Down home black church scene inspires uplift
This piece describes a Grambling State University student intern reporter visiting a down home black Baptist church service. The audience fills the brimmed auditorium as deacons pray and the choir and congregation sing in six part harmony. The pastor known as Red delivers a musical sermon with call and response, linking past oppression to present reverence and emotional release.
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Miss Mason
The
I,pt
Grambling State University
Louisiana
Antioch Missionary Baptists Looking to Enlarge Sanctuary
Antioch Missionary Baptist Church at 1535 Gun dry Ave seeks to expand its sanctuary to accommodate 700 members, reflecting strong growth with a 100 voice youth choir and about 10 percent White members. Pastor Joe Chaney Jr. founded the church in 1961 after leaving New Hope Baptist Church, and the congregation plans a future new church as it continues foreign and home missions.
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Antioch Missionary Baptist Church
Gundry Ave
Judi Mason
Antioch
Joe Chaney Jr
Chaney
New Hope Baptist Church
Exorcists disturb Catholics
Charges of unauthorized exorcisms and spiritual coercion target True House a defunct Roman Catholic Pentecostal community based near Notre Dame. The dossier by William Storey accuses leaders in their twenties of pressuring students to lower grades and performing late night exorcisms while instructing members not to discuss sessions with priests.
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South Bend
Ind
America
True House
Notre Dame University
Notre Dame
William Storey
Storey
Leo Pursley
Fort Wayne
Joseph Bernardin
Cincinnati
U.S
Jean Jadot
Vatican
Giovanni Benelli
Sweden Church Attendance Compared To United States
Dr Frank Kepner notes Sweden’s official state church while few Swedes attend regularly. He contrasts 40 percent U S church attendance with under four percent in Sweden and questions true religiosity beyond ceremonial rites. Kepner urges personal conversion and discipline within American churches. First Baptist is active in mission and outreach.
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Sweden
Frank M. Kepner
First Baptist Church
United States
Church of England
House of Lords
Baptist Chapel
Kepner
America
First Baptist
Vietnamese Refugees Return Home Amid Press Criticism
Pastor Nguyen Nam Hai, spokesman for 150 Vietnamese refugees aided by World Emergency Relief in Glendale, criticized media coverage as too public about the refugees who are returning home. He said only two percent are leaving, citing language barriers and unemployment as reasons, adding now we know what freedom is.
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Nguyen Nam Hai
Glendale
Goings On Church Events and Performances Listed
The column notes multiple Sunday church guest speakers including Rev Roald Kindem at California Lutheran College and Dr Ben Cowles at Westminster Community Presbyterian Church. It lists a gospel group concert at New Jerusalem Baptist Church and a Kenyon speakers at Harbor Church, plus musical and theater offerings at Concordia Lutheran Inglewood and Immanuel Lutheran Carson Street.
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Roald A. Kindem
California Lutheran College
Thousand Oaks
Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
E. Carson St
Ben Cowles
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Westminster Community Presbyterian Church
Pacific Ave
Deliverance Gospel Group
New Jerusalem Baptist Church
W. Burnett St
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Clark Ave
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Japan
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Magnolia Ave
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Freeman Ave
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Carson
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Marker St
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East Side
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Pine Ave
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