Show A8 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday September 18 2002 List of largest denominations By The Associated Iraq er Continued from A1 Press base a small number of Air Force B-- 2 stealth bombers on the island of Diego Garcia in the northern Indian Here is a list of the IS largest religious denominations in the United States according to the 2000 Religious Congregations & Membership study by the Glenmary Research Center 1 Roman Catholic 6203SO42 adherents 2 Southern Baptist Convention 19 881 467 3 United Methodist Church Ocean The normally are based on US territory and deploying them in the Indian Ocean site would cut flight time in half On the diplomatic front Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov challenged the US demand for a new resolution He said there should be “no artificial delays” blocking the return of the inspectors “We don't need any special resolution" Ivanov said He said the inspectors “should go to Iraq and get down to discharging thejr functions" of determining how many weapons Iraq possesses Russia's stand is crucial because of its role as a permanent member of the Security Council In Washington Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed Iraq’s offer as the “sort of thing we’ve heard 10350629 4 Jews (estimate) 6141325 5 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 51 13418 6 The Church of Jesus Saints Christ of Latter-da-y 4224026 7 Presbyterian Church (USA) 3141566 8 Assemblies Citing a lengthy list of Saddam's past promises Cheney told a that Republican Party fund-raisimmewas lack of credibility Iraq's diately evident in contention that it has no weapons of mass destruction Cheney said for instance that Saddam has “begun to reconstitute his nuclear programs We've seen a growing level of threat He's back at it again” The vice president said he spent the better part of his day on Capitol Hill pressing lawmakers to “authorize whatever force might be neces- B-2- ’s sary” “Time is not on our side” Cheney said “A nuclear-arme- d Saddam Hussein is not a pleasant prospect for anybody” Bush will have a chance to make his case directly to the Russians on Friday when he meets with Ivanov and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov ' The president invited the four top congressional leaders to the White House for a meeting on Wednesday as administration advisers worked on the terms of legislation that would give Bush the authority to' use “all appropriate means" to fence Iraq’s disarmament an administration official said veto-wieldi- ng of God 2561998 9 Lutheran Church-Mis-sou- ri Synod 2521062 10 Episcopal Churchy before" 2314756 wtaur VftMhtr Sped 1 1 American Baptist Churches in the USA - 1767462 12 United Church MM I" ipmi mill i a siiiiym of Christ rioCTe I I I ! I I Z ssSL" of Christ n” D-S- ry Saddam ran out of options Ex-inspect-or: ATLANTA (AP) — Former UN chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter said Tuesday he believes Saddam Hussein agreed to let weapons inspectors into Iraq because the only other option was the country's destruction “If Ire doesn’t let weapons inspectors back in he dies” Ritter said in an interview “There’s not going to be a second chance” Speaking later Tuesday at Georgia State University Ritter said he did not think inspectors would find weapons of mass destruction although they may encounter Iraqi obstruction If they do he said the international community should hold Saddam accountable Ritter has been critical of President Bush’s ’ policy of ousting Saddam The international Community should focus on disarmament not on a regime change he said “We have allowed ourselves as a people to be cowed into submission by our government” said Ritter a former Marine “No connection has been made between Iraq and that has been backed up by anything more than rhetoric:” “This is about politics and it will always be about politics until President Bush backs up his call for war with substantive facts” Ritter said — we Tkresday “It’s not that I’m anti-Buneed to debate this issue before we go to war” OGAN PAINTjv v AND REPAIR 881-371- $fiQ-95USU- 1698918 13 Churches ha MwWnac In the Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle said “I think there will be a vote well before the elec-tioThe comments represented a D who had shift for Daschle earlier declined to predict the timing of a vote Some Senate Democrats said they wanted to see how inspections played out before authorizing iniili-taaction “If they (inspections) fail then we can consider a lot of options” said Sen Richard Durbin D-I-ll A letter Monday night from Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri offering unfettered UN inspections changed the political dynamic here leaving delegates wondering whether the ‘ Bush administration would be able to achieve its goal of a strongly worded resolution Secretary of State Colin Powell argued forcefully for a new one saying it’s the only way to avoid repeating abuses of the past Powell said Iraq agreed to allow the inspectors’ return only because the “entire international community” united in opposition to Iraq after Bush's speech to the General Assembly last Thursday 6 Will beat or match any price! 1645584 14 Muslim (estimate) 1559294 15 Christian Churches arid Churches of Christ 1439253 DILLARD’S own EXCLUSIVE STONEBRIDGE" Church denim-tren- styles for Misses and d Women's World Continued from Al FRINGE t them comparable The US Census Bureau does not collect information on religion The numbers for each denomination may not be exact but are close enough to help uncover important trends said the Rev Dale Jones a Church of the Nazarene minister who oversaw the survey Jones said one of the most troubling trends was that in most areas religious groups failed to increase the percentage of members compared uqth the total population This was especially pronounced in the Wort where denominations claim the smallest per- SKIRTS FRONT-PLEATE-D SANDBLASTED DENIM G Shown are just A Sandblasted denim skirt with designer blazer ' Misses ML00 Women's World 1004)0 set B Sandblasted denim dress r button-fro- nt 8000' Misses ' a few from our collection: ah Aj r I C Skirt set featuring dirty wash jacket with fringe whiskers potassium sandblast and ng Women’s World 1004)0 Misses 9000 centage of members People there “consider themselves' religious but some will say you don’t need to belong to a church to be reli- - gious” Jones said The study found the Los Angeles metropolitan area was the most diverse urban center with 106 different dcnomina- - ' tions reporting members Illinois was the mosT diverse state with 120 different faiths The evangelical Southern Baptist Convention grew by only 49 percent during the last decade but remained the nation's largest Protestant group with nearly 20 million members according to Glenmary Other surveys put the Southern Baptist figure closer to 16 million ‘ Roman Catholics remained the largest denomination in the country growing 16 percent to 62 million believers The Mormon church grew about 19 percent to 42 million members while the Assemblies of God grew nearly as quickly to 26 million The Presbyterian Church (USA) was among moderate and liberal Protestant denominations posting a significant loss dropping by nearly 12 percent to 31 million Mainline Protestant churches have been losing members for decades J -- The study put the Jewish population at 6 million but Jones said the figure researchers gave Glenmary included Jews who were not members of congregations and 'therefore was difficult to compare to other participating denominations Predominantly black denominations such as the National Baptist Convention did not participate in the study since many lack the resources to count their membership Jones said On the Net: httpwwwglefv- - maryorggrcRCMS— hLlrowoiCwda cn ihitonm6mwrcnii 2000releasehtm I iwHiwTniO—iMtQMmacaM1 WiiinimiiMiiwiiwnTanwcu m—biwa ciub da sh |