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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1968

Page

5

Moulton Heights Baptist Youth Rally Tonight

Dr Bill Rice of Murfreesboro Tenn will address the North Alabama Fellowship of Independent Baptists Youth Rally at Moulton Heights Baptist Church tonight. Special music by Grace Baptist Church youth directed by Olliver Thompson. Public invited.

Faye Blair Bill Rice Murphreesboro Tenn North Alabama Olliver Thompson Garland Jennings Moulton Heights Wayman Chapel A.M.E George S. Priest Jones Chapel Methodist Church King’s Memorial Methodist Garner’s Memorial Methodist Macedonia Presbyterian St. Stephens Primative Baptist Church Westside Baptist Junior Choir Mable Davis Ralph Neal Waymon Chapel

Dallas Richest Baptist Church and Its Leader

In Dallas the First Baptist Church of Dallas heads a $1.9 million annual budget, serves 15,000 members, and spans three city blocks with multiple buildings. Dr. W. Amos Criswell, 58, eyes a possible presidency of the Southern Baptist Convention as his vast operation emphasizes heart-led reforms and a growing move toward integration.

Dallas Tex Amos Criswell First Baptist, Church of Southern Baptist Church Houston Criswell Dr. Criswell

Church drives yield 19 conversions. July banquet set

The article notes 19 public conversions from church efforts and home conversions. Bob Jones University Summer Alumni Banquet is planned at the Decatur Inn on July 29 at 7 15 p.m. Plates cost 3 75. Athens Vacation Bible School starts Monday at First Baptist Church through Friday with 8 30 a.m. classes. Rev Tilford Jenkins leads with Kenneth Jacobs as music and education minister. An 85-member staff supports over 300 expected enrollees.

Vacation Bible School First Christian Church 4Th Ave East Moulton St Charles Rogers Brookhaven Baptist Church Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Nozo Athens Bob Jones University Decatur Inn First Baptist Church Tilford Jenkins Kenneth Jacobs

Nazarene Ministers From Alabama Attend General Assembly

Two area ministers will be among 10 delegates representing 111 Nazarene churches in Alabama at the 17th quadrennial General Assembly in Kansas City June 13 to 21. Rev. T. A. Shirley of Decatur and Rev. John W. Lancaster of Cullman will help elect successors to three of the churchs six top posts. Three general superintendents retire, totaling 62 years in office. Retiring are Dr. Hardy C. Powers of Dallas, Dr. G. B. Williamson of Kansas City and Dr. Hugh C. Benner of Kansas City.

Nazarene Alabama Church of the Nazarene Kansas City T. A. Shirley First Church of the Nazarene of Decatur John W. Lancaster Cullman Nazarene Church Hardy C. Powers Dallas Tex G. B. Williamson Hugh C. Benner

Hawaii Anthurium Exports Jump In 1967

Hawaii sent 282 500 dozen anthuriums to the mainland in 1967, up 11 percent from 1966’s 257 000 dozen. The 1965 figure was 160 500 dozen, per the U S Department of Agriculture.

Honolulu Hawaii U.S. Department of Agriculture

Tanner Church Nearing Completion In Tanner

The Tanner Church of Christ on Brown's Ferry Road nears occupancy as a $90,000 project funded by bond sales. The new building seats 500 in a carpeted auditorium with a minister’s study, classrooms, nursery, offices and three restrooms, connected to the old educational wing by a covered walkway.

Tanner Tanner Church of Christ Buford Dobbs Tanner Church Brown’s Ferry Rd Gaye Thrasher Leroy Robison H. L. King Harold McKee Frank Hayes

Author To Speak At Grant Street Church Of Christ

Dr. Russell C. Artist, author of Spontaneous Generation The Modern Superstition, will lecture six evenings at Grant Street Church of Christ June 10 14 at 730 pm on origins of man and life. Artist argues for design by God and notes some scientists accept creationist views while others seek natural explanations. He has taught at David Lipscomb College and published biology texts from a creationist perspective.

Russell C. Artist Department of Biology David Lipscomb College Nashville Artist

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