Interracial Book Club Forges Cedar Rapids Bonds
The Religious Book Study Club at Jane Boyd Community House, Iowa, founded in 1946 by Viola Gibson, unites Black and white women across faiths for monthly meetings. Members share books, biographies, and global topics to foster understanding, though attendance has waned as membership ages.
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Jane Boyd Community House
United States
Avery
Viola Gibson
Iowa
Elizabeth Bender
Jane Boyd
Miss Bender
Study Club
Vivian Smith
Carlisle St
Vivian
Phoebe Smith
Carlisle St. NE
Fellowship of Learning
United Methodist Pastoral Assignments in Eastern Iowa
George Wane O Mount Pleasant appointed superintendent of Cedar Rapids district overseeing 74 churches and 23,000 members. Replaces Rev Rollin Oswald after six year term. Other announced assignments include Belle Plaine, Blairstown, Lisbon, Marengo, North Linn, Martinsburg, Washington, West Branch, Dysart, LaPorte City, Decorah, Fayette, Guttenberg, Lamont, Monona, and Sigourney regions with multiple clergy transitions across settlements and churches.
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Cedar Rapids
United Methodist Church
Rollin Oswald
White
Haseen
1St United Methodist Church
Coralville
New Market-Maple Grove-Siam
Iowa
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Discipleship Resources
Iowa Conference Board of Evangelism
New Life
General Board of Discipleship
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Blairstown
Norway
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Edward Beck
Clarence DeBoer
Wyoming
Alfred Stark
Clarence
Tom Biatek
Dolores Santos Sheets
Hansell West Fork
Coggan UM
Stephen Stodden
Marilyn Winch
Hedrick Martinsburg
Olin
Vernon Peverhill
Low Moor-McCausland
Doug Tharpe
Dumont
Washington
Mary Johnson
Mount Vernon
Debrah Kiesey
First
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Sutherland-Larrabee
Sam Hahn
Hampton Keswick-Thorn
Tama Montour
Rever Veterson
Wayne Wasta
Mazelton
Harlan Stenberg
DeLane Wright
Lamont-Aurora
Joanne
Cost of Parish Leaders Varies by Denomination
A Washington Post summary of a study by three researchers finds typical annual costs for ordained priests ranging from 26 376 to 45 005 dollars across four denominations. Trained lay ministers cost 16000 to 24000 dollars less, yet members prefer ordained leadership. Housing, health insurance, pensions, travel, and education allowances are included. pastoral support programs are excluded. The study uses data from eight congregations.
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Washington Post
United ‘Methodist
Dean Hoge
Catholic University
Jackson Carroll
Hartford
Conn
Francis Scheets
Denomination Survey Finds Preference For Ordained Leadership
A survey of lay members across four traditions shows a strong preference for ordained over professional lay leadership, with about 60 percent agreeing that morale would drop if full-time ordained pastors were unavailable. Lutherans showed more openness to lay leadership at 52 percent, while Catholics favor opening ordained ministry to married persons and women to address priest shortages. Catholics also rated clergy effectiveness lower in 12 leadership tasks, though Catholics were less hung up than Protestants on lay completion of many tasks.
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Trenton
Orlando
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Dallas
Cleveland
Colorado Springs
Bremerton
Wash
Multichurch services and Lutheran HQ move noted
A press of church and community notices lists events across Iowa: Tiffin Cedar Rapids Shueyville Solon and nearby towns hosting a joint service June 26 at Kent Park Deer Run Shelter with potluck and recreation. Cedar Rapids Women Alive marks Spring Advance with Glenda Henley speaking. Various Bible schools and musical programs across St Jude St Mark Mount Zion grace notices, plus Iowa City ELCA headquarters break ground set for 10 am today. 15th anniversary at Redemption Baptist Church. New pastor Bud Ammerman at Grace Baptist Marion follows decades of service.
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United Methodist Churches of
North Liberty
Oxford
Shueyville
Solon
Kent Park Deer Run
Glenda Henley
Cedar Rapids
Village Inn
F Ave
Iowa City
Southeastern Iowa Synod
The
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America
ELCA
Northgate
Highlander
Quad Cities
Des Moines
Ames
Paul Werger
Missionary Linkenback to Speak at Calvary Baptist Service
Pakistan missionary Rylus Linkenback, active in Pakistan for 25 years, will speak at the 6 p.m. service Sunday at Calvary Baptist Church on Johnson Avenue SW. A 1956 Roosevelt High School graduate and church member, she heads nursing at a women’s hospital, trains nurses, and conducts Bible courses for nurses and patients. She studied at Moody Bible Institute and Swedish Covenant School of Nursing, and earned a master’s from the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
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Pakistan
Calvary Baptist Church
Johnson Ave
Swinkenback
Roosevelt High School
Hospital For Women
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Swedish Covenant School of Nursing
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Denominations Lose Ground Since 1960s Says Poll
A Religious Research Center poll of 14 147 adults finds mainline denominations with lower preference shares than in the 1960s and mid-1970s. Methodists 9 percent down from 11 in 1976, Lutherans 6 percent down from 7, Presbyterians 3 percent down from 5, Episcopalians 2 percent down from 3.
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