Religious organizations have played an important part in the national movement to combat sex and violence in television programing. Attempts by religious organizations to exercise some control of the visual media began in 1907 with a concern for movies and has continued to the present. Although many churches and church organizations have expressed…

Despite its rapid rise as leader of the religious broadcasting industry, Jim Bakker's "PTL Club" (People That Love) has experienced numerous financial problems. In 1979, three former PTL vice-presidents charged that the club was diverting thousands of dollars in donations for missionary projects to the club's general fund to pay bills.…

The California Campus Ministry Staffs have joined other members of the Committee on Higher Education and Public Policy (COHEPP) in formulating testimony to be presented in January of 1973 to the California State Legislature by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education. This document presents testimony on four crucial…

Utilizing the findings of a far-reaching and detailed analysis of evangelical missionary education in the British West Indies (1800-1838), this article asserts planters and missionaries had antithetical assumptions about the provision of education for slaves, the missionaries not always operating in the interest of the dominant society. (JC)

"Twenty million Americans are involved in fringe religious cults such as spiritualism, Hare Krishna, Scientology, and Black Gospel groups," according to anthropologist Irving Zaretsky of the University of Chicago. He recently completed a 10-year period as a participant-observer of fringe religious groups in the San Francisco Bay area and the…

Describes the activities and achievements of Broome County Catholic Youth Organization 70001, a unique program for economically disadvantaged youth and high school dropouts, which offers preemployment training, educational upgrading, motivational activities, and job placement assistance. Explains the benefits for the young participants, community,…

Surveyed 519 Southern Baptists to test the prepotency of social linkages for predicting commitment in voluntary organizations. Results indicated that instrumentality theory (association with church gives prestige) was a weak predictor of organizational commitment. Cohesion theory (feeling wanted and needed by the church) produced more consistent…

The data included in this report reflects a review of 151 Federally administered programs at six Federal agencies (HHS, HUD, ED, DOL, DOJ, and USDA), and 17 program areas at USAID. It includes only those programs that utilize competitively awarded grants for which faith-based and community organizations (FBCOs) were eligible to apply and…

The National Association of Community Action Agencies (NACAA) surveyed its members nationwide to examine the extent of the Community Action Agency (CAA) network's linkages with faith-based organizations (FBOs). This paper examines the growing role of FBOs in community-based organizations; the Community Action Network and FBOs; the 2001 NACAA…

Special issue dedicated to reveiwing aspects of Catholic training in French schools. (DS)

The Church and Synagogue Library Association was formed in 1967 to encourage and aid the development of improved religious library service. Objectives, activities, and publications of the organization are discussed. (Author/JS)

The best way to resolve the problems of the parish school board member is through inservice development or education. (Author/MF)

Describes interdenominational, international organization of 1,500 members (individuals, churches and synagogues, institutions, affiliated groups) which encourages congregational librarianship and provides guidance in establishment of library service. History, membership, organizational structure, workshops, publications, standards, participation…

A well-rounded congregational approach to the elderly should be based on three premises: (1) older persons can give as well as receive ministry; (2) ministry should assist with aging gracefully and supporting the frail, sick, and dependent; and (3) intergenerational solidarity is to be highly valued. (SK)