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Sunday — 11:30 A.M. SPEAKER: BISHOP RONALD YOUNO Philadelphia, PA Diocesan Greater Pennsylvania State Council INSTALLATION CEUBBRATION Sunday — 4:00 P.M. SPEAKER: BISHOP JAMES B. TYSON Indianapolis, IN Assistant Presiding Bishop, Pentecostal Assemblies of the World RECEPTION FOLLOWING AFTERNOON SERVICE

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ACLU sues over refusal to issue permit to Black church

HOMESTEAD, Pa. (AP) — A western Pennsylvania borough discriminated against a predominantly Black congregation when the zoning board refused to allow the group to move into a vacant church, according toa lawsuit filed this week. The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit on behalf of Second Baptist Church of Homestead, accusing nearby West Mifflin borough and its zoning director of racial and religious discrimination after the zoning board refused without explanation to grant the church an occupancy permit in August. West Mifflin officials deny the allegations and have said the borough zoning board was right to keep the church from operating at the former Grace Christian Ministries church, which is located on residentially zoned land in the Pittsburgh suburb. The borough plans

to fight the lawsuit. “There’s no basis or foundation to it whatsoever,” said Mike Adams, solicitor for the West Mifflin Zoning Hearing Board. Even before the borough denied the occupancy permit, it refused to allow a day care center associated with the church to operate at the site. That left church leaders wondering whether they were being prevented from moving into the community because they are Baptists and Black. “It’s become apparent to us that they just don’t want us on the property,” said Second Baptist Deacon Russell M. Freeman. The lawsuit asked the court to order the borough to grant Second Baptist a permit so it could proceed with moving into the property, which church officials say will better accommodate their 3S0

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Inspirational play at True Vine On Saturday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 p.m.. True Vine Missionary Baptist Church will host “On the Right Track to Salvation”, an evangelistic drama presented by a 35 member cast from Northside New Era Baptist Church. A freewill offering will be accepted. Rev. Earl C. Nowlen, Sr. is the host pastor. True Vine is located at 4050 Millersville Road (west of 41st and Keystone). For more information, please call (317) 377-0693.

Revival at Sunrise Baptist Church Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1831 Bellefontaine Street, will host their Fall Revival Nov. 6-8, starting at 7:30 p.m. nightly. This year’s theme is “Pressing towards the mark for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Featured speaker will be Rev. Larry Grinstead, Pastor of. Puritan Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. James Johnson is the host pastor. For more information, call (317) 924-1727.

members than their current church. The ACLU contends Second Baptist should be granted a permit since Grace Christian Ministries, a predominantly white church, was permitted to hold services at the site and allowed to operate a day care center. ACLU attorneys said the churches were about the same size. “Why is it all of a sudden a problem to have a different congregation move in there?” said Witold “Vic” Walczak, executive director of the Pittsburgh ACLU chapter. Borough Solicitor Donald C. Fetzko said Second Baptist went about applying for a permit in the wrong way. He wants the church to be explicit about what it plans to do at the site, including detailing its plans for a day care center. “If they had a thousand people, that site can’t handle that kind of traffic. If it’s comparable (to the former church) it could. Simply being a church isn’t enough,” Fetzko said. Adams said the borough is preparing a motion to dismiss the case and the zoning board was fair in denying Second Baptist’s permit application. “They treated this case like all other cases.” he said. A federal court hearing in Pittsburgh is scheduled Nov. 15. The former Grace Christian Ministries church has been vacant since its minister was jailed for an investment scam. Attorneys for the

trustee of the former church have been trying to sell the 11,000-square-foot structure, a second building and six acres of land in West Mifflin since November 2000. Part of the sale proceeds would go to about three dozen people who lost money in a failed securities scheme run by former Grace Christian Ministries Pastor W. Michael Altipan, church attorneys said. Altman is currently serving a four- to eight-year prison term after pleading no contest in April to theft and security law charges. Prosecutors said the money was used to pay for Altman’s credit cards and vacations. Second Baptist offered to pay $950,000 for the church property and planned to lease the day care center. However, attorneys say the zoning board’s denial of the permit has created roadblocks for Second Baptist’s plan for buying the church. Walczak, Pittsburgh ACLU executive director, said the borough has not only violated the church’s civil rights, but also the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act that forbids municipalities from discriminating against small or unpopular religious groups. In 2000, the ACLU persuaded Bell Acres Borough to lift local zoning laws that restricted services and mediations at the Zen Center of Pittsburgh, Walczak said.

Obituaries

New Bethel Baptist Church 1535 Dr. Andrew J. Brown Avenue Dr. F. Benjamin Davis, Th.D., D.D., Pastor 317-636-6622 Fall Revival of 3003 Sunday, November 3,2002 Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Each night Monday thru Friday evening Starting at 7:00 p.m. Speaker / Evangelist REV. T. LYNN ROBINSON, SR. Chairman of the Evangelical Board National Missionary Baptist Convention and Pastor, of New Inspirational Baptist Church New Orleans, LA •Please come and be unth us each night. It is a Service you zvilt not want to miss! A

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Jasper Wiggins Correthers Mr. Jasper Wiggins Correthers, 89, Indianapolis, died Tuesday, October 1 at Methodist Hospital. He had worked as a stockroom supervisor for The King Cole Restaurant, he retired in 1985 after 24 years of service; previously he was self-employed as a farmer in New Albany and Mississippi for 40 years. Mr. Correthers was a member of Puritan Missionary Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Cara L. Houston Correthers; one son, James R. “Slim” Correthers; three daughters, Sudie C. Price, Shirley A. Nance and Lois Williams; eight grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and one sister. Ruby Abrons. Mykeal Sharon Geneva Byrd, Mykeal Sharon Geneva Byrd, infant daughter of Brandie Edmonds, died Oct. 23. Calling: 9 to 9:30 a.m. Nov. I in Williams and Bluitt Funeral Home. Burial: New Crown Cemetery. Other survivors: brother Marquis Edmonds; grandparents Sharon Edmonds, Lovell Thompson. Kevin Eugene Chaney Kevin Eugene Chaney, 32, Indianapolis, died Oct. 25. He was an inspector for Product Action Corp. Previously, he was self-employed. He was the president of the Moville Ground Shakers Motorcycle Club. Mr. Chaney was an Army and Marine Corps veteran. Services: 1 p.m. Oct, 31 in Oasis of Hope Baptist Church, of which he was a member. Calling: 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 in Lavenia, Smith & Summers Home for Funerals. Burial: Crown Hill Cemetery. Survivors: children Jeremy L., Matthew, Aaron, Darius C, Adia N., Kayla Chaney; parents Carlton L, and Annie E. Chaney, Gustanna, Chaney; brothers Carlton Lament, Curtis Lyle Chaney, Terrance Billings; grandparents Carlton and Jennie B. Chaney, Barbara Payne, Zuella Bonds. Walter A. Conn Walter A. Conn, 79, Indianapolis, died Oct. 29. He was a construction worker for various companies. Services: 11 a.m. Nov. I in Smart Mortuary, with calling from 10 a.m. Burial: Washington Park North Cemetery. Survivor: sister Bessie M. Conn.