Word: offshoots
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Though such eruptions sometimes split parishes, Holy Trinity remains united, and three offshoot churches are thriving. The reaction of other pastors is benignly wary. "We are watchful," says the Rev. Richard Bewes, vicar at All Souls, an evangelical Anglican church in central London. "One doesn't want something to be blown up that then proves to be a letdown." No sign of that yet: lines outside Holy Trinity now start forming an hour and a half before services...
...Soka, an offshoot of a Japanese university of the same name, currently enrolls about 200 students in mostly Japanese language instruction courses, but plans to expand its campus to enroll several thousand students in the future, according to university officials...
Kemp is no longer at the HUD helm, which means his empowerment policies might fade. But his presidential ambitions ensure that empowerment politics will remain visible. If Kemp is successful, his "Empowerment" umbrella--the group, its literature, its offshoot satellite series, its adjunct businesses and associated candidates--may achieve a shift in political thought, a reemphasis on the community as the center of political activity. Religious Right groups like Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition have been using the community-based tactic for years. The principle: field grass-roots candidates for local offices, thereby extending the political network before you enter...
...Offshoot Republican movements have cropped up in abundance since Bush left office. But one thing is clear about Kemp's particular effort at party leadership. Whatever its flaws, it appeals to a population that has never before been receptive to Republications--a population that is too often lost completely in the political shuffle...
...tried for a while to start his own church. He next applied for a job as minister at the local Adventist church. It was shortly after being turned down that he and his wife Judy met Marc Breault, then a recruiter for the Branch Davidians, an Adventist offshoot. Soon Schneider was gathering converts as far afield as Australia...