From the Assemblies of God New Service

** IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION - Nov 26, 2003

   Jesus Christ prayed for His disciples of the first century that
   they would be in the world but not of it. Pursuing that
   distinction raises complex issues for Christians in today's
   workplace, especially when a labor union is involved and it
   supports agendas conflicting with the faith of employees.

   In recent years, after several cases have captured national
   headlines, more workers are opting to redirect their union dues to
   charities. Others are choosing to support unions and work to make
   changes from within.

   Ohio school psychologist Kathleen Klamut, who initially joined a
   union as an intern, decided a decade ago that being a member of
   the National Education Association would conflict with her
   religious convictions.

   "I was reading a union publication and came across this article,
   'Why the NEA must be pro-choice,' " Klamut said. "I decided I
   would never let them have my money again."

   Union officials agreed she didn't have to be a member, but said
   Klamut would still have to pay dues for collective bargaining. The
   evangelical Christian objected again. "I don't want the union to
   get one penny," she says. "I felt such a conviction about it."

   Because of a provision in the Civil Rights Act, it's usually a
   simple process for workers with religious objections to have dues
   diverted to a charity, according to Dan Cronin, director of legal
   information for the nonprofit National Right to Work Legal Defense
   Foundation.

   "Most are pretty simple to wrap up," he says. "We just tell people
   what their rights are, tell them which forms to fill out. Then we
   wait for the reaction."

   But sometimes, as with Klamut's case, things get complicated.

   "Most of the time union officials know to back off, but sometimes
   they want to play tough and we're willing to do that too," Cronin
   says, referring to filing charges with the Equal Employment
   Opportunity Commission.

   Klamut, assisted by NRTW lawyers, won a nearly two-year battle
   with the Ohio Education Association, an affiliate of the NEA,
   earlier this year. She has filed requests to redirect dues in two
   Ohio school districts, Louisville and Ravenna. Throughout both
   battles, she says, neither union officials nor representatives
   contested the statement that the NEA supports abortion.

   After union officials complied with the latest request, Klamut
   says, her annual dues of $600 support the American Cancer Society.

   The publicity surrounding this and other cases, Cronin says, has
   helped inform Christian workers of their rights. The Springfield,
   Virginia-based NRTW receives 100 calls a year on this issue.

   The workers Cronin hears from are mostly concerned about unions
   supporting abortion on demand and special rights for homosexuals.
   Those issues, he says, conflict with the faith of many people.
   "It's not just people of one particular faith that we're getting
   calls from," he says.

   Religious objectors should know that the law is on their side,
   he says.

   "We've never lost a case like this," Cronin says. "As more
   people have the courage to come forward, they will have their
   rights respected."

   Chaplain G. Michael Collingsworth, a Ford Motor Company employee
   and Assemblies of God minister, has chosen to share his faith
   inside the United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement
   Workers of America. From his perspective as international chairman
   of the UAW chaplaincy program, he sees Christians making an impact
   on their locals.

   "I have been a chaplain since 1989 and we've made great strides,
   but it's been 14 years of hard work," Collingsworth says.

   At his local in Lima, Ohio, meetings have been moved from Sunday
   to Thursday and are now opened with prayer, which has brought
   changes in the language and atmosphere, Collingsworth says. Over
   the years he's heard many Christian workers ask whether they can
   belong to a union and still be a Christian.

   "I tell people you give two hours of pay a month to have
   representation," he says. Paying dues also allows Christians the
   opportunity to help shape unions and determine where funds are
   allocated. "We should have those rights," Collingsworth says. "And
   it's a Christian's responsibility to ask."

   Attending union meetings is an important starting point,
   Collingsworth suggests.

   "Christians should be involved in unions so they can have an
   impact," he says. "If your money is going somewhere, you need to
   find out where it's going. Then you'll find out if changes need to
   be made and get in there and help make the decisions about where
   the money is going and on issues."

   Regardless of the methods, Christians are challenging rules that
   conflict with faith in the workplace. The EEOC reports that 2,572
   religion-based discrimination charges were received last year, up
   from 1,388 a decade earlier. It's no surprise that controversies
   with unions are part of the numbers, experts agree.

   "If you're going to have people in jobs that require union
   membership, eventually the union will end up taking positions that
   are in conflict with members' views," says Michael Palmer,
   professor of philosophy at Evangel University in Springfield,
   Missouri.

   But whether Christians decide to express their faith in or outside
   a union is a tactical question, he says, not a philosophical
   issue.

   "Different people will take different stands," Palmer says. "You
   can have two people who are equally committed Christians and see
   the situation from two different angles."

   Life experiences and the worker's background often impact the
   stand, he says. "People of honest, sincere faith will disagree on
   these things. I think this really is a matter of moral
   perspective."

   For Klamut, that means withholding funds from a union she sees
   promoting abortion.

   "I just believe in living your convictions," she says. "If enough
   Christians would refuse to give their money to support those
   causes, it would make a difference."

   For Collingsworth, it's impacting the decision-making of a union,
   which he stresses won't be easy or quick. "It won't be overnight;
   there will be battles," he says. "But when you stand fast in the
   faith, as the Word says, and press on toward the mark -- and I'm
   not talking about standing up and preaching to them, just live the
   life -- you will see changes."

   -- Becky Walters Reigel, Today's Pentecostal Evangel           Back to Top
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** SURPRISED CHAPLAIN ENCOURAGED TO BE MORE "LONG-WINDED";   BY TROOPS - from Sept 12, 2003 issue

   Newly appointed Assemblies of God Chaplain Tim Maracle didn't
   expect such a response to his preaching on his first official
   assignment in the army. From everything he had learned in
   Christian college, seminary and the pastorate, people --
   especially hardened military men -- didn't jump at the chance at
   hearing the gospel.

   He heard wrong.

   In June, Maracle, chaplain for the 2nd Battalion 8th U.S. Cavalry
   Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division in Fort Hood, Texas, embarked
   on his first day of field services at the biggest military
   installation in the free world. During the day he visited various
   platoons engaged in training exercises. As a government-paid
   chaplain, Maracle is there to provide religious support to
   whatever needs the soldiers express.

   In his office on the ship, religious support often involves
   individual counseling, providing guidance to soldiers for
   everything from getting out of debt to stop drinking. In addition
   to 500 men in his battalion, Maracle is responsible for the
   spiritual welfare of 700 military intelligence and military police
   whose units currently are without a chaplain.

   Making the rounds that June day, Maracle spent about an hour with
   various companies of his battalion, including a 10-minute
   devotional on the importance of maintaining a relationship with
   God. As he returned to his Humvee after one service with a tank
   company, a medic approached him.

   "Sir, can you be a little bit more long-winded?" the medic asked.
   He and 10 other soldiers stood there, wanting to learn more. They
   began peppering the chaplain with deep questions about faith, free
   will and accountability for sins.

   For 30 minutes, Maracle shared from his heart the lessons he had
   been learning for the past decade in his own (theological)
   training.

   Often soldiers on training exercises are eager return to their
   quarters, but these men wanted to stay longer and learn more. They
   asked Maracle pointed questions about his faith. Chaplains are
   restrained from sharing their personal beliefs unless asked.
   Maracle then went on to talk about the role of God's grace and the
   Holy Spirit in his life.

   That day the soldiers, many of whom had never been to church,
   learned about the Lord. Maracle had the opportunity to plant seeds
   that one day he hopes sprout fruit.

   --John W. Kennedy                                             Back to Top
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** RODEO CHAPLAINS GET RARE OPPORTUNITY TO MINISTER TO MILITARY -
                                                                                                              Nov 21, 2003
   For most of their more than quarter century as Assemblies of God
   chaplains on the professional rodeo circuit, Paul and Linda
   Scholtz have been ministering among calf-roping, bronc-riding
   cowboys who wear jeans, boots and broad-brimmed hats.

   But a three-day October event at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, enabled the
   couple to be Christ's ambassadors to a much different crowd at the
   North American International Military Horse Show. Paul Scholtz,
   who has been the chaplain for the U.S. Cavalry Association for the
   past two years, was assigned to be the duty chaplain of the show
   -- the first such event held in 67 years.

   Eighty contestants, all of them uniformed active, reserve and
   retired military riders or from mounted police patrols, came to
   the contest just west of Oklahoma City. Wearing their dress blues,
   riders from such diverse units as the Queen of England's Household
   Cavalry to the Michigan-based U.S. Army's Blue Devils Horse
   Platoon, participated in events from formal jumping to lance
   competition.

   As he does at rodeos, Scholtz focused on presenting the gospel to
   a group that normally doesn't hear it. From the opening
   invocation, Scholtz made it clear that God is aware of and
   available to every uniformed person in service. He preached in a
   Sunday morning service at the fort's chapel, which had been built
   by German prisoners of war during World War II.

   The Scholtzes, who live in Pueblo, Colorado, sang a duet and Linda
   also sang a solo before an audience of 115. Scholtz preached from
   1 Timothy 3 about the need to make Christ a part of daily living.
   Six people committed their lives to Jesus as Savior. Those who
   made salvation decisions received Bibles and Global University
   literature funded by Light for the Lost.

   Fort Reno, which served as the U.S. military base for cavalry and
   infantry units from 1875 to 1907, became a remount station
   specializing in horse breeding and pack mule training until 1948,
   when such animals were retired from active U.S. Army use. However,
   the military put 2,500 horses and 6,000 mules into service last
   year during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.

   For more information about the A/G Chaplaincy, see
   <http://chaplaincy.ag.org/>.

   -- John W. Kennedy                                     Back to Top
(Note: Steve went to school with Paul at CBC. Paul is a neat guy, all man, all in love with the Lord.)
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** RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS RELISH FREEDOM OF WORSHIP - November 19, 2003

   Christian Russian immigrants, once familiar with the watchful eye
   of the KGB and the threat of imprisonment for their faith, are
   thriving under their newfound religious freedom in the United
   States.

   A church that began with several families meeting in a small
   apartment 13 years ago in Tacoma, Washington, now fills a
   1,300-seat church, one of the largest in the city of 195,000. The
   $3 million Slavic Christian Center, its green dome and golden
   cross symbols of religious freedom, was completed two years ago.
   Services are in Russian and Ukrainian.

   "We have freedom to praise God," says Peter Sayenko, pastor of the
   Pentecostal church.

   In Russia, Sayenko drove a truck during the week and pastored a
   church on Sundays, meeting secretly in the woods or in the
   basement of someone's home. Repeatedly, Sayenko had to pay fines
   levied by the KGB, the former Russian secret police and
   intelligence agency, for allowing children under 18 to attend
   church.

   From 1989 to 1994, a million refugees from the former Soviet Union
   flooded into the United States, with an estimated 35,000 settling
   in Washington state. About 80 percent of those have Pentecostal
   backgrounds.

   In 1992, Sayenko moved his family from Ukraine to Tacoma, where he
   became the leader of a small but committed group of Christians.

   After several years of meeting in smaller churches, a Christian
   contractor put Sayenko in contact with U.S. West, a telephone
   company hoping to sell a 24,000-square-foot warehouse that had sat
   empty for 15 years. When Sayenko offered $300,000 -- $560,000
   below the asking price -- the company balked. Sayenko wouldn't
   budge, refusing counter offers. Within a year, the two had agreed
   to a selling price of $290,000.

   "It was a miracle," Sayenko says.

   Because Sayenko's congregants spoke little English when they first
   arrived, most did menial work for minimum wage. Attendees earned
   little, but the church still managed to remodel the massive
   storage area that became a framework for a sanctuary. No bank
   offered the church a loan for the first phase of the project.

   Today, the 24,000-square-foot church includes 11,000 square feet
   of classrooms. Every night of the week, services or prayer
   meetings draw hundreds of worshipers.

   Under communist rule, hardships united these Christians. Yet
   Pavlov Kosiuga, one of 11 volunteer assistant pastors at Slavic
   Christian Center, says the only difference now is how his church
   meets: openly.

   "Holy Spirit same, here or in Russia," says Kosiuga, who left his
   job as an engineer to come to the United States in 1990. "But
   here, you are free."

   From the beginning, Life Center, an Assemblies of God church
   pastored by Fulton Buntain, has helped in the transition, offering
   furniture, food and employment. Kosiuga is one of several Russians
   working as a janitor at Life Center.

   "I'm not surprised at what they've done," Buntain says. "They're
   hardworking, committed Christians."

   -- Gail Wood, Today's Pentecostal Evangel               Back to Top
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** U.S. MISSIONARY ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WDAG - Nov 7, 2003

   During the First World Deaf Assemblies of God Conference held in
   Gimje, Chonbuk, South Korea, October 7-10, 2003, A/G U.S.
   missionary Emory Dively was unanimously elected president of the
   World Deaf Assemblies of God.

   Dively, who already serves as the U.S. Deaf Culture Fellowship
   president, is co-pastor of Twin Cities Deaf Assembly of God in St.
   Paul, Minnesota. His election was the result of the vote of the
   World Deaf A/G Committee members.

   The conference, entitled "The Gospel to the Deaf Throughout the
   Whole World," featured hundreds of key A/G leaders in the Deaf
   community from around the world. According to A/G Deaf Culture
   Ministries National Representative Kevin Babin, participants from
   20 different countries attended the event.

   Babin says that plans for the second WDAG Conference is currently
   slated for the United States in 2006.

   For more information about the National Deaf Culture Fellowship,
   see <http://www.nfdeafaog.org/>.                              Back to Top
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**CHAPLAIN CANDIDATE FOLLOWS GOD'S LEADING, HUNDREDS ACCEPT CHRIST

   Assemblies of God chaplain candidate John P. Smith Jr. knew the
   Bible verse about being prepared in season and out (2 Timothy
   4:2). So did Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan Sr., a Pentecostal chaplain
   mentoring him at Fort Jackson in South Carolina.

   Preaching wasn't one of the regular assignments during this
   six-week officer training for prospective Army chaplains that
   Smith took this summer. But Jordan thought Smith could handle
   a sermon.

   He knew Smith would be attending the 8:15 a.m. Sunday service
   anyway, so Jordan phoned him at 7:15 a.m. to see if he could read
   the Scripture to the congregation. Certainly, the 30-year-old
   Smith replied. Jordan called back a few minutes later to see if he
   would also preach the sermon.

   Smith, who began preaching at age 16 in Elk City, Oklahoma, said
   no problem. He had a message prepared for just such an occasion.
   As a former associate pastor and as a chaplain's assistant he had
   preached to crowds of several hundred before. But soon Smith was
   delivering a sermon in the auditorium at the base to more than
   1,000 trainees.

   It didn't take long for Smith to leave the pulpit on the platform
   where he nearly always stood during a sermon. He sensed an
   emotional and worshipful intensity among the recruits who paid
   close attention to his words. Smith stopped following his
   manuscript that described how David conquered Goliath. Instead, he
   began walking the floor and allowing the Holy Spirit to take over.
   He spoke from his heart and looked the future soldiers in
   the eyes.

   His message centered on 1 Samuel 17:47: "All those gathered here
   will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves;
   for the battle is the Lord's." Those in the auditorium had been
   enduring rigorous military training. Some faced imminent
   deployment overseas to combat zones, and that weighed heavily on
   the hearts of many.

   Even before Smith issued an altar call some began heading for the
   altar. When he did give that invitation, more than 350 people
   responded and accepted Christ as Savior.

   "I didn't design the service," Smith says. "The Holy Spirit moves
   even when we don't follow an expository sermon. I had never
   experienced that kind of reaction where people are so hungry for
   the preaching of the Word."

   Several attendees who are Assemblies of God members told Smith
   afterwards they felt as if they were in their home church.

   -- John W. Kennedy                                                Back to Top
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**Drug czar congratulates Teen Challenge

John P. Walters, President Bush's "drug czar," recently spoke at a Teen Challenge graduation in Riverside, California, to the largest group of recovering addicts he's ever addressed.

"I came to visit this institution because ... it represents what needs to be done across the country," said Walters, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. "Institutions that connect people to God, to religion, as well as those that connect them to services, are crucial to many millions of people in recovery."

Seven hundred people attended the ceremony, which featured vibrant testimonies, prayer, applause, whoops and whistles. Since its founding in 1958, Teen Challenge (TC) has become the largest, oldest program of its kind in the world. Last year, in Southern California alone, TC received 62,000 requests for help. Southern California TC serves 500 people in the residential program, and more than half of those attended the ceremony.

Walters listened as Daniel Lopez, 21, wearing a shirt and tie and gripping the podium with tattoo-covered hands, told his story, often through tears. Lopez lived with his grandmother because his parents were drug addicts.

"I thought nobody cared about me, so I took care of myself," he said. At 14 he joined a "tagging crew" and adopted their heroin habit. He bounced in and out of jail. Counseling, recovery programs and methadone failed to help.

"I'd tried to get clean, but it had a grip on me," he said. "I finally asked God, if He was real, to help me." Lopez came to Teen Challenge and his inner pain faded away, he said. Now he's clean, and plans to become an art teacher.

The group heard from David Fog, a 1991 graduate who once lived in a public park and believed he would never be free of his crack cocaine addiction.

"When I share my testimony, people don't believe me," he said, bright-eyed and grinning. He went through four other rehabilitation programs but said he "never breathed a sober breath" until he came to TC and "wholeheartedly committed" his life to Jesus Christ.

"That is the power in our sobriety," he said. Today, he and his business partner operate a successful real estate office in Burbank. Fog serves as president of the local board of Realtors.

"For those who talk about substance abuse as a victimless activity, you have to have blinders on to not see the incredible destruction it does to users and to everyone around them," Walters said in his address. The drug czar said he and the president are grateful for Teen Challenge.

"This is a place of hope that takes those who've been broken and hurt and those who love them and puts them back together," Walters said. "This place does what other people only talk to me about, and the result is lives that are saved."

Graduates pointed to the sky, acknowledging God. They ascended the platform to receive their diplomas from Walters and TC Southern California Executive Director Dennis Griffith.

Later, Ruben Gutierrez and his family shared their success story. At 17, Ruben became addicted to cocaine. "I didn't have hope in myself," he said. "I didn't think I could be sober, but I desperately wanted to. I was trying to be accepted by all the wrong people."

His mother, Lilly, said the worst time of her life happened when drugs took control of her son. "There was no love in him after that," she said. "He didn't care about anybody. Hugs and kisses were gone, 'I love you, Mom' was gone."

His father, Bobby, said his son faced six years of prison time. "I told him this was probably his last chance," Bobby said. "We knew in our hearts God would give our son back, and it was a battle, but God gave us the strength. Our whole family has been praying for this."

Ruben came to TC one year ago and returned to sobriety. Now he's respectful, loving and has plans to attend Bible college.

An atmosphere of thankfulness and joy pervaded a dinner afterwards. Even as the meal was served, young men pulled one another aside for spontaneous times of prayer, encouragement and hugs. One speaker noted that after a year in TC a graduate has spent:

* 320 hours in church and chapel services,

* 377 hours in 30 different classes,

* 1,085 hours on work call.

"It's an honor to be here to celebrate your miracles," Walters concluded in his address. "I wish those of you who graduated my best. I will pray for you, and I ask only that you do the same for me."

--Joel Kilpatrick                                                          Back to Top
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**SAGU STUDENT RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP FROM DEATH ROW INMATES

   Brandon Biggs, a sophomore at Southwestern Assemblies of God
   University (SAGU), Waxahachie, Texas, received an unusual gift
   from death row inmates this week: a $10,000 scholarship. The money
   was raised through "Compassion," a bimonthly publication created
   and written by death row inmates to raise money for family members
   of murdered victims. According to the editor Dennis Skillicorn,
   also a Missouri death row inmate, the publication's staff and
   readers were touched by Brandon's desire to show compassion and
   forgiveness to the woman who killed his father on October 26,
   2001, known as the "Windshield Murder."

   "His overwhelming desire to forgive this woman, it's not something
   that you generally hear from the public," said Mr. Skillicorn in
   an interview from prison. "The message that he was trying to give
   was far more valuable than any amount of money we could ever
   give him."

   Brandon expressed his deep appreciation for the scholarship that
   will contribute toward paying his tuition at SAGU and is grateful
   that his words have impacted so many. Following the high profile
   trial this past July, Brandon vocalized his desire to offer his
   forgiveness to Chante Mallard, who was sentenced to 50 years in
   prison for hitting his dad, Gregory Biggs, with her car and
   leaving him to die entangled in her windshield.

   Shortly afterward, Brandon was contacted by a representative from
   "Compassion," and encouraged to apply for the scholarship. In his
   essay, Brandon said that while he had many feelings toward the
   individual who murdered his father, it was through the personal
   forgiveness he has experienced in his own life through his
   relationship with Jesus Christ, he has been able to offer that
   same forgiveness to her.

   According to Brandon, the whole experience has impacted his life
   in many ways. "Prior to the release of the details of my father's
   death, I was just a young man in high school in a small town.
   While I would like to move on from this, it is a big part of my
   life," said Brandon in an interview following Wednesday's press
   conference. "I'm grateful that so many doors have opened for me to
   share the message of mercy, grace and forgiveness around the
   world." Following the trial, Brandon made appearances on various
   programs including NBC's "Today Show" and the "Larry King
   Live Show."

   Today, October 24, Brandon had the opportunity to meet Fred Moor,
   a representative from St. Rose Parish who oversees the publication
   of "Compassion," live on CBS's "Early Show."

   Brandon's future plan, after completing his degree in Pastoral
   Ministries, is to be a minister. He is engaged to sophomore Cassie
   Mayes, an Elementary Education major at SAGU. They will be married
   next July and possibly return to their hometown of Albany, Texas,
   for ministry following graduation.

   -- Kristy McGee                                                      Back to Top
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**ASSEMBLIES OF GOD ENDORSES FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT

   The General Council of the Assemblies of God Executive Presbytery
   endorsed the Federal Marriage Amendment (H.J. Resolution 56),
   currently before the U.S. Congress, in its September meeting
   last week.

   The amendment states: "Marriage in the United States shall consist
   of only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this
   Constitution or the constitution of any State, nor state or
   federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or
   the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples
   or groups."

   The first sentence of the amendment states that marriage in the
   United States consists of the union of male and female. The second
   sentence ensures that the democratic process [voting] at the state
   level will continue to determine the allocation of the benefits
   associated with marriage. But state and federal courts are
   precluded from distorting constitutional or statutory law into a
   requirement that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be
   reallocated pursuant to a judicial decree [a state or federal
   judge cannot change the definition of marriage from the union of
   male and female to some other definition].

   Marilyn Musgrave, an Assemblies of God congresswoman from
   Colorado, is the lead sponsor of the Federal Marriage Amendment
   (FMA). There are currently 75 cosponsors to the amendment,
   including Assemblies of God members Todd Tiahrt (Kansas) and Jo
   Ann Davis (Virginia).

   Musgrave created the amendment in response to the Massachusetts
   Supreme Court being on the "verge of inventing a constitutional
   right for homosexuals to marry legally." However, the FMA has
   strong, bi-partisan support.

   Musgrave said, "The question for the American people is whether we
   are willing to let the institution of marriage be redefined by a
   few unelected, unaccountable judges -- or should our strong
   preference to preserve traditional marriage be respected and
   defended?"

   According to Musgrave, when put to a vote, even some of the most
   liberal states (California and Hawaii) have overwhelmingly
   rejected homosexual marriages.

   The A/G Executive Presbytery are asking all A/G pastors and
   congregation members to get involved and place their support
   behind the amendment by contacting their representatives in
   Congress and urging them to support the amendment.

   "I had the opportunity to talk with Marilyn Musgrave for a lengthy
   period of time following General Council in Washington, D.C.,"
   said A/G General Secretary George O. Wood. "She told me that
   persons in Congress pay attention to their mail from constituents.
   They pay less attention to phone calls and emails -- but, since
   letters take time and effort to write and mail -- they know when a
   person writes that they are very committed to what they write
   about. Individual letters also have a far greater effect than
   petitions.

   Wood added that he felt U.S. Christians have remained on the
   "sidelines" far too long while the pro-homosexual lobby have won
   many victories. "The only way to stop liberal non-elected judges
   from sanctioning the marriage of homosexuals is to adopt an
   amendment to the Constitution," Wood said. "Let's do something
   positive and pro-active by mobilizing hundreds of thousands of our
   people to swamp Congress with letters endorsing the Federal
   Marriage Amendment."

   For those unsure of who their elected representatives in Congress
   are, the following "Focus on the Family" Web site provides all the
   names of elected officials (by zip code), their physical addresses
   and e-mail addresses: <http://capwiz.com/fof/home/>. For
   more information about the amendment, see the following Web sites
   (note: the following Web sites are not associated with the
   Assemblies of God and may contain some material not congruent with
   Assemblies of God doctrine): http://www.allianceformarriage.org/,
   http://www.rejoiceministries.org and
   <http://www.nogaymarriage.com/information.asp>.

   -- Dan Van Veen                                                     Back to Top