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Plans were drawn in 1982 for the badly needed hospital expansion. But county voters rejected it. Only after the tragedy, as Algonans refer to the murder- suicide rampage in which the seven Dreesman family members died, did construction finally begin. "They were the catalyst," explains Pastor Gerald Hartz of St. Cecelia's Catholic Church. "There was nobody to prosecute, nobody to put in jail. However, we had to do something for those beloved friends...
...their search for more enduring gratification in life, many people are seeking spirituality, if not a born-again commitment to organized religion. "Spirituality is in," says theologian Marty, "so much so that I get embarrassed by it." Says Milton Walsh, a Roman Catholic priest who is pastor of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco: "People want some kind of direction and purpose, the basic 'Who am I? Where am I going...
...began to get dark, protesters lit candles and gathered around Jeffrey L. Brown, pastor of the Union Baptist Church of Cambridge, as he led the group in song and prayer...
...lively exemplar of the independent Charismatic movement is the 10,000- member Crenshaw Christian Center of Los Angeles, a church with no shortage of men under 40. Pastor Frederick Price preaches a much disputed "word of faith" message, which holds that God will supply anything that believers want, including health and wealth, when they truly believe. The television preacher describes his method as simply giving people "biblical information that they can apply and put into their daily lives. This is what people need, and this is what they want. They...
...members in 1974; today it boasts more than 7,000. The average age of members is 35, and nearly half are men. Bethel is proudly Afrocentric -- a bright mural of African faces is painted over the altar -- and has traded its pipe organ for a jazz band. Pastor Frank Reid, 39, holds degrees from Yale and Harvard Divinity School...