Word: pastoralized
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...Joseph Schneiders, pastor of the First Unitarian Church of South Bend, Ind., is not exactly the most popular figure in his politically conservative town. He has held antiwar meetings in the church, counseled youths on how to avoid the draft, been arrested with Negroes at a sit-in. Last July he invited Milwaukee's Father William Groppi and a contingent of his followers down to join a series of Black Power demonstrations in South Bend. Less than a month later, an arsonist hurled a Molotov cocktail at Schneiders' church, and half of it was destroyed by fire...
...none of the churches affected are letting actuarial worries curb their activism. Says the Rev. Albert Q. Perry, pastor of the Church of the Mediator: "We can always meet in a barn. But we can't meet anywhere if we haven't got the principles." As a stopgap solution, the Arlington Street congregation has instituted its own fire watch: volunteers from the parish take turns patrolling the church every night...
...couple of going-away parties." George Frein, a St. Louis priest who married an ex-nun in June, has been hired by Archbishop Leo F. Dworschak to teach religious studies in North Dakota. "There has been no hostility at all," says Frein. "The weekend we arrived the pastor stopped over in his golf clothes and welcomed...
...decided to move. Last month more than 100 members of a church in Avenal, 50 miles southwest of Fresno, emigrated to Kennett, Mo. A 50-member congregation in Porterville transferred to Independence, Mo. One hundred members of a church in Lompoc also trekked to Georgia. The Rev. Robert Theobold, pastor of the Friendly Bible Apostolic Church at Port Hueneme, plans to resettle his congregation of 90 men, women and children in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Theobold, who claims to have received mystical confirmation of Abernathy's vision, believes that the earthquakes "will leave Southern California like Sodom and Gomorrah before...
While there are personal hardships involved, members of the emigrating churches are convinced that they are obeying God's will in leaving their homes and jobs. They also believe that Southern California has only itself to blame for the imminent disaster. Pastor Theobold despairingly cites "the amount of wickedness here: Hollywood, big business, prosperity, homosexuality, topless places." If the horrible event happens, seismologists will not be surprised. They have repeatedly warned that, because of the stresses along the San Andreas fault extending through the state, California is overdue for a disastrous earthquake...