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...Protestant denominations in every big city have faced the problem of what to do with old churches in blighted neighborhoods and how to get new churches built in growing suburbs. Heretofore, congregations have had to meet the problem separately. Many a church has closed its doors or followed its flock elsewhere, but Mr. Middleton knows no previous instance of regional planning such as Philadelphia's Methodists now contemplate. Recommendations for merging or transferring a dozen churches are being studied, but the final decision in each case will still rest with the individual parishes...
...town parson. When his young people were home at Christmas, he asked if they would like such a pastoral visit. They all thought it would be fine. So last week blond, energetic, 38-year-old Rector Price set out in his shiny new Dodge to visit his scattered academic flock...
Unfortunately for the prophet, in 1844 he had to revise the calculation and his fickle flock deserted him. A group of prominent Bostonians bought the building and converted it into an opera house after changing the name to the "Howard Athenaeum." There, in 1846, genuine Italian opera had its New England premiere with a performance of Verdi's "Ernani," and Sheridan's "Rivals" played to toney audiences from Beacon Hill until a fire gutted the wooden auditorium...
Spiked last week were two alibis for not going to church. At Goldsboro, N. C., where his flock pleaded shabby clothes, a Negro preacher set one Sunday a month when he and the menfolk will come in overalls, the women in calico. At Sturgis, Mich., where laggards pleaded lack of transportation, the Church of the Nazarene bought...
...balance sheet listed assets of $1,914,000. Word got around that he was a financial wizard. His friends in the Juristic Society gave him their money to invest and sent others to him. His church affiliations were helpful too; several ministers advised members of their flock to put their worldly goods in his care. All in all, he acquired over 160 clients, among them such distinguished old Philadelphia names as Biddle. Chew, Bullitt, Gest, Truitt, Pilling. During the parlous days of New Deals I and II they were gratified at their lucrative returns from "Honest Bob" Boltz...