Word: chicago
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision to resume sales of the book may have been influenced by similar demonstrations in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Knoepflmacher said...
From a distance, the church looks like a huge granite amphitheater, a scaled-down version of Chicago's McCormick Place. The first half-hour of the weekend service is devoted to such attractions as Christian rock music, drama and multimedia slide shows. Parishioners sit in posh theater seats rather than pews. When pastor Bill Hybels, 37, finally appears on the stage wearing a natty business suit and button-down collar, his message sounds more entrepreneurial than churchy. Preaching from a Plexiglas lectern, he talks about "taking risks" to be Christians and the "user value" of doctrinal studies...
...produce executive from Kalamazoo, Mich., Hybels met Bilezikian while studying theology at Trinity College, outside Chicago. One day Hybels, then an idealistic 23, stunned the older man by offering to build a new church that would use Bilezikian's ideas to attract members. Although neither had the money for such an undertaking, Hybels was undeterred...
...taking place. Jackson argues that "black tells you about skin color and what side of town you live on. African American evokes a discussion of the world." It was Ramona H. Edelin, president of the National Urban Coalition, who actually proposed the switch in December at a Chicago meeting of black leaders, including Jackson, that was held to plan a summit to set a black agenda for the next century. Edelin says she hoped that encouraging the use of African American "would establish a cultural context for the new agenda we plan to set" at the summit, scheduled for April...
...Jerry Hannifin, Steven Holmes, Richard Hornik, Jay Peterzell, Michael Riley, Elaine Shannon, Alessandra Stanley, Dick Thompson, Nancy Traver New York: Bonnie Angelo, Joelle Attinger, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Naushad S. Mehta, Marguerite Michaels, Priscilla Painton, Raji Samghabadi, Janice C. Simpson, Martha Smilgis Boston: Robert Ajemian, Sam Allis, Melissa Ludtke Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: B. Russell Leavitt Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: James Carney Los Angeles: Jordan Bonfante, Jonathan Beaty, Scott Brown, Elaine Dutka, Cristina Garcia, S.C. Gwynne, Jeanne McDowell, Sylvester Monroe, James Willwerth San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman