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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1999
Page
20
In 1998 the Southern Baptist Convention saw a 1 percent drop to 15.7 million members marking the first decline in 72 years. Baptisms fell about 4,800 while Sunday morning attendance and Sunday school rose, with offerings above 6.9 billion dollars.
Millions flock to Padre Pio's mountaintop sanctuary in San Giovanni Rotondo Italy vowing prayer and miracles. Mayor Fini predicts 10 million pilgrims in 2000 with annual totals rising to 1 to 6 million thereafter. The monk's stigmata and fame propel a tourism boom and a Vatican beatification push.
Temple president Gordon B. Hinckley recounts his father’s failed 60 year old bid to rebuild the Nauvoo Temple near the Mississippi. He notes the Depression era funding limits and the church’s drive to expand temples to serve members across many locations.
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