Word: gospels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What do an $800 Gucci briefcase, cosmetic surgery and a water slide have to do with spreading the Gospel? Nothing, the Internal Revenue Service ruled in effect last week as it revoked the tax-exempt status of PTL, the television ministry that supported the high living of Jim and Tammy Bakker. The IRS declared that PTL's business activities, including an amusement park, shopping malls and hotels as well as excessive payments to the Bakkers, served no ministerial purpose...
...GOSPEL AT COLONUS. An unlikely mix of glorious gospel music and Sophoclean scenes yields a cheering new Broadway musical...
...singer. People like Fiona Anderson [88], who are making it big on their own now, were the dominant soloists in a capella groups a few years back." Anderson, who was formerly with the Opportunes and presently sings with a Jazz group called the Upside, plans to cut a solo gospel album after graduation...
...allow a preacher of the Gospel, when he is caught beyond the shadow of a doubt committing an immoral act . . . to remain in his position as pastor (or whatever), would be the most gross stupidity." Under the rules of the Assemblies of God, such a sinner must be suspended from preaching for one year and put on probation for a second year, or else there is a danger that the "whole church will be destroyed...
...Assemblies' headquarters in Springfield, nicknamed the Blue Vatican for its aqua color, churns out 23 tons of Gospel literature a day and administers a $142 million annual budget. Half the money supports a foreign effort that fields an impressive 1,530 missionaries. Swaggart's suspension is particularly significant to this endeavor. Not only did his ministry contribute $23 million to missions in the past two years, but most converts at Swaggart's worldwide revivals were referred to Assemblies congregations. The group now has 15.8 million members overseas, compared with just 4 million...