Mormons Build Noted Presence in Piedmont Tri-City
A historical report describes 1,200 Mormon members in the Tri-City area centered on Colfax with a church on Highway 241 between Kernersville and Greensboro. Missionaries from Utah Idaho and Arizona serve in the Central Atlantic Mission covering North Carolina Virginia and eastern West Virginia. The article notes no paid clergy and outlines church history practices and planned expansion in Greensboro High Point and Winston-Salem.
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latterday Saints
Piedmont
North Carolina
Davis W. Kelley
Provo
Utah
Tri- City
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Stanley F. Hayes
Central Atlantic
Virginia
W. Virginia
Colfax
Kernersville
Greensboro
Tri-City
High Point
Winston-Salem
Mormon Church
Youth Rally Gets Underway at Greensboro Coliseum
A nationally popular youth evangelist is set to preach at a Youth for Christ rally at the Greens boro Coliseum tonight. Kelly Bihl, successor to Billy Graham as vice president of Youth For Christ International, has led campaigns across the United States and abroad. Music by Mark Corts and the Teen Chorale accompanies the services. The event is sponsored with the Sumner Youth Crusade and Greensboro churches.
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Greensboro Coliseum
Kelly Bihl
Youth For Christ
Bihl
Billy Graham
Youth For Christ International
United States
India
Mexico
Canada
Bahamas
Mark Corts
Teen Chorale
Sumner Youth Crusade
Churches of Greensboro
Churches Cold Says Prominent Church Woman
Janet Harbison criticizes an iceberg atmosphere in many churches with stiff decorum. Prominent church leaders urge stronger emotion and beauty in worship to enliven faith and connect with 2,000 years of Christian heritage.
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George W. Cornell
Associated Press
Janet Harbison
Lions’ Club
God
Church Talks Highlight Local Services This Sunday
Rev Ben C Fisher will preach at First Baptist Church in Webster City guest minister role spanning worship services. He fronts public relations at Gardner Webb College and led Baptist education work in the South. Charles F Thomas will speak at High Point Friends Meeting after Guilford College ties. Mills Mt Pleasant forms a Methodist Men club. Midway Free Will hosts gospel singing and Charity Baptist observes homecoming with rev Shorty W Moser evangelist. Dr J Harry Whitmore, retired Thomasville minister, to speak See CHURCH on Page 7.
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First Baptist Church
Webster
Mr. Fisher
Wake Forest College
Andover Newton Theological Seminary
University of North Carolina
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Gardner-Webb College
Education Commission
Southern Baptist Convention
Church Re
Charles F. Thomas
Evanston, Ill
Friends Meeting
High Point Friends Meeting
Guilford College
Thomas
Northwestern University
Earlham College Graduate School of
Richmond
Ind
Charity Baptist Church
Fraley Road
S. Main Street
Shorty W.moser
Rural Hall
Funeral Autos Get Tickets
New York police defend issuing tickets to five funeral cars outside the American Orthodox Greek Catholic Church. Patrolman Kenneth Mickas ticketed four funeral autos and a private vehicle, a move police say was correct and legal despite protests from the funeral director and minister who challenged the $15 fines.
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New York
Michael J. Murphy
Murphy
Kenneth Mickas
Weekend Revival Begins at Full Gospel Tabernacle
A weekend revival runs at the Full Gospel Tabernacle on Fairfield Road through tomorrow night Evangelist Lucile Johnson of Lexington will preach Members of Gospel Tabernacle plan a homecoming Sunday to close the three day event Rev George Austin is pastor of the church
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Full Gospel Tabernacle
Fairfield Road
Lucile Johnson
Lexington
Gospel Tabernacle
George Austin
J Peacock to Speak at Oakview Methodist Church
J Peacock, insurance agent and authorized lay speaker at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, will deliver a Layman's Day talk at Oakview Methodist Church tomorrow. His topic is A Prayerful Heart and he resides on Trenton Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Peacock
Oakview Methodist Church
Peacock
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Trenton Street
Dialect divides a Georgia town over segregation
Kay Smith, an 18 year old white student in Albany, defends segregation while predicting eventual integration. She calls mass Negro demonstrations a publicity stunt, worries about white violence, and urges cleaning up Harlem where Black residents live. She holds there is no equality among races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don McKee
Albany, Ga
Kay Smith
Kay
Harlem
Albany girl jailed for protest vows more defiance
Gloria Ward, 16, a high school senior and jailed protester in Albany, Ga., says she would give up her life for freedom and her hoped for future. She describes crowded cells, roaches, and the pain of segregation while crying for a future without color prejudice.
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Albany, Ga
Gloria Ward
Albany
Gloria
William Ward Sr
Catholic Kibbutz Set In Colombia
An 18 year old American girl brought together friends to work this summer with Father Rafael Garcia Herreros in Bogota. The God’s Minute community of 230 families offers housing higher wages, basic education, and programs to raise living standards for poor families through Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Colombia
New York
United States
Israel
Cathy Drexler
Rafael Garcia Herreros
Cathy
U.S
Garcia Herrero
Munity
Ezekiel Urges Repentance Reference Echoed in Sermon
The excerpt cites Ezekiel 11 16 where God promises to be a sanctuary for a little while among nations. The passage reflects on the enduring message of repentance and contrasts it with broader biblical themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel
Jerusalem
Israel
Eaanaienhie
Repent and turn from all your transgressions
A fragmentary historic note discusses urging Jews in exile and at home to repent, urging personal accountability for deeds. The text references a proverbs theme and a religious distributes by a church group, noting a division in the U S A features syndicate context.
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U.S.A
Ung
Peraniel ' Features Syndicate
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Beachead
Central Atlantic States Mission
Joseph Smith
Joseph Soe
David O. McKay
Salt Lake Valley
Salt Lake City
Temple
Fe Lake
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Colfax School
Moody Bay
Simeon Atkins
Winston
Sam Hiatt Sr
Relief Society
John A. MacKay
Prince- Methodist
William C. Martin
Dallas
Evangeli Billy Graham
Mrs. Harbison
Second Presbyterian Church
Princeton
Hurch
Jaye Marks
First Baptist
Ben C. Fisher
Southern Rappublic Relations
Southeastern
Astoutist OS
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church of
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Free Will Baptist
J. Harry Whitmore
Tabernacle
J. Peacock
Oakview
Alfred J. Svescher
Meekiel
Babylonia
Jehoiachin
Aris
By Don McKee
Mother
She
Fmerywood
Westchester
Country Club Drive
Jesus
God OF
Judah
Churches of Christ
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