Word: churches
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reverend Billy Graham, 80 years old and suffering from Parkinson's disease, grasped the lectern before an electrified congregation in Memorial Church yesterday morning, delivering an evangelical oration tailored for the undergraduate population...
Graham, the seminal figure in American Christianity this century, was greeted by a standing room only crowd of more than 1,500--including students who had spent the night on the church's front steps to get a seat. He has visited Harvard twice before but never given a Sunday sermon here...
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Minister in the Memorial Church Peter J. Gomes beamed at the enthusiasm students showed for Graham, joking that 20 years ago, the sight of undergraduates sleeping on the front steps of Memorial Church would have sent him running for cover, fearing a student protest...
Paradise: Church, Baby...
...Sept. 15, a man walked into the Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, and opened fire on the group of teens gathered there to pray. He killed seven people before turning the gun on himself...