Graham Named Most Influential Religious Leader
The Christian Century ranks Billy Graham as the top influence in religion, with Martin Marty second and Jerry Falwell third and Pope John Paul II fourth. The list includes 12 figures from Catholic and Protestant traditions, highlighting ecumenism, nuclear disarmament advocacy, and media influence.
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New York
Billy Graham
Graham
Martin E. Marty
Moral Majority
Jerry Falwell
Pope John Paul II
Christian Century
Ecumenical Weekly
Brethren In Christ
William Sloane Coffin
Riv
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Two Start Volunteer Terms In Aiken As Missionaries
Elder Walter Credille from Salem Oregon and Elder Kirk Walton from Salt Lake City are assigned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to serve as missionaries in the Aiken area for 18 to 24 months. They serve at their own expense or with family support.
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Walter Credille
Kirk L. Walton
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Aiken
Credille
Salem
Ore
Walton
Salt Lake City
Utah
Trio To Sing at Calvary Baptist in Graniteville
The Wilson Family Trio of Langley will sing Sunday night at 7 30 at Calvary Baptist Church in Graniteville. Public invited. The Warrenville Church of God Ladies Auxiliary sponsors a benefit spaghetti dinner Feb 5 from 11 am to 8 pm to aid Bennie and Marvelle Abney after their home burned January 17. Calvary Baptist Church of Salley hosts gospel singing Feb 6 at 7 30 with Glad Tidings from the Valley and Pine View Quartet of Gilbert.
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Wilson
Langley
Calvary Baptist Church
Graniteville
Warrenville
S.C. 302
Salley
Pine View
Gilbert
World Leprosy Day Observances Noted Worldwide
Churches and voluntary groups mark World Leprosy Day on Sunday January 31 as a survey shows fewer than 4 million of the 15 million sufferers receive treatment. The International Federation of Anti Leprosy Associations notes 800 programs in 90 countries.
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Bloomfield
N.J
International Federation of Anti
Jewish Leaders Welcome Court Rebuke of Orthodox Marry Rule
Reform and Conservative Jewish leaders praised Israel's Supreme Court for ordering the Orthodox rabbinate to justify denying non Orthdox rabbis registration of marriages. Rabbi Alexander M Schindler called it a major step toward equal religious rights for Reform rabbis. Conservative heads Gerson D Cohen and Rabbi Wolfe Kelman also backed the ruling as religious pluralism in action.
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New York
Israel
Supreme Court
Alexander M. Schindler
Reform Judaism
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Gerson D. Cohen
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Rabbi Wolfe Kelman
Rabbinical Assembly
Bishop Warns on Loss of Learning in U S Schools
United Methodist bishop Earl G. Hunt warns that America and Western civilization drift toward anti intellectualism. He says public schools have dropped in substance and discipline, leading to generations of students unable to read or write with acceptable accuracy.
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Nashville
United Methodist
United States
Earl G. Hunt
Florida
Board of Higher Education
Ching
Local Churches and Schedules Listed Across Aiken Area
A compiled directory lists multiple churches with service times, locations, and contact numbers including ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN on Fairfield Street and Richland Avenue, FIRST BAPTIST of AIKEN, MILLBROOK BAPTIST on Pine Log Road, and others such as BURNETTOWN, GRANITEVILLE, VAUCLUSE FIRST BAPTIST, GRACE BRETHREN, HAMPTON AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST, and ST MARY HELP OF CHRISTIANS CATHOLIC CHURCH. It notes Sunday School times, worship hours, midweek services, radio broadcasts, and nursery provisions where provided.
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First Baptist Church
Henry L. Chennault
Chesterfield St. N
Graniteville Highway
First Baptist Church OF
Burnettown Corner
Posey & Walker St
Tommy Thurston
Wed
Canal & Montgomery St
L. Roy Frierson
Montgomery St
First Baptist OF
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Erside Church
Oral Roberts
Robert Shuller
Possibility
California
Crystal Cathedral
Catholic
The
University of Chicago
U.S
Coffin
Yale University
Manhattan
Roberts
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa
Shuller
Orange Grove
Calif
Roach
U. S
Hesburgh
Notre Dame
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Sider
Kung
West Germany
Tubingen University
Vatican
Midvalley Baptist Church
Ken Clubb
West Columbia
Nancy Blackwell
Calvary Road Singers
Midvalley Church
U.S. 1
Tribulation Films
North Aiken
Jeanie Roberson
S.C. 19 North
Reagan
Haiti
America
Christ Jesus
Christian Science Neighbors
Holy Bible
Matthew
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Whiskey Road
Christian Science Reading Room
Hayne Ave
Directory of Churches
Father God
John E. Helmke
Aiken First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Anglican
ALL Saints Anglican Church
Cor. Fairfield St
Richland Ave
Henry Summerail
Dennis Washburn
Millbrook Baptist Church
Pine Log Rd
W. James Rivers
South Aiken Baptist Church
Chip Angell
Silverbluff & Dougherty
Breezy Hill Baptist Church
Rev
Franklin Hammond
Roger Hammond
Matt Kimak
Burnettown
Air Conditior Posey St
Pastor’s Res
and Christ Choirs Red
Vaucluse
Church of Christ
Aiken Hampton Avenue
James Jones Jr
Hampton
WTHB
ST. Gerard’s Catholic Church
Sundy & Edrie St
Camellia
Edward J. Dillon
ST. Mary Help OF Christians Catholic Church
Corner Park Avenue
York Street
219
York SE
Our Lady OF the Valley Catholic Church
Gloverville
S.C
Rev. Bonaventure Brown
O.F.M.S.T.D
Daughters of Charity
Pentecostal/Charismatic
South Aiken
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Whiskey Rd
Bernard Knight
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