Aramaic Language Fights for Survival in Mountain Village
In Maalula Syria the Aramaic tongue spoken by Jesus faces extinction from modern life led by buses that connect the remote village to the Arabic speaking heartland. Rev Michel Zaroura works to preserve the language as schooling shifts to Arabic and youth depart for better jobs, leaving 1600 residents amid a tourism decline.
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Washington Post
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Syria
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Sarkis
Mar Sarkis
Christ
Michel Zaroura
Middle East
Zaroura
Bakha
Jubadin
India
London
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Lebanon
Jews for Jesus to present at Cedar Rapids churches this week
Agency representatives will speak at Trinity Lutheran Church on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and First Covenant Church on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The programs include "Christ in the Passover" and "Jewish gospel" drama with music and testimony. A couples marriage encounter runs Jan 28–30 at Mercy Spiritual Center and Sister Rita Waters leads a five week Acts study starting Jan 18 with baby-sitting.
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Jews For Jesus
San Francisco
Cedar Rapids
First Covenant Church
46Th St. NE
Jesus
Lee
Stephana Fraum
Peter
Cheryl Rice
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Ken
Margie Bodensteiner
Rita Waters
Rita
Computer program lets study Bible with instant access
Austin Texas based Bible Research Systems created The Word Processor a Bible study software that indexes cross references and stores study notes. The program runs on Apple II Apple III IBM PC and TRS80 and aims for wider computer support next spring with plans for a parental morals module.
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Austin, Texas
UPI
Texas
Bert Brown
Kent Ochel
Intel Computer Company
Bible Research Systems
Brown
Hillside
Austin
Ochel
Intel
NASA
California
Florida
Religious groups urge reversal of Moon tax conviction
Six religious bodies join a friend of the court brief urging reversal of Rev. Sun Myung Moon's tax fraud conviction. They argue the case threatens religious liberty by allowing judges to override a religion's decisions on resources and allocations. Moon heads the Unification Church and was convicted for tax-related deposits and interest.
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New York
Sun Myung Moon
Moon
United Presbyterian Church
The
American Baptist Churches
African Methodist Episcopal Church
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus
National Council of Churches
U.S. church membership grows slower than population
A report for several religious groups finds U S church membership failing to keep pace with population growth, reversing two decades of pattern. Just under half of U S adults now belong to a church or synagogue, according to the study.
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