Why Conservative Churches Are Growing
A long study by Rev Dean M Kelley reports that liberal mainline Protestant denominations stagnate due to tolerance and permissiveness while conservative churches grow through strict doctrine and intolerance of deviation. The critique appears in Kelleys new book published by Harper & Row.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
Free to do his own thing in religious dialogue
On Friday May 26 1972 the talk centers on readiness to exchange views with other religious groups and an appreciative attitude toward them. Kelley contrasts fanaticism with diversity noting that zealots push their views while listening lags in growing denominations and finishes with reminders on individual beliefs.
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Kelley
Evangelical groups outpacing mainline churches in growth
The piece notes liberal ecumenical denominations struggle to survive while conservative evangelical groups including the Southern Baptist Convention Assemblies of God Churches of God and LDS are expanding faster than the U.S. population. It cites a minister Kelley critiquing mainline retreat from mission and readiness to rebuke or obey.
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United “Methodists
Episcopalians
United Presbyterians
American Baptists
Luthern Church
America
Kelley
Southern Baptist Convention
Assemblies of God
Churches of God
Ous Pentecostal
Ips
The
Mormons
Seventh Day Adventists
U.S
Campout, seminary graduation, and music festival events noted in Ukiah Santa Rosa area
The Santa Rosa Stake LDS campout at Ridgewood Ranch near Ukiah marks the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood with a Friday campfire and Saturday sports between fathers and sons. Also noted are seminary graduation exercises in Santa Rosa, youth vocal and instrumental awards, and a summer schedule update for Relief Society.
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Santa Rosa
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ridgewood Ranch
Ukiah
Fathers and Sons
Stake
Jones Sisters
Belliston Brothers
Ladies’s Relief Society Organization
Relief Society
16 Delegates Attend Northern California Disciples Meeting
The People’s Temple Church sent 16 delegates and alternates to the 118th annual Christian Church-Disciples of Christ meeting for Northern California Nevada held at Arden Christian Church in Sacramento. Highlights included talks by Dr. Davie Napier, Dr. Walter Bingham, and Dr. T. J. Liggett. Temple youth and Bible classes planned summer activities and a Bible history table game for children while the Youth Group prepared for the Festival and will perform with the Youth Choir at 3 p.m. Sunday.
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People’s Temple Christian Church of the Disciples of Christ
Christian Church-Disciples of Christ
California
Nevada
Arden Christian Church
Sacramento
Davie Napier
Pacific School of Religion
Walter Bingham
The
Christian Church
T. J. Liggett
Temple
LeTourneau
Temple College
the Temple
Local church schedules in Ukiah and Redwood Valley area
A roundup of Sunday and midweek worship times across multiple churches. W. Wood and E.W. J. Schmitt are listed as pastors with service times at various streets, plus congregations under United Pentecostal, Potter Valley Community Methodist, Grace Lutheran, Highland churches, Redwood Valley Community Church and Bible Baptist Church.
St Marys Catholic Church Services and Contacts
Local church notice lists St Marys Catholic Church at 508 W Perkins St with mass times 7 9 11 am and 12 45 pm Spanish plus daily mass at 8 am Confession times Saturday 4 30 5 30 and 1 40 pm 9 00 pm 4 760 So Oak details and pastor Daris Sisko 462 825 for contact Calvary Baptist Ukiah address 465 Lucé Ave with Rev David Donnell pastor and phone 462 5638.
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W. Perkins St
Ers
Persano
Lamoureux
Gowing
Mendocino Dr
Daris Sisko
Lucé Ave
David Donnell
Local Church Services and Contacts Briefly Listed
Several religious congregations publish their service times and contact numbers. The Rev Edwin Sohn leads Divine worship at 6:30 and 11:00 a.m. with Holy Communion monthly, while First Christian in the 140 North Spring Street area offers Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11:00. Additional listings include Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with 8:00 a.m. Holy Communion and 10:16 a.m. family service, Church of the Nazarene on Dora Street, and Evangelical Free Church at Jones and Oak Park with pastor James Ratziaff.
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W. Smith
Richard G. ‘Taylor
United Pentecostal
South
Oak St
the Forks
Gordon Engman
Edwin Sohn
North Spring Street
Bob Lewis
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