Armed Services: Navy Bias Charged
"We're not on the same ground as the high church group or the Catholics, say evangelicals"
Ken Walker | posted 5/21/2001 12:00AM
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An incoming Marine chaplain suggested changing it to an Episcopal service. Wilder refused and was dismissed as pastor of the service. After the other chaplain converted it to into an Episcopal Eucharist, turnouts dwindled to 12. When Wilder started Baptist worship in the base theater, which quickly outgrew the Eucharist, the other chaplain accused him of sabotage and tried to close the Baptist service.
Court hearings are expected to occur late this year, but no trial has been scheduled.
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Related Elsewhere
See our earlier coverage of the suit, "Evangelicals File Bias Suit Against Navy" (May 22, 2000), and a lengthier version of the Religion News Service article adapted for the magazine.
The Washington Post
also covered the lawsuit when it was filed in April 2000.
The Navy Chaplain Corps operates several Web sites, including those for the Navy Chief of Chaplains, the Chaplain Resource Branch, and Chaplain Education.
Other Christianity Today articles about religion in the military include:
The Just-Chaplain Theory | The church need not divorce the military to remain a godly counterculture.(July 27, 2000)
Irreconcilable Differences | The church should divorce the military. (March 6, 2000)
Wiccans Practice on U. S. Bases | Court okays pagan ceremonies. (July 12, 1999)
Military Chaplains Win Speech Case | Military personnel can speak against partial-birth abortion (June 6, 1997)
Military Chaplains Sue Over 'Project Life' Ban | Chaplains ordered to "actively avoid" political comment. (December 9, 1999)
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