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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 2004
Page
1
A brief column notes no coupons in today’s edition due to the Easter holiday. The page also previews state, national, and local items on pages 5A through 9A including finance, health care, crime, and events around Marion West Frankfort Carbondale Herrin and Carterville with weather outlook for today and upcoming days.
Linda Rush reports that many churches in Southern Illinois pursue new strategies to keep members and attract outsiders. Some partner with other denominations, offer nontraditional services, or hold joint services for special occasions. New churches form to reach those turned off by traditional worship, a trend pastors say is growing.
Sociologist Darren E. Sherkat of University of Carbondale analyzes shifts in church influence as Methodists fall from about 30 percent of the U S population to around 8 percent. He cites factors behind thriving and declining denominations.
Sumeer Lal a brain surgeon from Carbondale leaves Neurological Associates of Southern Illinois to join a South Carolina neurology practice and a 420 bed hospital citing cheaper malpractice insurance there with unlimited future liability coverage. He plans to quit May 14 and start anew in a community where he says he can safely perform brain surgery again.
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