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...sweltering Dominicans chose instead to crowd into Santo Domingo's new Sports Palace for a different event: the windup of the "Festival of the Family," a series of revival meetings. As the high-spirited, hand-clapping throng fell silent, a handsome, wavy-haired spellbinder named Luis Palau took the microphones and thundered about an impending "climax of history." After more than an hour onstage, Palau appealed for commitments to Jesus Christ?and converts streamed onto the playing floor...
...told, 105,000 Dominicans attended the twelve "Festival" rallies and 4,000 of them made the commitments to Christ. The first Latin-born Protestant revivalist ever to win wide renown in the region, Palau has preached to the masses in stadiums and bullrings in 17 nations. The middle and upper classes see him on TV answering phoned-in questions. Palau's two daily radio programs are broadcast widely across the continent. The message and the methods are modeled after those of Billy Graham, down to precrusade organization (by a staff of 17) and convert counseling...
Such a career would have been impossible for a Latin Protestant until recently, given the Roman Catholic church's Latin American territorial imperative. But Palau, 42, began his preach ing travels as the Second Vatican Council was deciding that Protestants were not heretics but just "separated brethren." Now even Latin bishops urge their faithful to attend his rallies...
...Kiley belied a solo home run and in the eighth, UMass threatened as the Redmen loaded the bases on two singles and a walk before anyone was out. With speedster Charlie Manley on third, Kelly struck out the Redmen's top hitter, Dan Esposito, Then after one strike, Mark Palau bunted foul twice with Manley stealing home. Kelly finished the rally by whiffing Ed McMahon...
Sophomore Dan Esposito clouted six home runs and drove in 30 runs to go along with his .347 batting average. Third baseman Mark Palau had a .348 mark and freshman Ed McMahon...