his indiana church is called fairhaven baptist.nd fairhaven college. pastor voegtlin has led thousands of children and their families for four decades. you've said children are born depraved. they're born liars. they have to be trained to be good. do you still believe that? >> yes. the bible says all have sinned and come short of the glory of god. >> reporter: the bible also says, he who spareth the rod hateth his son. >> my philosophy is three swats. it should sting, but not hurt. >> reporter: it's not considered an unusual philosophy among some in the fundamentalist baptist community. and corporal punishment does remain legal in many of the nation's schools. these former students are now speaking out. saying what they endured was beyond, way beyond anything taught in the bible. how many of you have had suicidal thoughts? that's every one of you. >> we constantly lived in fear of looking the wrong way, doing the wrong thing. >> we were brainwashed, our parents were brainwashed. and you followed what roger voegtlin said. >> reporte

he served as pastor of the first baptist church in hammond since 2001 ... board says he has forfeited his right to lead over this " sin " a spokesperson for the church say that the pastor is in seclusion with his wife ... the couple have two children he became vice-president of the college and pastor of the church after the death of his father- in-law two decades ago ... many attending first baptist are bused in from other communities ... >> the pastor has been good to us i don't have a bad opinion of him i knew the pastor before yemenis seemed like a good guy >> he spoke the word of the bible i have nothing bad to say about him ... the board will address the congregation today ... chicago police are still trying to track down a man who held up a northwest side bank while wearing a cowboy hat. the man was wearing a straw cowboy hat and sunglasses when he held up the bank of america in the 54-hundred block of north milwaukee yesterday. police say he demanded cash and showed the teller a gun that was in a holster, under his shirt. he left with a plastic bag f

the first baptist church of crystal springs posted apology on the web site.dding to a predominantly black church last month, a pastor of the first baptist church officiated. the groom says no one from first baptist contacted him or his wife and called the apology an insult. >> t-bill pennsylvania man accused of robbing people and telling them it was a reality tv show. -- two pennsylvania men. >> they filmed the robbery with a cellphone and told the victim's their honor reality television show called "you just got robbed." >> i thought it was a joke. it got real, fast. >> the guy and his boss alerted police. they chased down the subjects and arrested them. they face robbery and other charges. no one was injured. >> afford a woman had an excuse for not stopping a police officer tried to pull her over. ramsey sped off, running through a stop sign and hitting a tree. officers caught up with her. she told them the reason she did not stop was because she was topless. she was arrested and chargedand charged. gave her something to wear. >> we have an update on a cont

if the proposed building is at or below the line at the baptist church, then we can stand across the street, look at the line and extended out, and we will see how high it is in relationship to hours. then we can frame our projects about the questions accordingly at this of timber meeting. it would be very helpful to the public to have the package

if the proposed building is at or below the line at the baptist church, then we can stand across the street, look at the line and extended out, and we will see how high it is in relationship to hours. then we can frame our projects about the questions accordingly at this of timber meeting. it would be very helpful to the public to have the package before the meeting so we can ask questions or, express our views. president fong: thank you. >> hello. i am the board secretary. i am here back in april to talk to you about a verizon wireless store to open a retail formula business in our neighborhood. we were concerned in general about formula retail and general but not opposing the project. we were interested in making the appearance of the store not something that would act as a billboard, which is basically what we've seen from some of the formula retail and our corridor. we came to agreements with the project sponsor, which i have copies of the agreement to buy capacity is around. -- if i could pass those around. thank you. immediately when the store opened we found the mast -- a vast

. >> a group of baptist ministers is calling for vincent gray to apologize after a controversial tweet. last week, gray tweeted hashtag, hate chicken in response to chick filet's response to gay marriage. the missionary baptist ministers a gray -- say gray is an elected public official and embare aside the citizens of d.c. while they're against redefining traditional marriage, they support the lbgt community and the mayor should as well and said chick filet has no history of discrimination. mayor gray is not commenting. >>> on capitol hill, you may have heard about the so-called fiscal cliff. the country can fall into another recession at the end of the year. as if congress doesn't act to stave off unilateral spending cuts and tax increases. today, republicans pushed the house vote to renew what is known as the bush era tax cuts for all americans and the obama administration push back demanding they applied to those not in the top 2% of earners. >> and there are five months remaining. what is holding us up is the republican refusal to have the top 2% pay their fair share. >> and -- . >

john the baptist. walls and twin spires survived, but the church was quickly restored to breathtaking splendor. savannah's home to the nation's oldest black baptist congregation, as well as one of the oldest jewish congregations. the organist at this church wrote a song for thanksgiving. it was an instant hit, and we still sing it today, but at christmastime. the song is "jingle bells"... though it's hard to imagine sleighs dashing through the snow in steamy savannah. for "teen kids news," i'm lauren. >> we'll see you next time on "teen kids news." >> thanks for watching. have a great week. >> here's a shout-out to pr newswire for including "teen kids news" on their big screen in times square, new york city. >> on behalf of everyone here at "teen kids news," we want to give a special thanks to all of our military overseas.

. >> reporter: baptist church accident the 157-year-old building -- church, the 157- year-old building survived heavy damage during the civil war and now it's been attacked again, but leaders are most surprised about who did it. >> he pushed his way through his doors. >> reporter: once he broke his way inside the church he tried to get out through a stained glass window, but the plexiglass on the outside wouldn't budge. >> pulled this closet door off the hinges and threw the door through the window. >> reporter: fredericksburg police were in the area looking for a man who had just tried to kick in the doors of a hair salon and a butcher. they heard glass breaking at the church and saw the door come through the window. when the suspect climbed out he immediately surrendered but then began spitting at the officers and continued to spit until after he was placed in the patrol vehicle. 22-year-old edmond toby barr whitehead, a second lieutenant in the royal british navy, was arrested and charged with burglary, destruction of property and assault on an officer. >> we're in the -- try to be

onthe baptist parish have been forced to evacuate because of the flooding. in plaquemines parish, officials intend to intentionally puncture the flood wall to relieve pressure. here at home, crews or stand-by to help. montgomery county urban search and rescue has three folks down in alexandria, louisiana waiting to go into the hardest hit parts of the state. >> the storm also spawned at least one tornado that destroyed several buildings and knocked down power lines. present obama had signed a disaster deck lahring lahr -- declaration for louisiana. >> you can see the red there in southern alabama. we still have tornado warnings even at this hour. the storm is weakening. still crawling off to the north and west at just five miles per hour. we are not quite done but generally things winding down. let's do local weather. we have more of the same, absolutely perfect. 71 in washington. 56 in baltimore. 59 in winchester. 60 in ocean city. nice start to the day. lots of sunshine for us. clear skies. we'll be a little warmer than yesterday. highs yesterday, mid 1r0.

we're at 2595 hanover avenue at paradise baptist church. that is where everyone comes to the table to discuss this further. supervisor avalos: that is just south of geneva on the left side. >> wright, author of san jose, correct. -- off of san jose, correct. >> good morning, supervisors. i want to say i appreciate your comments about the holistic approach of dealing with violence in san francisco. however, we cannot let school districts off the hook. this has to start early because most of the young men that are here involved in gang violence, by the age of 13 aire complete the disenfranchised from the school system. we have to do something better early on with the school system. that is what i want to add to it. supervisor avalos: thank you. any other member of the public like to comment? seeing none, we will close public comment. i want to thank the members of the public for your patience and injuring first from the department. i appreciate your comments as well. i totally agree that there is much more the city needs to do in providing gr

now he's accused of vandalizing fredricksburg baptist church. he threw a closet door through a stained glass window to get out of the win church -- out of the church. they say he immediately surrendered but started spitting and didn't stop until he was insides the patrol car. the church says it will repair the damage and whitehead said he intends to reimburse the church fully for the cost of repairs. >> it endured a lot. so this is just another incident that just like every other incident, the church has prevailed and it will prevail through this one as well. >> whitehead is charged with burglary, assault on an officer and destruction of property. >>> 4:33 now. a total of 81 people were arrested during a prostitution sting in prince george's county. the whole thing started last wednesday. 70 of those arrests were made in 72 hours. five hotels in the college park area were targeted in this. and police say that prostitution is a gateway crime that can lead to drugs, robberies and shootings as well. >>> our time is 4:33 of the here are some other s

they -- it was a group out of a baptist church. and people had been telling me about this pastor, pastor von. "you've got to go see pastor von." and they'd always tell me, "you know, you won't like him that much because his politics are to the right of attila the hun." you know, i'd say, "oh wow, great. that's tempting to me, a baptist preacher who's a right-wing -- that's what i want to." but it turns out that von was just the most real and wise. i call him a zen baptist instead of a zen buddhist. >> i know them. it seems to me that you were the one who was converted when you went back to tijuana. you-- >> well, i -- >> even today when you talk about those garbage pickers and the kids eating dogs. and they're looking out and seeing the american dream like a mirage across the border, it seems to me that you flipped to see the world as they saw it. >> i did, because you can be from a place but not know it. do you know what i mean? sure, i was born in tijuana and i had known tijuana my whole life. but that doesn't mean that anybody i

it is a southern baptist company which has long been known for operating under " biblical principles ". >> it would really be nice if chick-fil-a would get in the business of making great chicken and stay out of the business of quality, equality >> i'm here to take a stand on god's word and have a meal, that's it >> there is a page for what is called the national same-sex kiss day. right now it has more than 2500 numbers but i have not seen any new pictures come in just yet. people are being encouraged to go to the restaurant, take a picture of a kiss and focused it on facebook or twitter. the restaurants are open for breakfast so you would think we would see some pictures from the east coast sometime soon. this has turned into a profit for competing chicken restaurants as well. companies like kentucky fried chicken are posturing themselves as the anti chick-fil-a. >> we have been asking all morning if the protest will help or hurt the gay marriage cause? >> catherine says of course it will hurt the cause. stunts like this trivialize the true issue here. we will share more thoughts w

many believe that it is a southern baptist company that has been operating under biblical codes. >>> there is a facebook page 4 the national same-sex same kiss their third. the manager was not happy about the media's attention in fairfield. they call the cops. will the chicken fillet help or hurt the gay marriage cause? sher rocklin we will discuss the glitter in the show. >>> investigators are looking into a suspicious brush fire in los gatos. crews prevented the flames from reaching nearby town homes. the flame did bird nearby vehicles and a shed. witnesses say they saw people running from the area when the gatfire started. pg&e says crews were not using save digging practices. >>> the thing is at first i could smell the gas plymouth it's a very sensitive area and i think everyone kind of hard drop when they heard there was a gas leak >>> the gas leak happened for half an hour before it was shut off. the contractor apologize for the mishap. >>> the properties are on the san lucas avenue or on top of the natural gas pipeline that exploded in san bruno two years ago. the expert say i

pleasant baptist church in gainesville, virginia. at around 4:30 this morning, flames ripped through the 135-year-old church on lee highway. firefighters found flames shooting through the roof. fortunately no one was inside at the time. the inside suffered extent ink smoke damage. two bibles survived. >> the firemen came out and said here's your bible. they were able to save the bible off a table. >> this is a community church, and all of us field it's not a total loss, but all of us feel the pain of having this happen. >> investigators say the fire appears to have started at the back of the church. they are still investigating to determine the cause. church members are vowing to rebuild. >>> less than a week after a gunman opened fire on worshippers in the sikh temple near milwaukee, family and friends paid their respects to the six gunned down. jay gray has more on today's emotional service. >> reporter: they are the sounds of memories and mourning in wisconsin, six worshippers killed during an attack at this sikh temple last weeke

rights leadership because the national baptist convention. but there are three dimensions in today's church though they are not unique to the black church. we have the past to which is converting and nurturing of church congress gets and aspiring and teaching them sharing accumulated weakness. and we have the prophetic which takes up the mantle of the prophetic imperative to strive for ever greater freedom, fairness and equity by doing as biblical profits like mica and amos and isaf models and proclaimed that we must do it. that is the struggle against the structure of injustice and exclusion. so in his words, justice can roll down like water in the mighty stream. then we have the performance, which is just like it sounds. the entertaining performance of religion. the reduction of religion defined what seem to have krona to new heights and much too many black churches. so let me suggest one answer to the question that i posed in this preliminary way which i hope will engender some discussions. first has for the role of nurturing and teaching,

not a total loss, but all of us feel the pain of having this happen. >> reporter: mount pleasant baptist church celebrates the 135th anniversary this year. members say it's a community church, where it's not unusual for several generations of the same family to worship together. >> it's like being home, you know. just like my home. this is a family church. they came here a long time ago. >> reporter: exactly what happened is still under investigation. it appears the blaze broke on around the rear of the church. >> our rescue units arrived on the scene. about six minutes later, to find fire through the roof and smoke showing from several areas around the building. >> reporter: because of the extensive damage, it would be a while before the congregation is able to worship here again, but church leaders say they will rebuild. in gainesville, megan mcgrath, news4. >>> a traffic alert. if you plan on using i-66 this weekend, starting at 10:00 to 4:00 in the morning on mind, the eastbound and westbound ramps, they're going to be closed for paving. this is part of the ongoing interchange projec

john the baptist's father is said to be buried there. and it's also on the main road to dam has cus. if the rebels take aleppo, it could be the turning point. already, women and children have fled aleppo. this, syria's largest city. as we drive in the outskirts of aleppo, it's a sprawling, quiet scene of almost total devastation. out of the rubage a woman who took us to her house. now, she lives here alone. i have no idea where my family went, shy went. i'm brave. this is my house, these are my neighbors. inside, the spors room where she lives. no power, no electricity. we have nothing, she said. and still, i will stay. our driver then tells us we have to leave. assad forces have been known to shell if they catch wind of journalists around. we head south to scene of some of the worst fighting of the civil war. most villages we past are guard bid free syrian fighters. walking through the streets of this village, life at first appears normal. but it's not long before the signs of the conflict surface. the burned-out buildings, units of reb

at israel baptist church in east baltimore. earlier this year...overnor martin o'malley signed a bill legalizing gay marriage... but the measure has yet to take effect. voters will decide the issue in a referendum this fall... after opponents launched a successful petition starting today..., hundreds of thousands of undocumented people can apply to stay and work in the u-s without fear of depprtation for at least two years. years.people younger than 30 who arrived in the u-s before the age of 16... pose no criminal or security threat, ann were successful students or served in the military can apply.and as andrew spencer explains... participants must prove they've been living in the u-s continuously for at least five years. years. yes we did! yes we did! supporters of the new program rejoiced after president obama signed the executive order in june.the pew hispanic center says up to one-point-seven million people may qualify.for me this is, you know, reelly important because i actually have an order oo deportation. and this is actually going to be l

. >>> a group of baptist ministers wants d.c. mayor vincent gray to apologize for his tweet.he mayor said he didn't support the position on gay marriage and ended with the hashtag hate chicken. the baptist ministers conference have taken issue with the marriage and say those who oppose same sex marriage based on religious beliefs should not be labeled as hateful, no comment from the mayor. >>> president obama takes his campaign to leesburg tomorrow at loudoun county high school. the city is urging people to avoid the area from about 2:30 p.m. on if you're not attending the event. some streets will close at 2:30, others at 6:30 including lee avenue between dominion academy and dry mill road. for more information log onto www.myfoxdc.com and click web links. >>> president obama stopped in ohio today for his ninth visit this year. he visited akron telling voters mitt romney is asking them to pay more so rich people can get a big tax cut. the campaign has spent more money on ads in ohio than any other state. mitt romney did not have public appearances today. he wrapped up a three

. >> reporter: as ultraconservative baptists, the bates are now the largest family in america.ied with the duggars, who also happen to be their good friends. the bates feel it's up to god to handle family planning. wife kelly gave birth to all 19 kids. ♪ as the world >> reporter: from 23-year-old zach to 6-month-old jeb. at 45 years old, kelly says she could easily have more. you now have 19. are there more kids down the pipe, so to speak? are we looking at more bates kids in the future? >> whatever the lord gives us, we'd be grateful. >> reporter: we've been following the bates for nearly two years, through courtships, two pregnancies and even one of several miscarriages. a few years ago, kelly began taking hormones to help make her pregnancies viable. if you don't feel right taking birth control to stop a pregnancy, why is it okay to take medicine to help a pregnancy? >> well, for us, that would be like -- that baby is already alive. it is a life. >> reporter: the only way gil and kelly bates can afford to raise so many kids is by pinching pennies. while gil runs a modest tre

john the baptist parish and using boats in this area to all scho also rescue people. -- >> james: it is going to be cooler. a pretty dose of expanse of drizzle with that marine layer even getting towards the east bay. this afternoon it will be sunny but also cooler. the maximum temperatures of the getting to the 70's. for the east bay. and the south bay. a much cooler day today and as we go towards this evening the holiday weekend forecast coming up with your referral check the weather. with your full check of weather and now, traffic with george. >> good morning. a light morning. experience longer travel as the dumbarton bridge closes for construction work. >> yes. both directions of the closed from 10 p.m. friday the bridge up to seismicthe metropolitan or use public transit thisusual traffic delays experience longer travel times this labor day weekend closed from 10 p.m. friday to 5 a.m. tuesday to bring the bridge up to seismic code, dumbarton bridge seismic safety project...the metropolitan urging motorists to carpool or use public transit this highway 880 and u.s. highway 101 c

peacher. >> tell ugs about the baptist preacher. did you choose that role? i know that's an important role in the black community? >> i had done it before with oz y davis character in jungle fever. the black bishop preacher deacon has a special place in the african-american community, even today. >> can you tell us a little bit about what he says, what he does? does he change the life of the boy? >> from the very first minute his eyes set upon his grandson who he has never seen before, he's trying to get him to accept the lord, to accept jesus into his life. and the kid, his name is flick, he's never been to church so he's very resistant. >> what year is this film set? >> today, contemporary. >> you have said you think brooklyn has become pretty gen t trified since you grew up. >> it's not all the way in red hook yet. you still have the red hook projects there. >> what part of brooklyn did you grow up in? >> fort green. has it become -- >> it's gone. >> where do you live now? >> i live in manhattan. my office is still in brooklyn th

persons who are not members of third baptist church. but we are gracious to let them have our facility, to accommodate them. i feel that we have something to shout about today. no stop and frisk. the mayor has said that. but the mentor of martin luther king said, "he or she who is behind in the race of life must run faster in order to catch up ." we do not have stop and frisk. in this city, we have to run faster to make sure there is not another death. we have to run fast, and make sure there are jobs. run fast to make sure there is education. run fast to make sure there is housing. run fast, so that we will love each other. this is what the naacp is committed to. a lot has been stated here. there was some great rhetoric, some terrific ideas and plans. but this is just like getting ready to drink a cup of coffee. you can have all of the cream, all of the coffee, all of the sugar, but, like maxwell house's slogan says, it will never be good until the last drop unless you stir it up, and you will be able to drink and say, "it is good unti

independent which means there's no connections with other national structures in the methodist church the baptist church but the convention to meet other people that did not happen with him because it is so isolated. there when he left the fellowship church to a to boston university was in a predominantly white institutions and so i think in terms of black community there was not as much information about him as the prohibition of been. in a white community are talking about racism to is the author of 21 books on a scholar minutes 21 bucks to hear about that scholar and a think it was part of it also. >>> the churches integrated international into religion not a religious >>> it was founded in 1944 to a great extent because the person who initiated the move was a white professor of sampras's christi college at that time. who is trying to bring people together across racial lines within the presbyterian church. dr. thurmond visited in gone the and 36 pence on the way back from indiana experience of terms of the unity of people and so he kept thinking about one of these is to have to put this into

. >> reporter: the southern baptist convention calls the church a cult.ericans say they don't consider mormons christians. an article in the online magazine slate brands the religion's founder joseph smith a con man. what does joseph smith mean to a faithful mormon? >> everything. god, the eternal father, and his son, the lord jesus christ, appeared to him. >> reporter: mormons believe in the old and new testaments but also in the book of mormon. think of it as kind of a sequel to the bible. >> we believe that the garden of eden was on this continent. >> reporter: so that the garden of eden wasn't in the holy land? >> no, not in our doctrine. >> reporter: for mormons, eden was in missouri. and jesus christ visited the americas after the resurrection. >> we know he came and taught the people and restored the gospel to them. >> reporter: has jesus returned here to the united states, in your beliefs? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: you're considering communicating more about your religion to the american public in. >> i'm happy to talk about my faith to people in o

preacher. >> tell us about the baptist preacher.hoose that role? i know that's an important role in the black community. >> well, i'd done it before with ozzie davis' character, the good reverend doctor in "jungle fever," and the black bishop, preacher, deacon has a special place, and as you said before, the african-american community, even today. >> "red hook summer" opens in theaters here in washington august 24th. >>> let's get the word on the weather. the weekend weather at that. chuck, how about it? >> well, you at least have a movie and a book ready to go. if it were raining tomorrow, what movie would you want to go see? be asking yourself that question now so that tomorrow if the rain lingers a little bit, you'll already know what you're going to do. 90 degrees right now in manassas, 91 in washington, 73 in martinsburg and winchester where the rain has been coming down the last couple hours. hagerstown, western washington county, an inch of rain has come down on your friday afternoon. showers moving into the metropolitan area

john the baptist parish alone had to be evacuated. >> we grabbed our animals and put them upstairs. the water came in so fast. >> 700,000 people in louisiana and mississippi remain without power tonight. tropical storm isaac is expected to plow as far north as ohio before petering out over the weekend. >> two school children are in the hospital after a 100-year-old driver backed over them in their car. this happened at the el men -- as the elementary school let out. the driver was backing out of a grocery store, but did not stop. it was an accident he says pining several children under his car on the sidewalk. 234* all, 11 people were -- in all, 11 people were hit including nine people. everyone hillary cover. >> a long dispute between neighbors in alamo has lead to the death of a woman. they were called to stone gate's drive. a sheriff spokesman says the families involved have been in a long-running civil feud. during the fight one woman struck her head on the pavement. she died from her injuries. >>> palo alto police are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a woman in the shot