Word: ratliff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...glory of God, the majesty of its vaults and the delicacy of its windows reflecting his exalted nature. Now, however, it must do many other things as well. "People are in the seeking mode. They are looking for places to get their needs met," says Pastor Joe S. Ratliff, whose mainly black Brentwood Baptist Church in Houston has swelled from 500 to 10,000 members over 13 years. "Why can't a church be seeker friendly?" Brentwood provides traditional Sunday school and prayer cells, but also a singles ministry (more than half the adult members are unmarried or divorced), prison...
...many families, the increased minimum wage will scarcely be felt at all. But for others, it will at last allow some tiny luxuries. "It will mean a little more," says Ophelia Ratliff, a divorced mother of seven in Chicago. "It will mean I can buy more food." She works for $3.87 an hour doing housekeeping for the homebound and earns a bit extra as a housecleaner. "I'd be getting a little more from my work," she adds, "and I might take on more hours...