August 30, 2001 Ms. Karen WeldinDirector of OperationsSoulforce Dear Karen: First of all, please forgive me for not having responded to your letter before now. When I received your letter, I was out of town and then was gone the entire month of July and part of August out of the country and on vacation. […]
Archives for August 2001
Dr. James Merritt’s Response to Mel White
August 30, 2001 Dr. Mel WhiteExecutive DirectorSoulforce, Inc.P.O. Box 4467Laguna Beach, CA 92652 Dear Dr. White: I also want to thank you for you letter. Please forgive me for not having responded before now. I was out of town and then gone the entire month of July and part of August out of the country […]
Karen Weldin Letter to Dr. James Merritt, President, Southern Baptist Convention
August 28, 2001 Dr. James Merritt, PresidentSouthern Baptist ConventionFirst Baptist SnellvillePO Box 647Snellville, GA 30078 Dear Dr. Merritt, I certainly do hope you have received the last two letters I have written to you. I wrote to you on June 25th and July 28th. This is now the third letter I am writing to you […]
Soulforce Takes Steps into the Future
"Core Leadership Team" takes on day to day operations of Soulforce, Inc. August 24, 2001 Dear Soulforce Supporters: In the last Soulforce email alert, you learned that Soulforce is intensifying our efforts to transform hearts and minds through dialogue and negotiations with our adversaries. This alert is to inform you about something that is equally […]
Experiences of Indianapolis
Several people have sent their experience of Indianapolis to us and we’d like to share them with you: August 18, 2001 Several people have sent their experience of Indianapolis to us and we’d like to share them with you: Greetings! I was not in Indianapolis. My 16 year old son, who is the president of […]
50 Soulforce Protesters Arrested at ELCA Churchwide Assembly in Indianapolis
Restrictions against Gay and Lesbian People Called to Ministry Left in Place during 4 Year Study Period Soulforce Press ReleaseFor Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-951-7712 soulforcemedia@aol.com Indianapolis, IN – Fifty people were arrested yesterday during a civil disobedience outside the Indianapolis Convention Center at the Evangelical Church in America Churchwide Assembly. The protesters were […]