Forward by Lester Fowler on Faith and World Christianity
An edited column argues for renewed Christian engagement, noting global declines in church attendance, atheism in Europe, rapid growth of non Christian religions in Africa and Asia, and calls believers to awaken. It cites Pope Paul VI, Islam’s missionary surge, and Japan's rising new religions amid postwar secular trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gins
God
Jesus Christ
Earth
Christ
Europe
Paul VI
Africa
Egypt
Sahara
David Livingstone
Japan
Russia
China
India
America
Community notices from Patoka area events and births
Twenty years ago and ten years ago remarriages in Patoka and St. Louis are noted along with PTA activities, church events, a birthday party, a play by the Willing Workers Class, a shelter project at Conservation Club lake, quail release plans, a stenographic diploma, a Patoka death, school trips, multiple births, vacations, a broken arm, Sunday School attendance, and a national statistic on illness days due to acute respiratory diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patoka Methodist Church
Vernon High School
Patoka News Briefs Reflect Local Attendance and Visits
Mr and Mrs Everett Jackson of Bethany spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Bruce Pugh. Douglas Ballance and G D Pugh attended the Livestock Auction Tuesday at Shelbyville. During the year each school child stayed home an average of a little more than two days because of acute respiratory diseases alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Jackson
Bethany
Mrs
Bruce Pugh
Douglas Ballance
G. D. Pugh
Shelbyville
Community Warned of Grim Blindness to Worldly Trends
Observers note widespread realization of peril from secular influences. Clergy and laity, parents and youth, both men and women, confront a growing blindness to modern trends deemed worldly and threatening to faith.
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Patoka
Illinois
Lester Fowler
Marion, Fayette
Clinton
USA
Mary Ballance
Pearl Britt
Letta Hopkins
Rosemary Britt
Connie Brooks
Wanda Gerrish
Possum
Seewee Alpha Gray
Fredonia Wen
Amelia Meredith
Renee N
Zion
Erma Sanders Island Chapel
Jo Sharp
Dale Bennett
Patoka Elobaker
Fort Illinois
M. F
J. D
J. D. Corn Planter
Hitch
Alfred Jett
Elston Protz
Irene Belcher
Tamalco
Harold Blunt
Pleasant Mound
Church of the Brethern Parsonage
Bobbie Ann Smith
Dayne E. Adams
Third Baptist Church
St. Louis
East Chapel Pta
John Houston
Ed Defend
Harold Blankenship
Joyce Ann
Rodger Gergens
Johnnie Tate
Karen and
Melba Briscoe
Charles Dean Thalman
Roger Tune
Marilyn Rogier
Donna Bassett
Conservation Club
Wanda Lou Murray
Sanford-Brown College
Lucy Kissner
Eagle Hurst Ranch
Marvin Bassett
Bill Gerrish
Don Griffin
John A. Jennings
Ray Garrett
Freddie
Florida
Harold Landreth
Marilyn Headley
Patoka News
and Music Center
Fender Magnatone
Hagstrom Kay
S. Edway
Salem, Hl
Mack’s Auto Parts
U.S
East
Odin
Ill
Illini State
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