adopted new
In pursuit of this goal, the agency is
Specifically, the agency intends to
models for skywave and groundwave
proposing new rules in three categories.
issue tax certificates to broadcasters who
propagation curves. These models are ex-
First, stations that cause the most inter-
agree to reduce interference to co-channel
pected to allow the FCC to predict inter-
ference in the existing AM band (535-1605
or adjacent channel stations. Tax certifi-
ference and measure signal coverage with
kHz) would be encouraged to migrate to
cates would be issued to those who receive
significantly greater accuracy.
new frequencies in the expanded 1605-
payment from other licensees to reduce
FCC officials caution that the new
1705 kHz band, which will become avail-
their service area or to surrender their
rules will not rejuvenate AM service over-
able for use after the Commission's inquiry
broadcast license.
night. However, the Commission believes
is concluded.
Additionally, the FCC is prepared to
that these measures will greatly enhance
Second, the agency is revising AM
relax its multiple ownership rules regard-
the quality and competitive ability of AM
technical standards to reduce interference
ing AM stations. Under the proposal,
broadcasting in the coming decade.
in the existing band. Third, broadcasters
ownership of AM stations with overlap-
will be given authority to negotiate private
ping principal city contours would be per-
Richard E. Wiley, a partner in the
agreements that result in the voluntary
mitted if the licensee agreed to adjust
Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley, Rein and
reduction of interference.
operation of one or both stations to reduce
Fielding, is a former chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission and is
The FCC has tentatively concluded
co-channel or adjacent channel inter-
general counsel for NRB. He was assisted in
that the expanded AM band presents a sig-
ference to other AM stations. The agency
the preparation of this article by John C. Hol-
nificant opportunity for reducing conges-
also intends to reinstate the ban on simul-
lar, an associate in the firm.
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1990
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European countries was far stronger than
anywhere in the West.
Christ
In Germany the mainstream denomina-
is coming
tions decided in 1909 that the Pentecostals were
not acceptable and to a very great extent that at-
titude prevails today, with the Charismatics
The considerable
now linked in with the Pentecostals.
In spite of all this confusion and turmoil, it
professional talent
CHALLENGE
was missionaries from European countries who
of Christians who
took Christianity to the rest of the world in the
nineteenth century. Our continental tragedy is
are in public
that at the end of the twentieth century, it seems
broadcasting com-
as though they left it there.
The result of all this is that with the excep-
panies needs to
tion of the occasional small revival in individual
by Harvey Thomas
be tapped, to
countries, more than 500 million people in
Europe have, to a great extent, been in a post-
produce original
Post-Christian Europe
Christian era for the last 50 years. Today, Latin
programming — with
American Evangelicals are helping to evangel-
If the countries of Europe have any com-
ize Spain, and black African missionaries lead
a message — for
mon characteristics, the ones that come to mind
the fastest growing churches in the United
can honestly be described as pig-headed pride,
public broadcasting
Kingdom.
arrogant isolationism, and self-centered stub-
outlets.
bornness. Of course, these are usually presented
as "culture," independence," and "determina-
tion" - but not very successfully!
In The
There are more than 40 countries of Europe
who, until the forming of the Economic Com-
munity, rarely agreed on anything in thousands
of years of history. Even within the Economic
Community, the 12-member countries have
taken nearly 30 years just to get rid of basic
trade barriers.
West:
At all European Community meetings, at
any level, everything has to be translated into
nine languages, and the Community ad-
Broadcasters Joining
ministration after three decades still shuttles be-
tween Brussels, Luxembourg, and Strasbourg.
Since centuries before Christ, the countries
of Europe have fought each other for dogma,
Together
territory, or imagined security. And most of the
fighting up to the beginning of the twentieth
It is perhaps foolish and even dangerous
century, was, in theory, about religion.
for me to attempt to put figures to the numbers
Following the turn of this century the
of known committed Christian believers in
squabbling about religion has continued across
Europe. Because it illustrates the situation
the continent in a rather nasty way, but without
however, I will, in good faith, list a few of the
actually leading to war. The Evangelicals would
statistics that seem to emerge consistently in
have no contact with the Ecumenicals, the
discussions among European groups.
Protestants jeered at the Catholics, and in
In Spain, with more than 35 million people,
Europe's Catholic countries, freedoms were
active believers are thought to number less than
taken away from the Protestants.
50,000. In Italy there are more than 50 million
Until the end of 1989, Christianity was
people and about 250,000 Evangelicals. France
heavily restricted in Eastern Europe, but
has 55 million people and about 200,000 Evan-
paradoxically the church in the Eastern
gelicals. Belgium has just over ten million
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1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
people. Approximately nine million of
was not practically possible through the
Although the technical and even legal
them are Roman Catholic, about 35,000
normal public or commercial channels.
potential is there, the cruel fact is that there
are Jewish, and there are thought to be ap-
At the beginning of the '90s the pace
are woefully few Christian groups in
proximately the same number of Evangeli-
of change has suddenly and dramatically
Europe with the talent, experience, and
cals.
increased! Direct Broadcast Satellites are
production resources to make programs
I suppose, in summary, we might say
received on small (60 cm) rooftop dishes
which have any chance at all of reaching
that there is a huge amount of religion in
with the need for cable - and cable itself
the intellectual, creative, and entertain-
Europe but a great absence of faith!
is expanding rapidly.
ment standards to win programming time.
The de-regulation of public broad-
From the United States must come the
Time Slots
casting regulations across most of the
needed practical support of training and
The need for maximization of the air-
countries in Europe means that suddenly,
co-production facilities. Before we at-
waves has therefore been paramount for a
the opportunities for effective Christian
tempt to create "Christian Channels" there-
long time. The biggest stumbling block has
communication are available in con-
fore, we would be wise to use the talents of
been that until the last couple of years, all
siderable quantity but the Christians are
professional Christians in the media to util-
broadcasting in Europe has been strictly
not ready to take advantage of any of them!
ize public broadcasting outlets as a chan-
regulated. With the exception of Trans
nel of communication for the Christian
World Radio's (TWR) Monte Carlo trans-
Looking To The Future
Message - commentary, drama, and so
mitter, Christian broadcasting has also had
For Europeans, the questions now are:
on.
to be within the confines of public radio
and television stations.
There have been some church ser-
vices and musical programs of a religious
nature, and in the Netherlands a number of
hours of public service television time is
made available to Christian organizations
with a specific number of subscribers.
TWR, broadcasting worldwide on a
shortwave and on a million-watt medium-
wave transmitter from a mountain behind
Monte Carlo, has been the only practical
Christian broadcasting on a consistent
basis that Europe has known for decades.
Throughout this time, however, there
has been a second factor to help the com-
munication of Christianity through the air-
waves - Christians working professional-
ly in the media.
Opportunities In The 1990s
The wide freedom of access to both
radio and television in the United States
has meant that the great emphasis in Chris-
tian communication there has been in
Representatives from Europe's religious broadcasting organizations gather in Hil-
versum, Netherlands, for an historic meeting on April 17.
direct propagation through Christian radio
and television stations.
What opportunities are available, techni-
A New Beginning
Before deregulation of broadcasting
cally and legally? What facilities, resour-
I suppose when you look at the first
in Europe began in the late 1980s, much
ces, and experience are available to tackle
part of this article, I would have to say that
key influence was brought to public broad-
them? Should they be dealt with national-
it is the "down" side of the picture. Just
casting by Christians working in it and
ly, internationally, or both? And perhaps
before Easter 1990, however, a group of 30
either presenting or producing programs of
most important of all, how should our
people met at the new European head-
an extremely high standard - and with a
strategy approach the opportunities and
quarters of Trans World Radio in Hilver-
significant message in them.
potential?
sum, Netherlands, to look to the future
Cable television is only just beginning
On the last point, we can divide it into
potential for the communication of the
(200,000 homes) in the United Kingdom
the questions of whether the primary need
Christian message over the European air-
and has been important in Germany (6 mil-
is religious broadcasting as a separate en-
waves.
lion homes) and other continental
tity, or whether it is the producing and
In an entirely informal ad hoc gather-
countries for some time. It provides the op-
presenting of quality programs for varied
ing, the group in Hilversum represented
portunity for overtly Christian programs to
outlets with an appropriate message in-
go out on cable networks to a degree that
herent in them.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 33
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JUNE
1990
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Christ
is coming
by David W. Clark
CHALLENGE
he final months of 1989 brought
T
about changes in the governments
of Eastern Europe which could scar-
cely have been imagined even a few months
before. As we watched the television news
every evening, we became aware that history
was literally being played out before our eyes.
In country after country the utopia promised
by Marxism was exposed as a self-serving
ideology by which the elite of the Communist
party oppressed the people.
But it was not just a desire for food and the
basic necessities of life that brought these swift
changes, but an overwhelming desire for
freedom of expression and worship. The brave
people of Timisoara, Romania, locked arms
around the parsonage of Pastor Lazlow Tokes
because they refused to let the Communist
Christian
broadcasters from
In The
the U.S. who wish to
be of help must be
is premature to say that there is total freedom
willing to innovate
for Christian broadcasting, it is safe to say that
a new model of
ministry broadcast-
East:
the doors seem to be opening slowly. Here are
a few examples of the many which can be men-
tioned:
1. A recent television documentary about
ing which does not
Christians was shown in the Soviet Union. The
depend on financial
children of one of the Christian families were
appeals within
programs.
Working While
state dictate spiritual matters. They defied the
interviewed while watching an animated Bible
secret police of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and
story in Russian about Adam and Eve. Within
many met death while praying and singing
days the Christian Broadcasting Network
hymns.
(CBN) received a call from a representative of
Likewise in East Germany, the freedom
Soviet television asking for the rights to show
movement began with prayer meetings in the
more of the animated Bible stories.
churches of Leipzig. Even the secular press has
CBN has opened a ministry center in Mos-
grudgingly acknowledged that spiritual revival
cow and the Super Book animated series of Old
helped to precipitate the protests that have per-
and New Testament stories are now airing na-
manently reshaped Eastern Europe.
tionally in the Soviet Union. This is largely due
to the work of Hannu Haukka, a Finnish
Doors Are Opening
shortwave radio evangelist who began dub-
These rapid changes in governments have
bing the animation into Russian several years
led to changing broadcasting policies. While it
ago.
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1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
German residents stand jubilantly
atop the Berlin Wall following its
opening in late 1989.
production.
toward the commercialization of some
Other examples abound, but if we are
previously controlled aspects of society.
to exploit the opportunities currently
We can rejoice that coercive centralized
emerging in Eastern Europe, we must be
economic planning has at last been
aware of the trends which characterize the
pronounced a failure and free market
changes now taking place.
economies are springing up. But we must
also recognize that the longing for fulfill-
Four Major Trends
ment in the hearts of Eastern Europe's op-
First, there will be a growing move
pressed can never be satisfied by posses-
toward urbanization. As the restrictions on
sions.
personal movement are lifted, more and
Materialism leads to a new kind of
more people will head to the cities. This
bondage to things which can be enslaving
means that world class cities will emerge
in a diabolical way. Some pastors from the
rapidly in Eastern Europe. While there are
East have expressed concern that the
many challenges to evangelism in an
materialistic Christianity of the West will
urban setting, cities bring people into the
dampen the spiritual renewal now evident
reach of radio and television.
in their countries.
Second, there is already an identifi-
Fourth, there is the very apparent
able trend toward what I refer to as
trend of "syncretization," or the tendency
"mediazation" or the rapid development
of people to combine a number of dif-
of media of all forms to fill the vacuum
ferent systems of belief into an amalgam
left by repressive governments. Oppor-
which is at odds with evangelical Chris-
tunities to help develop radio and
tianity. There is just enough Christian
television networks and programs
doctrine presented to convince the person
abound.
they now have the truth, when they actual-
Christian broadcasters from the U.S.
ly only have enough to innoculate them
2. On a recent trip to Eastern Europe,
who wish to be of help must be willing to
against the true Gospel. A syncretism of
I discovered that ironically one of the most
innovate a new model of ministry broad-
Shintoism, Buddhism, and a thin veneer
effective radio outreaches to Austria, in
casting which does not depend on finan-
of Christianity has rendered Japan nearly
Western Europe, was from Hungary.
cial appeals within programs. The finan-
impervious to evangelism.
3. At the Lausanne II Congress on
cial and moral abuses in American
On a recent trip to a medium-sized
Evangelism I encountered a young Lat-
televangelism have been followed in great
city in Yugoslavia, I was amazed to dis-
vian pastor and his wife in downtown
detail by the Communist press. An une-
cover posters in the central part of the city
Manila who had come to the conference
quivocal break must be made with abuses
advertising transcendental meditation ses-
sions.
"It Is Yet Day
The ideological vacuum
left by bankrupt Marxism must
be filled by the Gospel, not an
amalgam of cultural Chris-
tianity, the new age movement,
hoping to learn something about
in this form of fundraising if Christian
and various sects and "isms."
television. He said the building belonging
broadcasting is to have any credibility and
Christian radio and television
to his Baptist congregation had recently
lasting impact.
programming attuned to the culture and
been returned to the church after having
There are enormous needs for media
working closely with the local church can
been expropriated by the government.
education of all kinds. Few Christian
help fill this vacuum. But we must work
During the state's control, a television
young people were given the opportunity
quickly while "it is yet day." Several
studio had been built in part of the church
to pursue preparation for a career in
Christian leaders from Eastern Europe
building.
media. But the churches are filled with
have warned that this may be but a tem-
The government was now willing to
eager, bright young men and women who
porary thaw in the cold war.
give the pastor time on the state television
are apt learners. Regent University, for ex-
network for a Gospel program if he could
ample, is now planning a center for media,
David W. Clark, Ph.D., is the first vice presi-
produce a program using the government-
theological, and business education in
dent of NRB and the dean of the College of
built studio in the church. He asked if I
Eastern Europe.
Communications and the Arts at Regent
knew anything about Christian television
Third, there is an obvious move
University in Virginia Beach, Va.
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE
1990
13
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Christ
is coming
It is a new day in the Soviet Union. The changes
are coming about with such rapidity that one can
CHALLENGE
hardly keep up with the turn of events. In the
churches, one can feel a stir and an excitement
by Alex Leonovich
which couldn't be felt before. The new freedoms
o two Russian words have caught the
N
imagination of people around the world
have opened the doors for new opportunities.
as "glasnost" (openness) and
"perestroyka" (restructuring)! What do they
mean to the average Soviet citizen? What do
The Soviet Union:
Are The Changes
these words mean to us in the West? What is Mik-
hail Gorbachev hoping to accomplish through
this approach? These and many other questions
have been foremost in my mind during two
For Real?
recent visits to the USSR, the land of my birth.
During both trips, as a guest of the Evangeli-
cal Baptist Union of the USSR, it was my
privilege to minister in some of the fellowship's
churches and to participate in its 44th Congress
which convened in Moscow this past February.
What I saw and what I heard made me exclaim
1st Time For
time and time again, "Lord, I believe, but help
U.S.S.R.
Thou my unbelief."
It is a new day in the Soviet Union. The
!
changes are coming about with such rapidity that
one can hardly keep up with the turn of events.
In the churches, one can feel a stir and an excite-
ment which couldn't be felt before. The new
freedoms have opened the doors for new oppor-
tunities.
Who would have ever imagined that in our
lifetime we would see the day when 18-wheel
trucks would bring Scriptures from the West to
the spiritually hungry people of Russia. Today it
is a common sight to see this happen! This new
day gave us the opportunity to hold an open-air
meeting in Red Square, in the shadow of the
mausoleum wherein lies the body of Lenin. No
one stopped us as we distributed New Testa-
ments and Gospel literature.
Jails which at one time held Christians for
practicing their faith today are inviting pastors
and musical groups to hold services. In several
The Congress of the Russian/Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Union meets
instances I met ministers who were considering
for the first time with state approval at the Ismaylova Hotel in Moscow.
14
JUNE
1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
leaving their pulpits SO that they could devote
out and touch the
their full time to prison ministries. In some of
lives of millions in
the larger cities, Soviet radio and television are
the USSR.
offering opportunities for church services and
How did glas-
messages to be aired during prime time.
nost and perestroyka
Mikhail Morgulis, director of publications
happen? Was it Mik-
for the Slavic Gospel Association in Wheaton,
hail Gorbachev's
Ill., and the Russian voice of Dr. Joel
idea? I don't think
Nederhood's Back to God Hour, as well as the
so. I feel that he is
main speaker on the New Life Broadcasts
often given credit for
produced by Slavic Missionary Service of
something he stum-
South River, N.J., just returned from the USSR.
bled into. He only
There, he signed a contract for a half-hour
became an agent, like Cyrus of the Old Testa-
Inmates respond to the
weekly Bible reading program on Soviet
invitation for salvation
ment scriptures, through whom God ac-
television.
in a prison located on the
complished His divine purpose.
outskirts of Donetsk,
Churches once closed are being reopened.
A year ago last January, the Christians in
the Ukraine.
New church building construction is going on
the 15 republics of the USSR, along with their
at a fever pitch. Soviet presses are printing
counterparts in the Eastern Bloc nations,
Bibles and already we are seeing the beginnings
banded together in fasting and prayer, seeking
of a large-scale printing of Gospel literature.
the face of God and pleading for His help and
The spirit of evangelism is gripping the local
deliverance. Today we are witnesses of the fact
church. "Train us," they say, "and we will evan-
that when God's people pray, God's Spirit
gelize our people. Give us the right tools, and
works!
we will do the job ourselves." These are the by-
We can see the very power of God ac-
products of glasnost and perestroyka and they
complishing what man never thought would
are real!
happen. For each of us it is a lesson in faith! For
The Christians in the Soviet Union indeed
it's not by might, nor by power, but by my
need our help. We in the West with our "tools"
Spirit, saith the Lord!"
and "expertise" born from years of learning,
Yes, there is much ethnic unrest to be found
planning, and experience can certainly share
in the USSR today. There is much wanting as
our "know-how."
far as meeting the social and physical needs of
the masses. Shelves are empty, the ruble has lost
The Vitality Of Radio
its value. Many families have chosen to leave
While in Moscow I was touched with tears
the country. Yet there is light at the end of the
of joy as I looked at the new recording studios
tunnel.
which Trans World Radio is building and equip-
God has used the "negatives" of the past to
Alex Leonovich addresses the 44th
ping. This will also be done in Kiev and in
create the "positives" of the present. There is a
Congress of the Russian/Ukrainian
Minsk. What an opportunity this will offer to
spiritual hunger among the people as a result of
Evangelical Baptist Union.
the local churches and pastors to produce
all this which only
programs by which they will be able to reach
God can satisfy.
their own people.
How wonderful that
Radio continues to play a most important
He has chosen us as
role in the lives of the more than 285 million
instruments of His
Soviets. As no other instrument, radio
grace to share the
penetrates the 11 time zones of the Soviet
message of hope and
Union, reaching into the most remote areas
love!
where neither preacher or literature can go. Lit-
May the Lord
tle wonder that Alexei Bichkov, former General
help us in this day of
Secretary of the Baptist movement, in his "State
opportunity to use
of the Union" address at the 44th Congress,
glasnost to bring
publicly thanked Trans World Radio, as well as
about a true and a
the other missionary radio outreaches, for keep-
meaningful per-
ing the spiritual life of the people in the USSR
estroyka as we reach
alive "during the lean and difficult past years."
out to the needy
"Keep sowing the seed, we will keep reap-
people of the USSR with the Word of God.
Scores of believers crowd
ing the harvest," the Soviet Christians said. We
the Yamskaya Church of
should capitalize on the opportunities afforded
Alex Leonovich, an NRB board member, is the ex-
Kiev in the Soviet Ukraine.
us today and increase the number of quality
ecutive director of the Slavic Missionary Service
in South River, N.J.
gospel programs through which we can reach
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE
1990
15
Typical of the
recent changes in
Eastern Europe is
the atmosphere
surrounding Berlin's
Brandenburg Gate.
THE EUROPEAN
Christ
by David M. Adams
tion and transmission costs are covered from
is coming
public funds.
The age of multimedia broadcast has ar-
But many evangelicals have felt that the
rived. For years, the technical horizon was set
threshold for access was wrongly placed -
by a stereo audio signal over radio or a
either because there was insufficient time
CHALLENGE
television image with stereo sound.
within the limited number of channels, or be-
Today, Europeans from Spain to Sweden
cause the journalistic standards of public broad-
can capture the same satellite signal on a small
casting eliminated traditional Bible teaching
dish just one foot in diameter (the size of a large
and evangelism.
dinner plate) which contains a television image,
Today, economic and technological pres-
audio in four languages, and thousands of pages
sures are changing the global picture. Broad-
of data which connect directly onto the floppy
casting in Kenya is being shifted to a commer-
of a home computer. This technical explosion
cial base. The Broadcasting Bill now before
will change forever
British Parliament will allow market forces to
New Technology
our understanding
influence broadcasting in a more substantial
of broadcasting.
way. These changes will probably allow greater
Christians
access for Christians - but under different con-
For A
have been involved in international broadcast-
ditions.
ing for decades. The four large missionary
In a commercial system, program makers
broadcasters, involved in The World by 2000
will have to buy their airtime, and the increas-
outreach, operate a transmitter network capable
ing number of channels will reduce audience
Changing
of reaching every corner of the world.
sizes. Christians in Europe must learn how to
Their schedules proclaim the Gospel in
cope with these changes.
more than 100 languages. Hundreds of smaller,
Trans World Radio, through its German-
Continent
local initiatives reach major cities on every con-
speaking partner, Evangeliums Rundfunk, is
tinent. Television ministries have expanded
broadcasting regular programs through Super
rapidly in places like South America and in
Channel, a commercial service delivered into
some countries of Asia.
20 million homes across Europe, in order to
Commercial broadcasting, along the lines
gain experience in this new field.
of the North American model, is rare in the rest
New technology is increasing the pressure
of the world. In most countries, broadcasting is
for change. In a continent like Europe it is im-
regulated by public companies licensed to "in-
possible to restrict the activities of satellite
form, educate and entertain."
broadcasters seeking an international audience.
Christians, alongside other members of the
Direct to Home (DTH) transmission to small
public, are invited to participate under the
dishes is now developing rapidly. Satellites
general editorial supervision of the station. In
provide an opportunity for new television
many cases this guarantees religious broadcast-
standards to be developed. Terrestrial systems
ing access to primetime schedules. And produc-
will take many years to change.
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1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
The European Community is pursu-
and Evangelism.
whether the Olympus programs can be
ing a High Definition (HDTV) standard
Video programs are accompanied
rebroadcast on their national television
within the next few years. The D2-MAC
by audio in several languages and later
network.
system, designed as an intermediate
transmissions will include the publish-
It is already clear that broadcast
standard to HDTV, provides an en-
ing of course notes through the data
satellites will play an important role in
hanced television image, multiple audio
channel.
drawing the European community, East
channels, and extensive data capacity.
Data broadcasting is in its infancy,
and West, together into a common house,
Broadcast experience with this new
but as a support to video transmission, or
spoken of by Soviet President Mikhail
standard will require satellite support.
as a means of electronic publishing, its
Gorbachev. It is essential that Christians
The possibilities are enormous and
possibilities are enormous. Olympus can
play their part on the construction team
it will take some time for the various op-
deliver up to 10,000 pages of data per
and that the Gospel is one of the bricks
tions to prove their viability. Not every
day in more than 1000 separate "pack-
used in the building. Projects like Olym-
technical possibility will be economical-
ets" at less than one dollar per page.
pus are providing invaluable early ex-
ly achievable. In recognizing this chal-
Discrete networks scattered across
perience in this endeavor.
lenge, the European Space Agency is
the continent can access the packet they
The global communications chal-
providing transponder capacity on their
require (each packet can be encrypted if
lenge is shifting. The possibilities for
DBS Olympus satellite for a variety of
necessary) and download the informa-
multimedia broadcasting will change the
service demonstrations in Europe.
tion into their personal computer as easi-
way we communicate across the world.
Trans World Radio is using this op-
ly as they record the television signal on
The restrictions are no longer regulatory
portunity to develop a training project.
a VCR. Course notes, newsletters, and
or technical. They are economic and
The goal is to create a network of learn-
even magazines can be published at a
creative.
ing centers across Europe based on the
fraction of their normal costs.
With adequate resources and a fer-
local church. The service, which invol-
One of the most significant aspects
tile imagination, a whole new range of
ves a cooperation between TWR, Cam-
of these developments lies among the
communication possibilities are now
pus Crusade for Christ, the Bible Society
possibilities in Eastern Europe. Shortly
opening up to the Christian community
of Great Britain, Tear Fund, and the
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1990
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SPECIAL REPORT
by Richard David
A convincing argument in favor of non-duplication, however,
came from Tom Moffit from WTLN in Orlando, Fla., who said,
"Most markets can't absorb multiple stations that duplicate the
C
hristian fellowship, cooperation, and shared ministry values
same feature programs or the entire programming formats of other
was the emphasis when three dozen Christian radio broad-
stations in the same market, whether they are secular or Christian
casters met for an "informal get-together" in Chicago, III.,
radio stations.
on March 30-31.
"I'm not saying a feature program can't be on 19 stations in
Known as the Christian Radio Fellowship (CRF), the meeting
the same market, but if they want to be on 19 stations in our market
included program producers and agencies, as well as commercial
my station will not be one of them," he explained. "The FCC for-
and non-commercial radio stations. Brandt Gustavson, executive
bids me from relinquishing station control to anyone. I have a
director of National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), and three
responsibility to air what I think is best for my station.
members of the NRB Executive Committee were also in atten-
"No one can require me to air their program, and likewise I
dance.
can't require anyone to air their program on my station if they don't
The meeting's schedule included such topics as: spiritual im-
choose to. But we broadcasters are obligated to the FCC to provide
pact, prayer, market segmentation, promotion, audience research,
a unique and distinct service to our audience
program and format duplication, program length, and industry
Moffit admitted, however, "I'm willing to consider each situa-
economics. Separate discussions were conducted within the four
tion on a case by case basis, but I defend my position on non-
basic Christian radio groups.
duplication in the markets we serve with our stations."
It was the vision of Mike Maddex from WEEC in Springfield,
Someone suggested that "if a program like Focus (on the
Ohio, to gather "radio only" folks for an informal round-table dis-
Family) helps a station build a large audience, perhaps stations
cussion that would "get to the issues." Forsaking the use of panels,
should pay Focus for the rights to air it? Stations buy the exclusive
special speakers, and music, the sessions had moderators and open
rights to air Paul Harvey to gain audience share."
participation was encouraged.
It was then said, "I'd be happy to pay Focus to air their
The first session "Market Position, Promotion and Audience
program, but in return I would need spot breaks in the body of the
Research," was moderated by Mike
Trout from Focus on the Family. At-
tendees brain-stormed to find a
generic definition for the word
Christian Radio
"promotion," eventually agreeing on:
"A communication strategy designed
to advance a product, service or image
to a potential audience with a goal of
gaining involvement."
FELLOWSHIP
After the term "promotion" was
defined, its proper role in Christian
ministry was discussed, as well as its
implementation. This led to examining audience research and
program every eight or ten minutes and the freedom to move the
various ways to better understand everyone's community. Tips on
broadcast to different time slots according to the needs of the sta-
effective audience building promotions were shared at the close of
tion." The idea seemed to be unworkable and further discussion on
the session.
the topic was not pursued.
"Program and Format Duplication," the second session, was
Mike Trout spoke on behalf of programmers: "We try to eval-
moderated by Sue Bahner from WWWG in Rochester, N.Y. This
uate each (market) situation from the perspective of what is best
topic sparked discussion with participation from every viewpoint.
for the ministry; sometimes we go with the station that refused to
Rich and Dick Bott of Bott Broadcasting explained that they
duplicate program features with multiple stations and sometimes
have definite ideas on non-duplication, but those ideas are not ab-
we decline. We don't have a policy, one way or the other."
solute. "We believe each market situation and each mix of stations
Ed Mahoney from the Lloyd Daniel Corporation was con-
in those markets make each market unique unto itself," they said.
cerned that some stations might raise rates if there were fewer sta-
Grand Old Gospel Hour host B. Sam Hart felt that "some sta-
tions. On the other hand others felt that non-duplication encourages
tions do not share the same audience with other stations in the same
a diversity of programming, more creativity, and larger audiences
market even though they may broadcast some of the same
to Christian radio.
programs. For instance, a Black Gospel station will not share the
The March 30 afternoon session, "Program Length and In-
same audience with a Moody station in the same market.
dustry Economics" was moderated by Gene Bender from KIXL in
"Therefore, who can (rightfully) tell a programmer they can't
Austin, Texas. Many stations desired to see the industry adopt
go on any other station in a market," Dr. Hart added, "If I'm buying
shorter program length standards (i.e. a 26:30 half-hour program),
the time, then I believe I should be able to buy time on the stations
opening additional time for public service and program promotion
I choose."
announcements, news, traffic, weather, and commercial sponsors.
18
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1990
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The participants agreed on the need for a broad industry con-
1. Group members are committed to the programmers on their
sensus on program length. Brandt Gustavson suggested a workshop
stations.
on the topic at the NRB convention. "We need to focus on the needs
2. They are concerned about the intensification of crisis
of radio," he added.
fundraising by some programmers.
Following B. Sam Hart's March 31 morning devotional based
3. When programmers broadcast that they may need to drop a
on John 14:12-13, the four basic radio groups separated to discuss
station due to a lack of support, they feel this shouldn't be aired on
their distinct pertinent issues. After each group met for 90 minutes,
all the stations, but only the one having the problem.
the attendees re-assembled to share the topics and solutions that
4. They are wondering about future satellite distribution, and
were discussed separately.
the use of commercial versions of the programs on their non- com-
mercial stations. Not all of them see this as a problem.
Commercial Stations
5. Some controversial "Issues of the Day" emphasized by some
Rich Bott reported for the commercial stations:
programs tend to build up and cause the stations to receive many
1. Group members emphasized the shared interest that each
phone calls. One station reported that they had to hire another per-
has in the other facets of ministry, and felt it was a team effort.
son to answer the questions that were raised by the phone calls.
2. They suggested co-sponsored radio rallies by both the
They wonder if they should take sides, and whether they should
programmer and station.
promote these issues, or simply inform about them.
3. They were concerned with a perceived increase of "high
6. There was a concern expressed about how the stations are
pitch" fundraising by some. They suggested that greater concentra-
treated by a programmer when the program is dropped. The letters
tion of effort toward the ministry of a program would result in bet-
sent to the listeners sometimes seem to imply that the station is the
ter fundraising support.
adversary of the programmer.
4. They expressed concern about some major advertisers, such
7. The subject of "listener ownership" was broached.
as Coca-Cola, which allegedly have a policy of not advertising on
8. When programmers/agencies/commercial stations get
Christian stations.
together to decide such things as program length, exclusivity, and
5. Some warned of the need to be alert to changing
other things affecting the stations, the non-commercial stations
demographics in the listenership.
want to be able to give input also.
6. They suggested co-op billboards with the cost being shared
between both the programmer and the station.
Wrapping It Up
The final session was moderated by Dick Bott, and he ex-
Program Producers
pressed what he felt was the consensus of the group, that those in
Dick Mason of Radio Bible Class reported for the program
attendance had learned a lot, and it was good to concentrate on radio
producers:
issues, with a sense of shared commitment. He stressed the need to
1. Group members expressed thanks to the stations for carry-
remember that Christian radio is first of all a ministry and it is a
ing their programs.
team effort.
2. They felt there needs to be more communication, feedback,
Brandt Gustavson then addressed the fellowship, assuring
and networking between programmers and stations.
everyone of "his desire to serve the NRB members in every way
3. They would like stations to share program ranking and sur-
possible." He expressed concern about all the points that were dis-
veys with them. It was suggested that the reverse should also be
cussed, especially the feeling that "the annual convention should
true.
include some of these important radio topics."
4. They want earlier notice of changes in the station, or output
Dr. Gustavson sought feedback, seeking a dialogue to explore,
powers or times.
"what does our organization need to do to better serve the radio
5. They support area rallies if it can be worked out.
members?" His desire to involve "all the members into a working
6. They are concerned about distribution costs. Which is bet-
body" was warmly received. He also recognized the importance of
ter? Satellite, cassettes, or reel to reel?
member participation, in "forming the annual convention
workshop topics and sessions."
Agencies
All in attendance agreed to see if NRB can formulate a strategy
Roger Kemp of Ambassador Advertising reported for the
to address these radio interests before deciding whether to meet
agencies:
again in a similar forum. However, it was unanimously felt the
1. Group members felt agencies function as a go-between for
group should reassemble at a future date, either as the CRF or as
programmer and station.
part of NRB.
2. They want more listeners and more revenue support for the
"I feel the meeting accomplished all I hoped it would, whether
we have another meeting or not," said Mike Maddex. "But, what
programmer.
3. The proliferation of stations and the economics of that situa-
we did here during the last two days made a valuable contribution
tion are of concern to the agencies.
to each of us. It was great having a round-table discussion where
4. Though the agencies work with both the programmers and
we could share so much with each other. These meetings helped
stations, it is the programmer that they primarily represent.
each of us to better understand the future we all face together."
Non-commercial Stations
Richard David is the national program director for American Sunrise
Char Binkley of WBCL in Fort Wayne, Ind., reported for the
Communications, a seven-station group based in Huntington Beach,
non- commercial stations:
Calif.
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE
1990
19
INSIDE NRB
NRB Calls For 24-Hour
and use descramblers with lock boxes.
More and more, Spanish is heard in
Ban Of On-Air Indecency
These measures, NRB explained,
America's big cities, becoming common
would preserve viewer choice and the
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (NRB) - A 24-
enough to be used in daily businesses and
editorial freedom of the broadcaster would
hour ban on the broadcast of indecent
more importantly, on voting ballots. In
be respected, but most importantly, parents
material has been called for by National
California and New York, telephone com-
would be provided with a viable means of
Religious Broadcasters (NRB) in a brief
panies offer Yellow Pages in Spanish and
protecting the welfare of their children.
filed before the Federal. Communications
ads in buses and subways are portrayed in
Commission (FCC) on April 19.
both languages.
Submitted by NRB executive director
HNRB Faces The Challenge
The number of Hispanics in the
E. Brandt Gustavson, the brief contains the
Of Reaching U.S. Hispanics
United States has surpassed 20 million and
organization's reply comments in the mat-
is rapidly growing. According to census
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (NRB) -
ter of "Enforcement of Prohibitions
The Hispanic Religious Broadcasters
bureau estimates, Hispanics now comprise
Against Broadcast Indecency."
8.2 percent of the population.
(HNRB) held their eighth annual commit-
In the brief, NRB told the FCC that the
tee meetings during NRB 90 in
The impact is also overwhelming in
broadcasting of indecent material "debases
the arena of the media. The nationwide
Washington, D.C. A series of specialized
human beings, particularly women, there-
workshops on production, marketing, and
Telemundo television network is reaching
by undermining a child's respect for
relations with local churches was offered
77 percent of all Hispanics in the U.S. In
humanity, ability to form healthy relation-
to the nearly 100 participants who broad-
another 15 years, nine out of the top ten
ships, and sense of self-esteem."
markets will have populations where the
cast in Spanish across the U.S.
NRB cited ratings data of various
minority will be the majority.
This year, three outstanding events
radio and television markets which shows
In the midst of this demographic
were commemorated: the creation of a new
that large numbers of children are in the
TV station in San Antonio, Texas (Channel
phenomena, great social and spiritual
broadcast audience at all times of the day
needs are becoming apparent, added Dr.
23); the inauguration of the Christian
and night - including the post-midnight
Luna. The Christian electronic and printed
newspaper El Orador in Fountain Valley,
"graveyard" hours. Because of this situa-
media must play a significant role in
Calif.; and the presentation of the Golden
tion, NRB believes that proposals to air in-
providing awareness, education, social
Mike Award to Hispanic evangelist/broad-
decent material during late night hours
caster Alberto Motessi.
direction, and, more importantly, spiritual
only are "entirely unworkable."
guidance to the large Hispanic segment of
Many other encouraging develop-
Quoting Arbitron statistics, the brief
U.S. society, he concluded.
ments are occurring as the Hispanic broad-
reported that the July 1989 Washington,
casters push forward in the proclamation
D.C., Market Report showed that the
of the Gospel through the electronic and
Religious Broadcasting To
average quarter-hour rating for viewing by
printed media.
Feature "A Day In The Lives"
teens in the nation's capital was 19 percent
This year HNRB president Guillermo
PARSIPPANY, N.J. (NRB) -
(or 70,699 teens) for the period from 11:30
Luna addressed the Hispanic delegates
Religious Broadcasting magazine plans to
p.m. to 1 a.m. on weeknights. This was the
during their annual banquet on the subject
take a behind-the-scenes look at its
same amount of teenage viewers as there
of "Evangelism Through the Airwaves in
namesake industry in a multi-page article
were in any average hour during the week.
the Fastest Changing Decade of the Cen-
scheduled for the publication's February
The same report shows that, in the
tury." Dr. Luna emphasized the importance
1991 edition. The feature is tentatively en-
average quarter hour, four percent of
of always recognizing the availability of
titled "A Day In The Lives Of America's
children ages two through 11 (or 23,968
radio and television as a God-given
Religious Broadcasters."
youngsters) were viewing television be-
responsibility to men.
Religious Broadcasting editor Ron
tween 11:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. The brief also
"The media needs to be redeemed
Kopczick said the publication is seeking
cited a survey by the U.S. Catholic Con-
from the frivolous and temporary to ac-
contributions from NRB member stations
ference, which indicated that children are
complish the will of God in the lives of in-
and organizations in the U.S. and its ter-
almost always in the audience in substan-
dividuals and nations," he said, adding, "It
ritories. The day to be spotlighted is
tial numbers, often watching television un-
is an awesome responsibility to activate the
Thursday, September 13.
supervised.
subatomic particles to make them carry our
Contributors will be asked to submit
Although NRB believes that there is
voice and image over space.
copy and photographs portraying what
no constitutional basis for the protection of
"This has to be done with a sense of
their work entailed on that day. Participa-
indecent or pornographic speech, "never-
mission and destiny for the Glory of God,"
tion is being sought from at least one
theless, to the extent that the courts may in-
said Dr. Luna, who explained that HNRB
broadcaster in every part of the U.S. as rep-
sist on the maintenance of a 'safe harbor'
is fully acknowledging its historical
resented by NRB's regional chapters.
for adult access to lewd broadcast
responsibility in a time when there is seem-
Any radio or television station,
programming, NRB urges the Commis-
ingly a "Latinization of America."
program producer, or agency belonging to
sion to consider a technological alternative
For instance, he noted, the major U.S.
NRB may be involved. However, reserva-
to time-channeling," the report said.
film An American Tail was recently
tions for involvement will be done on a first
NRB suggested that broadcasters
released simultaneously in Spanish and
come basis for each region. For more in-
could scramble indecent material so that it
English. Spanish film versions, in the past,
formation, contact Religious Broadcasting
could be utilized only in homes that volun-
would come many months after the
at (201) 428-5400.
tarily chose to receive the programming
English release.
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1990
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Toccoa Falls College Debuts
First Television Production
TOCCOA, Ga. (NRB) - Com-
munication students from Toccoa Falls
College (TFC) launched their first
television production at 2 p.m. on April
1. The two-hour program is being aired
on TCI Cable Channel 34 every Sunday
from 2 to 4 p.m. and on Tuesdays from 6
to 8 p.m.
Some 20 students, under the direc-
tion of TFC communication faculty
members Michael O'Brien and Linwood
Hagin, are involved. "They have done
everything from writing scripts and
Toccoa Falls College assistant professor Linwood Hagin instructs student Lori
programs, to producing news stories and
Koser in preparations for the school's weekly television program.
music videos," said Hagin, assistant
professor in the school of communica-
Nashville, where leaders of Southern
is its annual National Bible Week,
tion department. "Obviously we are all
Gospel's top companies gathered to
scheduled this year for November 18-25.
excited about this new venture."
develop a strategy for taking advantage
The event is held "to remind all
According to Hagin, the idea
of the renewed interest in the music form.
Americans of the Bible's importance to
originated with both students and facul-
September was chosen for the
individuals and in the history, life and
ty. "We needed some outlet for the stu-
celebration because of the annual Na-
culture of America as well as to motivate
dent classroom assignments, and to
tional Quartet Convention events held in
increased commitment to reading and
provide them some practical experience
Nashville during the last week of the
study of the Bible."
before entering the working world of
month. Evidence of the growth in
"Independent studies show National
radio, TV, and other media," he ex-
Southern Gospel was illustrated by
Bible Week makes a singular contribu-
plained.
capacity crowds at the 1989 National
tion by reminding all Americans of the
The program is produced under the
Quartet Convention.
personal value of the Bible and calling at-
call letters WCMC. The TV magazine
In a companion decision, the
tention to its unique role in the heritage
portion of the program offers news
Southern Gospel Music Guild has
and culture of our nation," said Victor W.
stories, music videos, promos, and other
adopted a 1990 theme, "Southern Gospel
Eimicke, president of LNBA.
magazine-type information. The com-
- Share The Joy." Paul Heil, host of the
"Any group that wishes to foster bet-
bination audio/video portion of the
Gospel Greats radio broadcast, will be
ter citizenship, appreciation of the
program brings together audio text with
producing jingles to be distributed to
American way of life or general
videotaped slides of selected themes
Southern Gospel radio stations.
knowledge can benefit from involvement
such as area scenery, buildings, people,
Key events throughout the year have
with National Bible Week," he added. A
locations, etc.
included the debut of Gospel Jubilee on
free resource packet, available beginning
Other portions of the two-hour
The Nashville Network (TNN), and the
July 1, can be obtained by writing LNBA
production include "The Eagle Calen-
May "Gospel Jubilee" music festival at
at 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 439, New
dar" which gives a weekly schedule of
Opryland Park. Efforts are under way to
York, NY 10115-0122.
events on the campus of Toccoa Falls
secure statewide proclamations from
College. Additional series include inter-
governors across the nation. Fans are
INTERNATIONAL
views with unique students on campus; a
being encouraged to write their state
tracing of the college's history; and
leaders and ask for their participation.
CBN Reports Gospel Blitz
themes concerning the Christian life.
In Latin America Successful
The Laymen's National Bible
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NRB) -
Association Marks 50 Years
A media blitz to blanket Central America
September Proclaimed
NEW YORK, N.Y. (NRB) - The
with the gospel has won more than two
Southern Gospel Month
Laymen's National Bible Association
million hearts to Christ, according to
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (NRB) - The
(LNBA) is marking its 50th anniversary
figures released by the Christian Broad-
Southern Gospel Music Guild (SGMG)
this year. The organization was founded
casting Network (CBN).
has announced that September will be
in 1940 by a small, inter-faith group of
"In the history of the church, I don't
Southern Gospel Music month. The
New York businessmen for the purpose
believe there has ever been a single day
proclamation was announced at a recent
of supporting religious life in the U.S.
when two million people committed their
SGMG Executive Committee meeting in
A major thrust for the organization
lives to Jesus Christ," said Pat Robertson,
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1990
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founder and chief executive officer of
Radio Voice Of Christ Is
World Radio's television team in Quito
CBN. "In one week, we have seen more
Reaching Iranian Muslims
has begun producing a series of Spanish-
people come to Jesus Christ than in the
language programs that targets young
previous 30 years of ministry."
BEAVERTON, Ore. (NRB) - "At
couples in Latin America. The 13-part
CBN's three prime-time specials
no other time in history have Iranian
series on premarital counseling develops
from March 26-28 broke all previous
Muslims been as willing to listen to the
themes such as courtship, finances, sex,
broadcasting records in both Guatemala
message of Jesus Christ as they have
conflict resolution, and spousal roles.
and El Salvador, drawing between 55
during the past ten years," states a recent
"We decided to produce this series
and 60 percent of the potential viewing
report by Radio Voice of Christ.
based on input that a high percentage of
audience in each country. Independent
Radio Voice of Christ produces 30-
young people were getting married be-
polls showed that half of the viewers
minute gospel broadcasts which are
cause they want to experience something
prayed at the end of the programs to ac-
aired in Farsi, the primary language of
new, or because of an unplanned preg-
cept Christ.
Iran. The programs are broadcast via
nancy," explained Teleproducciones
shortwave from the Far East Broadcast-
The specials which aired were Res-
Vozandes director Dwight Lind. "In
cued From Hell, Don't Ask Me, Ask God,
ing Association (FEBC) facility on
Latin America many couples are un-
and the children's program Superbook
Seychelles in the Indian Ocean.
aware that premarital counseling exists."
Party. The ratings were provided by
Dick Papworth, Radio Voice of
HCJB missionaries David and
Multivex, a Central American company
Christ president, said that "there is un-
Nancy Hormachea, natives of Chile, host
that does ratings for TV stations in
precedented openness among Iranians to
the programs. "There is a definite need
Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Wherever
for this type of programming in Latin
Nicaragua was to have aired the specials
there are Iranians in the world, many are
America," Hormachea says. "Many
later in the spring.
receptive to the message of Christ." Pap-
couples don't receive adequate counsel-
A ten-day follow-up outreach,
worth added the ministry receives
ing and the majority of Latin pastors are
"scores" of letters from Iranian listeners.
which consisted of 18 daily spots on
not trained in counseling - they lack the
Central American radio stations, told
necessary tools and information."
people what to do if they had accepted
Young Couples Target Of
Distribution of the programs will be
the Lord. A similar spot ran on all of the
New HCJB Program Series
targeted to pastoral staffs for use in chur-
region's television stations.
QUITO, Ecuador (HCJB) - HCJB
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To be presented at the 48th Annual
T
he purpose of the Na-
National Religious Broadcasters
3. The official NRB Gol-
tional Religious Broad-
casters "Golden Mike"
(NRB) Convention & Exposition
den Mike Award voting ballot
will appear in the October
Awards is to recognize out-
in Washington, D.C., January 25-29,
edition of Religious Broad-
standing service and merit in
1991.
casting magazine. The
religious broadcasting.
finalists for each category will
Through the Golden Mike
be listed on the ballot.
Awards, it is the desire of NRB
to provide a standard of excellence for the industry.
4. Voting will end December 15. Votes will only be
Through the years, it has been traditional for religious
tabulated from the actual ballot printed in the October edi-
broadcasters to nominate their colleagues who have ad-
tion of Religious Broadcasting magazine. Any reader of
vanced the quality of programs and stations, utilizing new
Religious Broadcasting will be eligible to vote.
developments in technology to communicate the gospel.
For the 1991 Golden Mike Awards, tradition will be taken
The criteria for nomination are listed in each category.
one step further.
Please read through the application on the opposite page,
Not only will Religious Broadcasting readers offer
decide whom to nominate, and mail that page only by July
nominations for each award winner, but they will also vote
31 to:
on who should receive a Golden Mike. Given below is the
Golden Mike Award Nominations
procedure for the nomination and voting processes:
c/o National Religious Broadcasters
299 Webro Road
1. A nomination form for the NRB Golden Mike
Parsippany, NJ 07054
Awards will appear in the June and July/August editions
of Religious Broadcasting magazine. Any Religious
NRB and its Awards Committee thanks, in advance,
Broadcasting reader is eligible to submit nominations. The
everyone who will take the energy and time to be a part
nominator, however, must give his name, organization (if
of the Golden Mike Awards nomination and voting
applicable), and address.
process. Remember, NRB uses the annual Golden Mike
Awards to encourage its members, to recognize their
2. Nominations will be submitted to the NRB Awards
desire for excellence in serving the Lord, and to provoke
Committee on August 1. The committee will screen the
good works without sacrificing integrity. May the Lord
nominations and select three finalists for each category
bless each one who participates.
by August 15.
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JUNE
1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
THE 1991 NRB
"GOLDEN MIKE"
AWARDS
NOMINATION FORM
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
HALL OF FAME
IN BROADCASTING
(Presented to a Christian broadcaster who has
(Presented to the organization which has developed
achieved wide recognition in a religious media com-
and marketed the most significant technical advance-
munication with the highest standards)
ment helping to facilitate religious broadcasting)*
NRB MILESTONE AWARD
BOARD OF DIRECTORS' AWARD
(Presented to an individual or organization for 50
(Presented to a distinguished individual who, while an
years of continuous service in religious broadcasting)
avowed Christian, may not necessarily be in the field
of electronic communications)*
WILLIAM WARD AYER
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
PRESIDENT'S AWARD
(Presented to an individual or organization for out-
(Presented to the individual, organization, agency,
standing contributions to the field of broadcasting)*
music or publishing company, etc., that has made a
deserving contribution to religious broadcasting)*
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
INTERNATIONAL AWARD
(Presented to the most deserving religious
radio station in the U.S.)
(Presented to the most deserving religious
broadcaster [individual, station, program producer,
TELEVISION STATION OF THE YEAR
etc.] from outside the U.S.)
* Award may be presented to a non-broadcaster
(Presented to the most deserving religious TV station
in the U.S.)
PLEASE NOTE: Nominees do not have to be confined
to just one award category.
RADIO PROGRAM PRODUCER
OF THE YEAR
Name of nominator
(Presented to the most deserving U.S.
religious radio program producer)
Organization (if applicable)
TELEVISION PROGRAM PRODUCER
Address
OF THE YEAR
(Presented to the most deserving U.S.
City/State/Zip
religious TV program producer)
Please mail nominations by July 31 to:
Golden Mike Award Nominations
c/o National Religious Broadcasters
299 Webro Road
Parsippany, NJ 07054
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE 1990
25
NRB PAST AWARD
RECIPIENTS
Since 1985
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
1985
Mark Fowler, FCC Chairman
1988
KJNP, KFIA
Neal Doty & Sherman Williams, Redwood
1989
KURL, KKLA
Chapel, Clay Evans, What A Fellowship Hour
1990
WIHS, Middletown, CT
Orva Koenigsburg, Domain Communications
1986
Patrick Buchanan, Paul Bearfield
Bishop Samuel L. Green, Jr.
1987
Steve Allen, Joseph Barbera, Ted Engstrom
TELEVISION STATION OF THE YEAR
Paul Freed, John D Jess, Ralph Montanus, Sr.
1988
WCFC-TV
Stephen Olford, Luis Palau
1989
WPCB-TV
1989
Oswald C. J. Hoffmann, The Lutheran Hour
1990
WACX-TV, Orlando, FL
1990
Thomas Zimmerman, Robert E. Cook
E. Brandt Gustavson
RADIO PROGRAM PRODUCER
1988
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
Focus on the Family, International
Media Services
HALL OF FAME
1989
Hope for the Heart
1985
Jerry Falwell, The Old Time Gospel Hour
1990
Money Matters
1986
Theodore H. Epp, Back to the Bible
(posthumously), M. G. (Pat) Robertson,
Christian Broadcasting Network
1987
Thos. F. Zimmerman
TELEVISION PROGRAM PRODUCER
1988
Charles Stanley, In Touch Ministries
1988
There's Hope
1989
J. Vernon Mcgee, Thru the Bible
1989
Love Worth Finding
1990
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
MILESTONE AWARD
1985
Nation's Family Prayer Period
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
1986
William and Annie Schafer, The Lifeline Hour
1988
Richard E. Wiley
Celia Webb, Norman Vincent Peale
1989
Sen. Bill Armstrong
1987
The Biola Hour, The Calvary Hour,
Samuel Kelsey, Ernest C. Manning, Noah Ed-
ward McCoy, Sunday School of the Air,
Wealthy Street Baptist Church
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
1988
Park Street Church
1988
United Video
1989
Back to the Bible Broadcast, Chapel of the Air
1989
Joseph Flaherty (CBS)
Haven of Rest, Radio Bible Class, KDRY/San
1990
Adventures in Odyssey
Antonio, TX, Berean Bible Society
1990
The Bible Study Hour, Jack Wyrtzen
Chaplain Ray Hoekstra, Voice of Calgary, Back
to the Bible, The Frazier Gospel Hour,
PRESIDENT'S AWARD
John D Jess, Mel Johnson
1989
Charles Colson
1989
Billy Graham
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1990
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MEDIA FOCUS
The letters from the USSR cover a
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23
broad spectrum of demographic
response, according to Bowman. "In-
ches and small groups. The series will be
cluded are university and high school
advertised via literature and availability
teachers, many of whom have been re-
at evangelical gatherings such as
quired to teach atheism for many years,"
Difusiones Interamericanas (DIA) and
Bowman noted.
the National Religious Broadcasters
Other letters came from scientists,
convention. - Ruth Ann DeFlon
military men, and even Radio Moscow
personnel. Bowman said one Radio
Derek Prince Outreach Is
Moscow employee has been given the
DEREK PRINCE
Adding Two New Languages
freedom to promote FEBC broadcast
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (NRB)
schedules on the air.
- Radio evangelist and Bible teacher
Derek Prince has announced that his
Trans World Radio Dedicates
daily international broadcast will soon
New Headquarters In Europe
be heard in Mongolian and Arabic. The
HILVERSUM, The Netherlands
Baijirin Medee (Good News) program in
Mongolian will be aimed at the nearly
(NRB) - Trans World Radio (TWR)
eight million Mongols in Central Asia.
celebrated the official opening of its new
Two years of preparatory work,
European headquarters office building in
training of nationals, and networking
Hilversum, The Netherlands, on April
PAUL FREED
19.
with various Christian organizations
have been necessary to begin the broad-
Approximately 130 people gathered
casts. Prince's Arabic broadcast is to be
in front of the building on a cold, windy
heard twice daily in the Middle East.
morning for a ceremony which included
"Unless the Lord builds the house they
With the addition of the Mongolian
brief messages from TWR founder and
labor in vain that build it."
and Arabic broadcasts, Prince's
president Dr. Paul Freed, TWR Europe's
Malk told the gathering about two
programs will be heard in ten languages.
chairman Rev. Horst Marquardt, general
other recent events in the life of TWR
The 75-year-old evangelist's first
secretary Dave Adams, executive direc-
Europe - the arrival of the first letters
program was a 15-minute broadcast car-
tor Bill Mial, and Sanansaatajat (The
from listeners in both Albania and Af-
ried on eight U.S. radio stations in 1963.
Messengers) director Per-Olof Malk.
ghanistan. He then declared the building
His broadcasts are now heard on every
Adams offered the guests three
officially open and requested that the
words that he said described Trans World
continent.
TWR Europe flag be raised.
Languages covered by Prince in-
Radio: family, network, and mission. He
TWR began in 1954 as a small sta-
clude English, Spanish, Russian, and
explained that TWR Europe was a very
tion in Tangier, Morocco. The mission
five dialects of Chinese: Mandarin,
diverse family from all over the con-
now includes seven major transmission
tinent.
Amoy, Cantonese, Shanghaiese, and
sites around the world. Each week, TWR
Swatow. Recently, Prince said he has felt
"When you hear reference to
broadcasts more than 1000 hours of
led to increase his personal ministry in
NOREA Radio or Sanansaatajat or Evan-
Christian programming in more than 80
the U.S., including his radio outreach, as
geliums-Rundfunk or Radio Evangile or
languages.
well as seminars and public appearances.
Italian Christian Media you're listening
to the national identity of Trans World
Radio," he said.
Easter Sunrise Service Airs
FEBC Feels Positive Effect
In addition to transmitting ap-
From Sydney Opera House
From Glasnost In The USSR
proximately 8500 hours of programming
SYDNEY, Australia (NRB) - An
LA MIRADA, Calif. (NRB) - Far
per year in 38 languages from Monte
Easter sunrise service held in the Nor-
East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)
Carlo and Cyprus, TWR is involved with
thern foyer of the Sydney Opera House
reports that it received 4719 letters in
local radio and public media in some
was broadcast on national television and
February from the Soviet Union, as com-
countries. Satellite transmission on the
radio stations across Australia.
pared with 3094 in January. The main re-
Olympus satellite and Super Channel are
Sydney's Wesley Mission spon-
quest from listeners is for literature,
an additional part of the network.
sored the evangelistic activities which
especially Bibles.
Dr. Freed spoke of the
began on Palm Sunday and closed with
"We thank the Lord that the Russian
organization's historical roots in Europe
the sunrise service in the Opera House.
Programming Department has been able
and TWR International's decision last
Over 1200 people attended the national-
to raise the funds necessary to provide
year to give full responsibility for TWR
ly broadcast church service.
the literature and Bibles requested,"
Europe to a European Council. Mial
Gordon Moyes, superintendent of
wrote Jim Bowman of FEBC. He said
described the work to be done at the new
the Wesley Mission, hosts a radio broad-
that the organization has purchased more
office as coordination, servicing, train-
cast in Australia and featured issues
than $40,000 worth of Bibles for dis-
ing, and research.
relating to Easter on his program during
tribution.
Marquardt read from Psalm 127 that
Holy Week.
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE
1990
27
TRADE TALK
WGAR-AM/Cleveland, Ohio, has
WKSO-FM/Orangeburg, S.C., has
Christian Radio Inc. following the pur-
been sold to Douglas Broadcasting by
been purchased by Willis Broadcasting
chase for $110,000 from Middle Ten-
Nationwide Communication Inc. for
from Wilkes-Posey Broadcasting Inc.
nessee Radio. The buyer is headed by
$2 million. The buyer owns three other
for $1,075,000. The new owner is
B. Sam and Joyce E. Hart, and their
radio stations with religious program-
licensee of 23 other radio stations.
son D. Anthony Hart.
ming. No format has yet been an-
nounced for the new station.
WKNL-AM/Knoxville, Tenn., has
KOJO-AM/KTEO-FM/San An-
been sold to Tennessee Broadcasting
gelo, Texas, has been purchased by
KMNZ-TV/Oklahoma City, Ok-
Co. by Family Stations Inc. for
Criswell Center for Biblical Studies
la., has been transferred from Men-
$10,000. The buyer is headed by Mike
for $350,000 from KTEO Media West
doza Broadcasting Ltd. to Faith
Glinter with no other broadcast inter-
Inc. The buyer has interests in five
Pleases God Church Corp. for no
ests.
radio stations and one low-power
financial consideration. The buyer
television station.
owns WUJA-TV/Caguas, P.R., and
WENR-AM/Englewood, Tenn., is
WELU-TV/Aguadilla, P.R.
now owned by Middle Tennessee
Broadcast Equities Inc. has
changed the call letters on two of its
Team Effort Carries Rally For Life Live
stations. WAME-AM/Charlotte, N.C.,
has been granted the call letters
Focus on the Family's Family
was uplinked to Westar IV and
WCNT. KJIL-FM/Bethany, Okla.,
News In Focus (FNIF) spearheaded
downlinked in Pomona, Calif. En-
will now use call letters KNTL.
the effort by Christian broadcasters
gineers at the Focus on the Family
participating in the April 28 Rally
facilities prepared the program for
Valley Broadcast Ministries is
For Life '90 in Washington, D.C. The
broadcast by signal processing and
renaming KBQC-FM/Bettendorf, Io-
event, sponsored by National Right to
passed the signal on to Ambassador
wa, to KGLR.
Life, was attended by more than
Inspirational Radio (AIR) in Fuller-
200,000 people.
ton, Calif., by equalized phone loop.
Cornerstone TeleVision, Inc. is
It was carried live by Ambas-
AIR sent the programming to
developing plans to bring Christian
sador Inspirational Radio, CBN
Chicago via an equalized phone loop
television to Philadelphia. In a recent
Radio Network, Criswell Radio Net-
to Culvert City, Calif., and a KTLA-
letter to friends of the Wall, Pa.-based
work, International Media Service,
TV video subcarrier on Spacenet III.
ministry, president Russell Bixler an-
Moody Broadcasting Network,
From the Chicago International
nounced the group has purchased a
Skylight Satellite Network, and the
Teleport, SpaceCom Systems used C-
daily half-hour at 9:30 a.m. on WPVI-
SOS Radio Network. A final count of
band FM squared technology to
TV, Channel 17. The slot will be used
stations airing the program is still
deliver low-cost affiliate distribution
to air Project 90, a "through the Bible
being completed.
for many Christian radio networks,
in one year" teaching program featur-
Anchored by FNIF's Rob
including AIR III.
ing Ron Hembree. The letter also in-
Gregory, the three-and-a-half hour
Moody Broadcasting Network
formed donors that plans were
broadcast included the platform
backhauled the signal down to Dallas
progressing for Channel 48, which was
program as well as interviews at the
before sending it up to Chicago for
purchased in 1984 after going black.
site and from across the country. Of-
affiliate distribution through Space-
For more information, call (412) 824-
fering their services as reporters were
Com Systems. CBN Radio Network
3930.
Carolyn Walter and Mark Garrett,
downlinked directly at their Virginia
WMHK-FM/Columbia, S.C.; David
Beach, Va., facilities, while the rest
Focus on the Family hosted offi-
Paul, WRBS-FM/Baltimore; Lisa
of the networks and stations received
cials from Clorox to discuss the
Simpkins, WCTN-AM/Potomac, Md.;
the signal, out of Chicago, on AIR
recently lifted boycott of their
and Pete Wiley of Washington, D.C.-
III.
products because of advertising aired
based Family Research Council.
By using these technologies,
during programming deemed unaccep-
The program was produced by
Christian broadcasters were able to
table for family viewing. During the
Mark Fugleberg of FNIF, with techni-
share with their listeners program
April 30 broadcast, Tom Palmer, na-
cal direction in Washington, D.C., by
participants President George Bush,
tional sales manager, Household
Ray Terrill of FNIF and Ivan Pencoff
Vice President Dan Quayle, James
Products, and David Goodman, vice
from WCTN-AM/Potomac, Md. To
Dobson, Sandi Patti, Sheila Walsh,
president of Public Affairs, admitted
provide the live via satellite event to
and Lisa Welchel, as well as the feel
that advertising agency placement of
the rest of the country, a host of tech-
of this historic event. Those listeners
ads had not complied with company
nicians and hardware were called
who heard it live via satellite were
policy. The men assured James Dob-
upon.
hearing the program less than five
Sent by equalized phone loop
seconds after those on the plaza in
son that the company takes seriously
from the site to National Public
Washington, D.C.
its reputation as a family oriented
Radio in Washington, D.C., the signal
enterprise and that steps had been
taken to assure future ads would ap-
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1990
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
pear during acceptable programming.
bers, the boycotts would have resulted
continue to host the magazine for-
in less than a one percent decline in
mated morning program which enjoys
In related matters, it is still un-
network revenues reported at $7.526
an audience of more than 130,000 lis-
clear if the boycotts against Mennen
billion for 1989 by Broadcasting.
teners. The station has also promoted
and Clorox have had any significant
staff announcer Brad Barrett to music
economic impact on the two com-
The Arbitron Company has
director. For more information, call
panies. In the March publication of the
released results of a combined Ar-
(817) 792-3800.
American Family Association,
bitron/Billboard Magazine survey
CLeaR-TV officials refer to a Merrill
tracking radio formats and the time
Words For Women, a series of
Lynch report projecting lower fourth
spent listening each week. Religious
radio specials hosted by Today's Chris-
quarter earnings in 1989 as a direct
formated stations earned a 2.1 percent
tian Woman senior editor Dale Han-
result of the boycott. However, a
share of the audience giving it a rank-
son Bourke, made its debut on
spokesman for Merrill Lynch stated
ing of 12th out of the 14 formats
Mother's Day. The inaugural broad-
that the report does not mention the
studied. However, the format ranked
cast, titled "A Celebration of
boycott and there was no evidence of
sixth in time spent listening, with lis-
Mothers," featured Shirley Dobson and
any effect. The same article an-
teners averaging eight hours and 52
daughter Danae, Anne Ortlund, Sandi
ticipated a loss of income for the
minutes per week. The report is based
Patti, Gloria Gaither, and Florence Lit-
major networks due to lower ad
on the fall 1989 survey of 76 markets,
tauer. Produced by Ambassador Adver-
revenue from questionable programs.
persons 12 years old and older.
tising Agency, in cooperation with
A just-released report in Broadcasting
Word, Inc., the series will feature spe-
magazine shows ABC, NBC, and CBS
Mark Johnson, producer of the
cial guests and be targeted for women.
with a 13 percent increase in com-
Morning Program on KCBI-FM/Dal-
Future programs will be offered on a
bined profits - the best in over ten
las, Texas, has been named program
market exclusive basis with a 90-
years. Using CLeaR-TV's own num-
manager of the station. Johnson will
second cut-away for advertising.
Promotional activity will include
bookstore point-of-purchase displays,
pre-produced spots for the program
and potential advertisers, and premium
21S
give-aways. For more information, call
(714) 738-1501.
TNN
W. Harold Fuller, deputy general
director of mission outreach organiza-
ASHVILLE
NETWORK
tion SIM, has sent the following ur-
gent request: "Please join us in prayer
for a serious situation in Liberia, as
AL
rebels move toward Monrovia. Embas-
sies have advised their citizens' de-
pendents and 'non-essential' personnel
to evacuate, but ELWA expects to
maintain operation unless the situation
makes this impossible. Our Liberia
Director is currently with us in Inter-
national Council in Charlotte." For
Steven Curtis Chapman was the big winner, as five of his ten nominations
more information, call (416) 497-
received Dove Awards at the April 5 Gospel Music Association gala in Nash-
2424.
ville, Tenn.
Anthony Evans as been named
21st Annual Dove Awards
1990 Broadcaster of the Year by
CRISTA Ministries. First heard in
(partial list of winners)
Seattle during 1987 and then Lynden,
Artist of the Year - Steven Curtis Chapman
Wash., in 1989, The Urban Alternative
Song of the Year - Thank You; Ray Boltz, writer; Gaither Music (ASCAP)
now ranks the markets as second and
Songwriter of the Year - Steven Curtis Chapman
third in listenership in the nation. "To
Male Vocalist of the Year - Steven Curtis Chapman
be able to follow Dr. James Dobson as
Female Vocalist of the Year - Sandi Patti
a recipient of this prestigious award
Group of the Year - BeBe & CeCe Winans
was simply beyond words," com-
New Artist of the Year - David Mullen
mented Evans.
RELIGIOUS BROADCASTING
JUNE
1990
29
PROGRAMMING ISSUES
Once again, in April, Nashville,
stations) comprising 1.57 percent of all
responding to their marketplaces in uni-
Tenn., was the host city to the Gospel
radio listeners; 2500 country stations
que ways and capturing audiences -
Music Association's (GMA) week-long
with 10.25 percent of all listeners (twice
like KLTY-FM in Dallas, Texas.
schedule of seminars, workshops, and
as many stations as religious with five
Also, WAYJ-FM in Fort Myers
luncheons, culminating with the 21st an-
times the audience).
(Fla.) is to be commended for reaching
nual Dove Awards, which were televised
We all recognize this tremendous
out to the youth when so many said it
and sent live into 49 million homes via
discrepancy in the number of stations
couldn't be done or wouldn't be sup-
The Nashville Network.
versus audience share when compared
ported. The CHR/Rock format has
GMA week, usually held in early
to other formats. And we've all heard
proven to be successful and kids are
April, is responsible for bringing
some of the reasons for it, like: The
coming to Christ. KLVR (Santa Rosa,
together 263 Christian radio personnel
Gospel will always have detractors; It
Calif.) has also been very innovative
for an intense week of workshops under
will never be that popular, thereby
with communication ideas that make the
the banner of the National Christian
automatically inhibiting the potential
Gospel simple and easy to understand.
Radio Seminar (NCRS).
audience; if we're too popular, then
To meet the challenge of the '90s,
The week began on the morning of
we're doing something wrong.
we must begin to question honestly the
April 2 with a challenging address from
Nonsense. True, the Gospel will al-
methods by which we conduct our busi-
NCRS chairman Joe Battaglia on the
ways be confronted by forces which op-
ness
the methodology which has as-
"State of Christian Radio." I would
pose it. Yet at the same time, there will
sured us of revenue
but at the ex-
always be those searching for the truth,
pense of ratings, audience, and sound
and those who want to be edified by the
broadcasting policies.
Is Religious Radio
truth.
I'm afraid that much of our
But could it be that we're holding
programming efforts have not created
Filling An Opening
up the light in such a way that it's
listeners to radio, but rather a generation
directed to those whose paths are al-
of Christian radio addicts - people who
ready so well lit they don't need any
have become addicted to a syndicated
Or Filling A Need?
more light?
program mentality where they go to get
Does that two percent share mean
their "spiritual fix" from the myriad of
that we are ineffective in reaching
"suppliers" available on the air.
- A REPORT FROM THE
people because we're out of touch with
In many instances, lamentably,
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN
our format and our audience? Have we
we've allowed our stations to become
actually designed our programming to
conduits through which programs of all
RADIO SEMINAR
accomplish the impossible - to make
kinds can collect funds to sustain them-
Jesus and the Bible boring?
selves. In short, we've become mediums
During the past three years, the
to be exploited
and for some
by Bob Augsburg
evangelical Christian church on a na-
programmers, we exist solely to help
tional level has been embarrassed by
them make a living.
scandalous behavior and outrageous
Before I continue, I should clarify
remarks. Now, more than ever, mini-
that many programs do serve the
recommend that you make Battaglia's
stries are under the microscope, being
marketplace extremely well and are
speech, printed below, required reading
carefully examined for any irregularity
valuable to any station. Focus On The
for each person at your station. May
in purpose or lack in integrity.
Family is the best example, mainly be-
Battaglia's words challenge all of us at
Despite all this adverse publicity, a
cause (the) Focus (staff) has designed
every level to move out of our mediocre
unique opportunity now exists to show
their program formatically to speak to
mindset:
the watching world the reality of a
the felt needs of our audiences and is in-
credible Gospel. The present state of
novative with their satellite delivery
"The State of
disenchantment with some ministries is
system capable of providing up-to-the-
not a blanket suspicion at all. People are
minute information. People to People
Christian Radio"
not necessarily rejecting God, but the
with Bob George from Dallas is another
My friends, the tail's been wagging
package in which He's been presented
example of the kind of programming
the dog for too long. According to the
- much of which we've created.
that formatically and demographically
most recent statistics, religious broad-
We need to change this perception
speaks to our audiences.
casters have 1220 or approximately one-
and dare to go beyond traditional boun-
Quite frankly, I've been in meetings
tenth of all radio stations in the nation,
daries of Christian radio that have ac-
with influential members of our in-
yet only two percent of the audience.
tually stifled the furtherance of the
dustry, agencies, program producers,
In contrast, there are 297 jazz sta-
Gospel to those who need most to hear
and other owners/operators, who feel
tions (one-quarter the number of
it. Though much of what I am going to
that there are too many of us
that pos-
religious stations) comprising 1.7 per-
say may appear negative, on a positive
sibly half of you in this room shouldn't
cent of the listening audience; 376 clas-
note I am very encouraged with certain
exist simply because your stations are
sical stations (one-third of all religious
facilities around the country who are
inconsequential to their plans. In fact,
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1990
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Listen
most of the time, they don't even listen
we format our stations to sound like a
I listen to your program everyday
to you!
radio station, not a church.
while I am at work.
NCRS is dedicated to helping all of
So, where do we go from here?
you with training, information, and en-
First, we must be broadcasters, not pup-
couragement so when programming is
pets in the hands of those who would use
pulled off your station or falls away by
our stations to their ends. We are to serve
Kaity S. Sanker
attrition, you will be able to continue in
Kathy S. Sanker
our audiences
not a particular
Albany, Or.
your marketplace to make a difference
program, artist, or record company. And
in people's lives.
certainly not ourselves.
On the other hand, we cannot
We abdicate our responsibilities,
honestly view programs merely as an
before God and others, when we fail to
easy way to generate revenue. This
investigate, analyze, and research the
your short programs
thinking ultimately holds us hostage to
needs of our marketplaces to develop
their desires, thereby abdicating our
are a real bellasy,
our programming - whether music or
primary station responsibility to format
programs - that speak to those needs.
and informative
for the local community. When we relin-
Secondly, we must constantly be
quish control of our stations, we do a
looking for those people who can
to young people
disservice to both program producers
legitimately speak to the issues of our
Linda M. Abbot, Petersburg, Ak.
and our audiences.
day from a biblical perspective and ap-
Why does the FCC give us a license
proach them with the idea of being a part
- to allow other people unfamiliar with
of our formats. We must be men and
our formats and markets to program our
women of vision, capable of imparting
Hello,
stations? Is this in the public interest?
a vision of our station to others.
Realistically, we need to reposition our
I enjoy your daily
But to impart this vision will re-
image from being stations with a nation-
quire that we truly understand and ad-
Commentaries. They
al identity in local markets to that of sta-
dress the unique needs of our
reelly open peoples
tions with a local identity in a local
marketplace through our programming.
market. This will ultimately attract
We cannot settle for just filling an empty
eyes mine secially
larger audiences profitable to both
spot in the schedule, indiscriminately,
program producers and advertisers.
and then saying to the marketplace,
Ann Alzamora,
We must structure our formats so
"Here we are, please listen." We must
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
that every element is part and parcel of
ask ourselves the question: Are we
our overall programming strategy to
merely filling an opening
or filling a
create one station, not separate-sound-
need?
ing stations. An indiscriminate and hap-
Third, we cannot blame someone
hazard approach to programming only
else if we fail to do our jobs. If we sit
creates separate formats, confusion, and
back and let others dictate our formats,
ultimately tune-out.
we must share equally in the blame be-
We can no longer use any reason to
cause we've opted for the easy way out.
Pro-Life
cover up for our lack of professionalism
Frankly, some of us are in danger of
or capitulating to the forces which
reacting like the dinosaurs - the
would "control" our formats. We must
glaciers are approaching and we just
Perspective
begin to address these issues. Our fu-
continue to do business as usual,
tures depend on it.
oblivious to the impending doom. UI-
Therefore, we need to develop
timately, we will be frozen in our tracks.
the nation's #1
programs and formats of character, in-
And last, take control of your sta-
five-minute daily commentary
tegrity, and creativity so that if people
tion and begin to be marketplace-driven.
featuring one of America's
tune us out, they do so not based on our
Move toward local visibility, integrity,
irresponsible use of the medium, but
pioneering pro-life leaders
and local involvement. Ministry can
rather to an uncomfortable stirring in
result from our efforts, but we must dare
their hearts.
to be different, count the cost, and then
John C. Willke, M.D.
We must address a rapidly changing
go to work.
President, National Right to Life Committee
world with words and truths which are
I firmly believe that we can be sold
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out to our mission without selling out.
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1990
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11
KKR Television in Denmark, the EO in
simultaneously - a necessity we need to
Holland, and the Christian Broadcasting
think of consistently in Europe.
Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Ecumenical
Organization in Norway can point to sig-
An ad hoc steering group from the
organizations involved in Christian broad-
nificant listening and viewing audiences.
Hilversum meeting will conduct a fact-
casting.
For the most part however, the "Chris-
finding exercise in the next few months
The broad representation at the meet-
tian Broadcasting" groups in Europe are
with the idea of closer cooperation in train-
ing was a major breakthrough and came as
struggling to learn how to produce radio
ing and production during the next year or
a result of informal meetings for prayer and
and television programs that, at the mo-
two.
discussion between members of the
ment, virtually no one will see or hear.
The potential is vast. Five hundred
European Evangelical Communicators
Our group in Hilversum recognized
million people of whom the tiniest propor-
Association (EURECA) and the European
that the way ahead for effective Christian
tion know Christ as their Saviour. Forty or
Religious Broadcasters (ERB).
communication through media in Europe
more different cultures that respond to
The theme on the agenda was "where
requires information about what is happen-
subtleties, nuances, and suggestion rather
do we go from here and how can we
ing, cooperation in production, and
than the direct approach.
cooperate together, both as Christians in
creativity in programming and marketing.
All of us feel that we must be, as
the professional media and as religious
The considerable professional talent
James put it, "doers of the word and not
broadcasters?"
of Christians who are in public broadcast-
hearers only," but each of us is praying for
Thoughts turned towards the forma-
ing companies needs to be tapped, to
wisdom, guidance, and resources from the
tion of a European Association of Chris-
produce original programming - with a
Lord to do it with!
tians in the Media, targeting its efforts
message - for public broadcasting out-
Watch this space in 1991 and pray for
towards raising Christian programs and
lets.
Europe.
professional standards and networking in-
As time goes on, perhaps we will be
formation. As we talked in Hilversum, it
able to think about the possible uses of the
Harvey Thomas is a public relations and
Direct Broadcast Satellites that offer the
presentation consultant in London,
became clear to all of us just how frag-
England. He served with the Billy Graham
mented we were.
possibility of one video program with five
Evangelistic Association for 15 years.
SOME CAN'T HEAR!
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JUNE
1990
33
COOKING WITH COOK
motherless son, and saw to it that I had
by what you really enjoy. We all believe
some private schooling in the early
Philippians 2:13: "For it is God that
years, along with violin lessons - twice
worketh in you both to will and to do of
a week, with two hours of practice a day!
His good pleasure." The trick lies in get-
We lived at the time on Cedar
ting that promise to work when I really
Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, not far from
want my own way!
the old YMCA, a stately building on the
The change starts with an act of
corner, with a huge clock facing the in-
your will. Listen to the psalmist: "I will
tersection. The distance was just enough
love Thee
I will praise Thee
I
Whose Wants
to provide a nice ride on my recently ac-
will sing
I will make known thy faith-
quired bicycle.
fulness." The Christian faith is not a
Do You Desire
Two hours of practice on the violin
romantic feeling about God, but rather a
- how slowly the time seemed to pass!
relationship based on a decision you
For Your Life?
One day I got a bright idea: There is no
make!
clock here, and maybe I have practiced
So we come back to our text:
by Robert Cook
more than two hours. I'll just ride down
"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He
to the YMCA to see what time it is by
shall give thee the desires of thine
the big clock there.
heart." Daily time spent with your Lord,
"Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He
This "good idea" continued until
until you begin truly to enjoy Him, will
shall give thee the desires of thine
one day my father dropped in to see how
produce the desires that steer your life
heart." Psalm 37:4
his boy was doing, and found me just
and determine your decisions.
What you truly desire is often deter-
returning from my "what time is it?"
Eventually, you will be doing what
mined by what you really enjoy. There
trip. You guessed it: There was a Big
you really want to do. Better let God in
is always a logical reason to be found for
Ben alarm clock on the table after that!
on the "want-to" part of your heart!
doing something that you want very
Yes, I was committed to practicing
much to do, anyway.
on the violin; but what I really wanted
Dr. Robert Cook is Chancellor of The King's
For several of my boyhood years, it
was to ride that bike - and I found a
College, the daily speaker on The King's
was just my father and me living
logical reason for doing so.
Hour broadcast, and a member of NRB's Ex-
together. I was chief cook and bottle
Eventually, you do what you want
ecutive Committee. He lives in Tannersville,
Pa.
washer, and he kept an eye on his
to do; and what you want is determined
LOOKING AHEAD
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1990
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CHRISTIAN LEADERS FOR RESPONSIBLE TELEVISION END CLOROX BOYCOTT
Christian Leaders for Responsible Television (CLeaR-TV) has ended its boycott of The Clorox
Corporation. CLeaR-TV began the boycott last July after identifying the company as one of two leading
sponsors of sex, violence, profanity, and anti-Christian stereotyping on network television. The
organization's decision to end the boycott was prompted due to a reduction, by almost two-thirds, in the
amount of offensive material sponsored by Clorox last fall as compared with the previous spring.
Clorox also made assurances that it would continue the present practice. Officials from the company
admitted that it did not enforce its guidelines during the spring monitoring last year, but after the
boycott started, Clorox began strict enforcement.
"Our intent has always been to support programs meeting standards we believe to be right. CLeaR-
TV brought this inadequate implementation of our guidelines to our attention and helped us address the
issue," Clorox vice president David Goodman said. A Merrill Lynch report estimated that Clorox sales
had dropped $91 million between the first and last six months of 1989, despite a major fall advertising
campaign. CLeaR-TV is continuing its boycott of the Mennen Company, which has given no indication
that it will change its advertising policy.
FON PEOPLE OF BENIN DEMONSTRATE INTEREST IN ELWA BROADCASTS
Benin's one million Fon people, the largest of the African nation's 45 ethnic groups, are showing
"unprecedented interest in the gospel," according to a report by SIM USA. SIM Benin leader Rod
Schindler said "It has been thrilling to see how this group has been opening during the past five or six
years." Schindler told the missions department of Back to the Bible that there is interest in the new
ELWA broadcasts to the Fon people. "In one village recently, about 50 persons accepted the Lord
during a three-evening campaign. So the ELWA broadcast in Fon will be a great help to Christians as
well as good news for unbelievers," Schindler added. The Fon broadcasts are part of SIM's expansion
as a partner in the World By 2000 radio commitment.
In related news, SIM has been approached by two more language groups in West Africa which are
interested in the possibility of adding their languages to Radio ELWA broadcasts. "A visit from two
young African Christians has encouraged us greatly in regard to ELWA's World By 2000 radio commit-
ment," reported SIM's Werner Hauser, producer of French broadcasts at the ELWA Communication
Center in Abidjan. "Each one represented a language spoken by hundreds of thousands of people in his
home country," he added. Hauser said the two groups have not yet been reached in their own languages
with gospel broadcasts.
MAIL BOMB INJURES CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK EMPLOYEE
A mail bomb intended for Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) founder Pat Robertson exploded
in the organization's mailroom, seriously injuring CBN security guard Scott Scheepers. Struck in the
thigh, Scheepers underwent emergency surgery in a Norfolk, Va., hospital on April 27. Scheepers, 32,
had been asked to examine the package after another employee noticed something improper when it
was scanned for security reasons. All items mailed to CBN are scanned regularly. "Unfortunately, Scott
didn't call for a bomb detonation unit but attempted to check it himself," said Dr. Robertson. "I am
filled with deep gratitude for his personal loyalty and
the courage he displayed.
The explosive, which was in a package mailed from North Carolina, was small and crudely con-
structed. It caused very little property damage to the mailroom. The bombing was the third such inci-
dent in three months involving Christian ministries. In late January a mail bomb injured the daughter of
Houston, Texas, pastor John Osteen. Just prior to the CBN incident, an arsonist set fire to the recording
studio of gospel artist Sandi Patti. CBN's Scheepers is recovering at home following his surgery.
NRB BOARD MEMBER'S COMPLAINT LEADS TO DISMISSAL OF UPI REPORTER
According to the May 1 edition of USA Today, a complaint by NRB board member Vic Eliason led
to the dismissal of a United Press International (UPI) reporter who was free-lancing for a Washington,
D.C. homosexual publication on UPI company time. The reporter, Julie Brienza, had requested that
Eliason return her call regarding an article she was doing on "hate radio" for The Washington Blade.
When Eliason telephoned Brienza, he reached her at UPI. "If she's working for UPI, fine. If she's work-
ing for The Washington Blade, fine. But don't work for both. It's a conflict of interest," Eliason told
USA Today. The newspaper stated that Brienza was fired by UPI for free-lancing while at work and
demonstrating disregard for the company's role as an impartial news service.
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