Jerry Falwell builds a million-dollar religious empire
Detroit news profile portrays Jerry Falwell as founder of a vast, disciplined ministry funding a nationwide media enterprise. It notes 16,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, a busier broadcast reach through 327 stations, and the sale of bonds to expand Liberty Baptist Schools. It covers his sober, orderly preaching, fundraising drives, and past SEC action on church bonds, resolved in four years.
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Thomas Road Baptist Church
Lynchburg
Rotary Club
Elvis Presley
Detroit
Liberty Baptist Schools
Church members more receptive to Jews than church leaders
Cincinnati based report from B'nai B'rith director Theodore Freedman finds Christian laity more open to Jewish concerns than church hierarchies. He notes pew-sitters show goodwill and efforts to expunge guilt over the crucifixion, while leaders focus on realpolitik and Arab links, with Catholics advancing relations more than Protestants.
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Cincinnati
UPI
B’nai B'rith
United States
Theodore Freedman
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B'rith
Middle East
Freedman
Pew
Israel
Third World
Couple honored for life of Christian service by Presbyterians
Dallas AP report notes psychiatrist Karl A Menninger and his wife Jeannetta have been named recipients of the John Park Lee award from the United Presbyterians Health Education and Welfare Association. Menninger leads the Menninger Foundation in Topeka Kansas and is a United Presbyterian.
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Dallas
Karl A. Menninger
Jeanetta
John Park Lee
United Presbyterians
Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kan
Health, Education and Welfare Association
Rev Hinton Named Pastor at Wesleyan Church
The Rev N Keith Hinton has been named pastor of The Wesleyan Church coming from a Marion Indiana area church where he pastored the last 18 months. He is originally from Anderson Indiana and attended Frankfort Wesleyan Bible College and Marion College. His prior pastorates include Noblesville Mitchell and Sims Indiana and he has done short term missions on the Texas Mexico border and in Colombia. He has served on district committees and was president of Wesleyan Youth in the Indiana Central District. He and his wife JoAnn have two sons.
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Falwell
Quaker State
Lynchburg
Elim Home
N. Keith Hinton
Wesleyan Church
Marion
Ind
Anderson, Ind
Mr. Hinton
Frankfort Wesleyan Bible College
Marion College
Noblesville
Mitchell, Ind
Sims, Ind
Texas-Mexico
Colombia
South America
Indiana
Wesleyan Youth
Indiana Central
The
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James Jones
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Rev Juan Carlos Ortiz to speak at Crystal Springs
Crystal Springs in North Ridgeville hosts Rev Juan Carlos Ortiz of Buenos Aires today and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. He authored Call to Discipleship and The Cry of the Human Heart and has spoken at Lausanne World Conference and World Vision events. Public invited. Also Gethsemane Church hosts Glorious Gospel Heirs program Saturday at 7 p.m. with LaGrange. public invited.
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North Ridgeville
Juan Carlos Ortiz
Buenos Aires
South America
Ortiz
Lausanne
Switzerland
World Vision
Africa
Japan
Europe
United States
Gethsemane
LaGrange
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