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Focuses on disputes among members of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York, over whether to invite Mayor Rudy Giuliani, to their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Reason for the invitation of Giuliani; Statements from Reverend Shellie Sampson Jr.

States that John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of the New York Roman Catholic Diocese, will join the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity on the 29th annual celebration of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. Involvement of community leaders and church pastors in celebration; What the traditional celebration honors; Who will preside over the conference; Detailed information on the conference.

Reports on efforts made by Harlem-based Baptist Ministers Conference of Mayor Giuliani to have the brethren and sisters invite the mayor to their annual salute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Confirmation by Reverend V. Simpson Turner, pastor of the Mountain Carmel Baptist Church and co-chairman of the upcoming celebration; Letter of apology signed with Greene's signature sent to the mayor; Detailed information on the celebration.

Looks at New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's visit to the Convent Avenue Baptist Church in Harlem. His message of cooperation; The mixed reaction of his audience; Occasion for his visit; The invitation to Giuliani reversing three years of policy of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York; Giuliani's visit as showing the interplay of race and politics in the mayoral race; Text of his speech; Comments from audience members. INSET: In his own words, by Rudolph W. Giuliani..

Announces the appointment of Dr. Marie Cone as president of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Queens and Vicinity. Details of the installation ceremony for Cone.

Reports that New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was disinvited to Dr. Martin Luther King's celebration in Manhattan, New York, sponsored by the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York. Reference to Giuliani being booed off staged as he approached the podium at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Information on Giuliani's speech; Giuliani's annoyance at the action taken by the Baptists; Details on United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's speech.

Presents updates about two church institutions in New York. Opening of the centennial celebration of the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity on December 10, 1997; Election of Corbett A. Price, chief executive officer of Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn to the Corporate Board of Covenant House.

Presents a caption story on the Chase Bank's Chase Investment Services meeting with religious leaders from the Baptist Minister's Conference of Greater New York at Copelands Restaurant. Details on the meeting.

Focuses on Reverend Hunson Green, president of the Baptist Minister's Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity, and pastor of the Baptist Temple Church, who is scheduled to speak at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) anniversary meeting. Date of the meeting; Venue for the meeting; Topic Green will be focusing on; Announcement of the meeting and the person who made them.

Presents a review of important events which took place in New York City during the year 1995. H. Carl McCall's swearing-in as New York comptroller; Barring of Attorney C. Vernon Mason from pleading law in New York State; Million Man March; Baptist Ministers Conference admission of its first female pastor.

Reports that the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity will host a fund-raising event on July 17, 1995 to save Howard University's School of Divinity. Guest speaker Clarence G. Newsome; Organization's support for historically black universities and schools of divinity; Newsome's accomplishments; Levels of giving.

Presents a photograph featuring members of the Baptist Minster's Conference of Greater New York and vicinity announcing to the world about a impending voter registration and get-out-the vote drive.

Reports the resumption of the hunger strike by the students of City College of New York and other colleges in the CUNY system on April 24, 1995. Support by the Baptist Ministers' Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity; Demands.

Reports on Reverend Dr. Susan Johnson-Cook's speech at the Baptist Ministers Conference's regular Monday afternoon gathering. Cook on women's entrance into the ministry.

Reports on the impact of Reverend Susan Johnson Cook's speech at the gathering of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity on March 27, 1995. Cook as the first woman to preach for the organization; Cook's keynote as a historic event; Innovative programs under Cook's stewardship.

Editorial. Supports the withdrawal of the invitation to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani by the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York and Vicinity for its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service and Celebration.

Reports on the withdrawal of invitation to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani for the Martin Luther King memorial service by the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York. Reasons for the withdrawal of invitation.

Presents a photograph of Lillian Brown at the Baptist Ministers Conference.

Reports on the decision of the Baptist Ministers Conference of Greater New York to admit women members. Repeated demand from the public; Pressure applied by Baptist women; Ordination of women as preachers.