Lightclub movement arrives with Bethany Theater launch
The Christian lightclub scene expands to Tucson with the Bethany Christian Theater opening. Organizer Hayden Williams explains the movement aims to offer entertainment from a Christian perspective rather than letting secular culture dominate. Williams, a Tucson arrival in 1947 and former WWII veteran, cites spiritual renewal and practical roots in mid‑class families seeking alternatives to worldy entertainment.
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Inheritance at Theater Sparks Tucson Showing
Williams advocates mixing faith and entertainment as Inheritance, a Grace Chapel youth group, prepares a Sunday performance at the theater. Rex Kennemer backs the venture as a community good, while new crew training and rising reservations mark the run.
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Latin Southwest Congress Of Christian Renewal In El Paso
More than 3,000 Spanish speaking Catholics from Arizona New Mexico Texas and northern Mexico will attend the First Latin Southwest Congress of Christian Renewal at the El Paso Civic Center Friday through Sunday Sept 4. The event titled To Evangelize in the Spirit will be conducted in Spanish by Rev Alfonso Navarro with seminars for clergy and laymen. Registration details via local churches or First Renewal Congress at 782 Parche El Paso TX 79515.
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Southern Baptist
Mt. Lemmon
Trinity Presbyterian Church
Labor Day
Triangle Y Ranch Camp
Clergy Move Into Politics Grow On Capitol Hill
Clerics from civil rights and antiwar eras have deepened political roles with six in the House and one in the Senate. The article follows Bob Edgar, a Philadelphia minister turned congressman, and notes peers such as John Danforth and Walter Fauntroy, highlighting the rise of religion in public life and partisan politics.
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