Faith groups rally to Carter call for common good
President Carter has sparked a broad religious mobilization across Protestant Catholic and Jewish groups. Leaders pledge to intensify moral education and moral discipline while urging simpler living and shared sacrifice to restore national confidence and commitment to the common good.
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Conservative ecumenical movement grows across denominations
Conservative renewal groups from six denominations meet to pursue visible unity and doctrinal reform. Leaders credit organized groups like Good News for opposing liberal trends and ordination of homosexuals, aiming to foster cross-denominational collaboration and renewed evangelism. A September meeting is planned to advance the effort.
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Methodist Good News Organization
Richard Lovelace
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Lovelace
Charles W. Keyser
Good News Movement
Harry S. Hassall
Covenant Fellowship of Presbyterians
National
World Council of Churches
George Booker
Presbyterian Lay Committee
Wrestling rabbi seeks to publish vast tree of Jewish sages
Raphael Halperin once toured America as the Wrestling Rabbi and now trains 15 hours daily to catalog 2,091 Jewish sages from 940 to 1492. The 47-year-old 6 foot 2, 220 pound former rabbinical student and fifth-degree karate black belt plans English translations, exhibitions, and further volumes through 1980.
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Michael Precker
Tel Aviv
Israel
America
Raphael Halperin
Halperin
Pounds
United States
Eliahu Marcus
Jerusalem
Yeshiva
Canada
From Killer to Jesus Freak Mastriana’s Redemption
Louis Mastriana, a 57 year old ex convict in Paris Kentucky, recalls a violent past including two murders and a prison stay. He now follows Jesus and works with Don Lykins as a prison missionary, sharing his transformation with inmates and reflecting on his conversion after years of crime.
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UPI
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Louis Mastriana
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Mastriana
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Justice Department
Henry Jackson
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Man of Justice
Don Lykins
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Christ
New York
East 113Th Street
Grandfather
Schenectady
Albany
John Sirica
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Lexington
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