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On the Cover

Captain John Deely took command of the Amistad in January 2003 for an educational tour of nine Great Lakes ports. Amistad photo by Chad Lyons.

 
Features
Joe Polhemus
 New Captain at the Helm Heads Amistad Education Program
Rev. Dr. Dewey Gierke
 Congregational Library Head Retires
Randy Asendorf
 How Emerson Influenced Congregational Thought
Rev. Dr. Harry Butman
 Hell is the Town Dump
Rev. Dr. Arvel M. Steece
 Retreats Energize Life
 Rev. Stuart Merkel A Church of Small Groups
Rev. Cynthia Bacon
 Input Needed for New Hymnal
Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Bingham
 New NACCC Moderator Rev. Dr. Donald L. Bentley
Rev. Cynthia Bacon
 Sue Carter Chairs Executive Committee
Rev. Mary E. Biedron
 Traditional/Contemporary Worship
Ruth Mahnke
 News and Needs of The Missionary Society
Ruthann Dunlap
 The Church that Faith Built
Rev. Dr. Steven Peay
 Quiet Day at Wauwatosa
Departments
Editorial: The Moral Coil Unwinds — Joe Polhemus Letters
Book Review: Lewis Tappan and the Evangelical War Against Slavery — Reviewed by Janet Garber UpDATE: Vacancies, Pastoral Changes
In Memoriam
Bensam David Solomon 1980-2003

Coming in January/February/March 2004

Moderator Donald L. Bentley interviews the Rev. Dr. Harry R. Butman prior to his 100th birthday; interview with retiring Editor Joe Polhemus; meet Margaret Lamberts Bendroth, new Head Librarian, Congregational Library; preview of 2004 NACCC Annual Meeting; commemoration of 300th birthday of Congregational great Jonathan Edwards; Rev. Ted Miller remembers Afghanistan.

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