The first annual meeting of the Migrant Ministry Section discussed and evaluated 10 policy and program goals established for the Fifth Decade. The result was the adoption and assignment for implementation of recommendations in 5 Task Force areas concerning migrant labor, education, and training. Significant parts of 35 state reports are presented…

This study discusses the preaching of William Ellery Channing and Theordore Parker as it contributed to the theological development of American intellectual life. Employing Cathcart's concept of "dialectical enjoinment," this study suggests that Channing and Parker exerted a restricted emphasis because communication with the larger…

Examines various personnel positions in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church (the largest organized religion in Finland), the basic training of Church personnel (cantors, theologians, deacons, youth leaders, financial administrators, preschool teachers), personnel structure of the Church, and training in the Church itself (familiarization…

This issue of the monthly newsletter for the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) includes the following articles: (1) New Majority Leader Supports School Choice; (2) Bush: End Discrimination Against Religious Organizations; (3) Paige Establishes New School Recognition Program; (4) Congress to Take Up IDEA; and (5) CAPENotes.

Churches and religious organizations in Connecticut and across the United States, especially those in urban neighborhoods, often work to help ensure that public school students have the best opportunity to obtain a meaningful education, providing grassroots services that support public schools. This paper presents examples of several successful…

This publication contains statements from panelists at a seminar exploring recent campus conflicts over whether Christian student groups can bar gay and lesbian students from positions of leadership. The discussion centered on the decision of the Tufts University student judiciary to "derecognize" the Tufts Christian Fellowship (an…

The primary purpose of the Charter Schools Program (CSP), is to expand the number of high-quality charter schools available to students across the Nation by providing Federal financial assistance for charter school program design, initial implementation, and planning; and to evaluate the effects of charter schools, including their effects on…

Participation in religious and non-religious voluntary associations and visitation with relatives, neighbors, and friends were examined by multiple regression among a sample of rural and urban origin male, Caucasian migrants to Riverside, California. (JC)

Raises issues about the obligation of an author to depict ethnic or religious groups such as the Shakers in accurate terms. Takes issues with Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die," charging that it presents an almost libelous picture of the Shakers. Reviews Shaker history and culture. (TB)

Interests of individuals and groups often conflict with the mission and goals of educational institutions. At the Hong Kong Baptist College indicators of organizational effectiveness were analyzed. Discrepancies were found between the ideal and actual emphasis on Christian principles and values. Questions about the appropriateness of the analysis…

Observes the proliferation of fundamentalist Christian schools in the United States and describes their philosophy on schooling as educational preparation for a life of service to God and separation from the world. Considers some educational implications of this philosophy, and compares them with the Pragmatic philosophy of John Dewey. (DB)

Data on cult membership and the characteristics of cults are provided. The process of cult affiliation and its relationship to family dynamics are reviewed. Defection, the processes of disaffiliation (voluntary and involuntary), and clinical symptoms after cult disaffiliation are discussed. Implications and recommendations for counselors are…

This article examines campus ministries. It provides an overview of both traditional and contemporary campus ministry organizations as well as a discussion of the value of both types.

This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP; H. J. Markman, S. M. Stanley, & S. L. Blumberg, 2001). Fifty-seven religious organizations (ROs), consisting of 217 newlywed couples, were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 intervention conditions: PREP delivered by university clinicians…