MILWAUKEE  (AP)  --  A  campus  religious  organization  whose
president  resigned  because  of  rumors  about   an   adulterous
relationship  decided  to  tell the public because it wants to be
honest about the matter, a spokesman says.

   James Kay  of  Franksville,  board  chairman  of  InterVarsity
Christian  Fellowship,  said the organization hopes the departure
of the Rev.  Gordon MacDonald  won't  be  equated  with  the  sex
scandal involved in the resignation of Jim Bakker, former head of
the PTL television ministry.

   MacDonald,  who  could  not  be  reached for comment, resigned
Friday.  He was quoted in a statement as asking the Madison-based
organization to forgive him.

   "We just feel it would be too bad if we were put in  the  same
situation  as PTL," Kay told a Milwaukee Sentinel interviewer. "I
think there is a substantial difference in the way Gordon handled
this."