Word: pastoralized
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...25th anniversary, and the 700 men & women were on hand with a special birthday present. They were all Baptists-doctors, lawyers, coal miners and merchants who had come from as far away as North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. Through their churches and clubs they had heard that Pastor L. C. Kelly and his 163 students were in desperate need of new family cottages for the married men among them. The 700 volunteers had offered to build them for the school...
...final day of Park Street's annual Missionary Conference, and the congregation held nine hours of services to raise funds for the missionaries the church currently supports-a spectacular 106 of them. Pastor Harold John Ockenga (rhymes with talk and pray) was more dynamic and persuasive than ever. "We are aware that there are still unreached tribes and peoples numbering probably 600 million people in the world," he said. "We believe it is our responsibility to get the Gospel to those people...
...basement during the War of 1812. The fiery preaching that echoed there helped keep the nickname alive; William Lloyd Garrison gave his first public address against slavery at Park Street; Moody and Sankey led revivals there; Henry Ward Beecher preached there and his brother Edward was its pastor...
...Pastor George next turned his attention to the "respectable" poker tables at the Elks Club, where many of his own parishioners often sat down for a "friendly game." Said he: "Gambling is the same unlawful practice on the 300 and 400 block [where the Elks and Eagles clubs are located] as it is in the 500 block [where a raid had taken place]." Last week he took the police to raid the Elks, reaped a barrage of threats and anonymous phone calls (sample: "Is this the sewage company...
...next day San Bernardino's electors turned out to give Pastor George a rousing vote of confidence. Angered by the disclosures of the Kefauver committee and roused by George's own colorful blend of preaching and practice, they spring-cleaned the local administration in the city elections. Said Presbyterian George, as things began to simmer down again...