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...middle, once again, is Jimmy Carter, urging his Government to spread the gospel against cigarette smoking but at the same time telling the good folks who grow the leaf how nice it is that they have such a good crop. On the cigarette, for the moment, Carter stands for just about nothing...
...should give up the principle of centralism in the church, revise the system of nunciatures and renew the Curia not only externally and organizationally, but in the spirit of the Gospel, granting leadership positions to different nationalities and also to different mentalities, to the aged and to the young, to men and to women...
Mormon evangelism even extends beyond the grave. The church believes that people who have died can only have an opportunity to accept the "restored Gospel" if Mormons on earth are baptized on their behalf in the temple. To make this mammoth task possible the church is collecting literally billions of names in its huge genealogical files, and members are baptized repeatedly in the names of ancestors and even nonrelatives. In April Kimball's administration arranged a speedup of such temple "work...
...have functioned there without anyone eligible for priesthood. Despite June's revelation, Kimball says careful consideration will be necessary before he dispatches the first mission teams in history to the area. But ultimately, Kimball has a broad vision: "The Saviour said, go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, and that's what we have been working toward." The Mormons have a long way to go, but as a result of Spencer Kimball's innovations, new classes and cultures may yet penetrate Brigham Young's mountain-ringed fastness...
...There are hundreds of black Gospel singers in churches around here where one can go for beautiful Gospel style," he said. "In the Shawmut area there are juke boxes with Syrian music, and right here at Harvard there are some brilliant composers of avant garde...any differing styles of music will do," he added...