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Party doudy kli' Overnight low, 72 IK. Weather report, E8 the -Mifflm (Mmrnwrn News index, A2 TUESDAY, JULY 7,1992 -cm" Nets 3, Braves I El The South remains a region of churchgoers; most are Southern Baptists, but Catholicism is growing ReMon by the nimibers WW I'll By Gayle White STAFF WRITER U.S. history is reflected In a map of religious bodies having 25 percent or more of an area's population in 1 990. Baptist Ltter Wormon) Lutheran 3 Other UPPER MIDWEST: The Evangelical NEW ENGLAND; Roman Lutheran Church in America is based on Catholicism overtook the Protestantism of the Reformation faith that German and the early settlers with waves of Irish, Italian Scandinavian pioneers brought to this and Eastern European Immigration in the region In the 1 9th and early 20th centuries. 1 9th and early 20th centuries.

If, i I JX Ah r.f I 1 1 I II Party's oven Officials are cracking down oh the oldest component of University of Florida student life: the fra- tmgb gd Summit leaders ponder protection for convoys By Julia Malone and Matthew Vita STAFF CORRESPONDENTS unlch, Germany President Bush and the LVJ leaders of the six other richest democracies I I edged Monday toward supporting military force to protect ground convoys trucking food and medical supplies into the besieged city of Sarajevo id Bosnia-Herzegovina. The seven leaders also were putting out the welcome mat for Russian President Boris Yeltsin's arrival today. Discussion of a U.S.-Germah plan for a $24 billion aid package for Russia was high on their agenda. Yeltsin Invites himself to summit dinner All Bush gets political mileage out of BMW plant All Germany tries to lure investors to come east B3 As the three-day Munich summit neared its midpoint, Mr. Yeltsin, who wants to become a member of the rich nations' club, was set to grab center stage.

The ebullient Russian president, in-vited to arrive Wednesday, decided to show up early. Despite the surprise, his German hosts said there would be plenty of room for him at a formal state dinner to be held tonight in the Hall of Antiquities, an enormous Renaissance-style ballroom in the Bavarian palace that is the site for the meetings. Mr. Yeltsin is already finding a much warmer response from the Group of Seven than did his predecessor, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The G-7 leaders are well aware that, just weeks after their summit last year London turned down immediate aid to Mr.

Gorbachev, he was nearly toppled by a coup. In a sudden change of plans, the summit leaders invited Mr. Yeltsin to dine with them tonight Originally he was invited to meet them for lunch Wednesday after the formal summit is over. Mr. Yeltsin, who has earned respect by beginning to enact reforms that Mr.

Gorbachev only promised, now faces intense pressure from Russians seeking relief from economic hardship. Shortly before Mr. Yeltsin's arrival, the International Monetary Fund agreed to pump $1 billion into the troubled Russian economy. IMF director Michel Camdessus flew from Moscow to Munich to brief the G-7 summit about the Russian aid effort, thus preparing the way fdr Mr. Yeltsin's arrival Mr.

Camdessus said he was encouraged by bis talks in Moscow. He said another $1 billion in standby credits could be made available as early as October if the Yeltsin government continues implementing economic reforms. Mr. Bush, after weeks of playing down the need for force in the Yugoslav crisis, sharply toughened his position as planes carrying U.N. relief cargoes dodged ground fire from the Serb forces that have been shelling the Bosnian capital since April.

Please see SUMMIT, All WEST: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) were driven west by persecution in the early 19th century and have flourished since spreading from Utah into adjoining states. ternhy system. A3 Treasonous talk: Bosnia's ieadership calls the declaration of an independent atia an act of sedition. AI2 THE SOUTH: The Southern Baptist Convention, rooted in 1 9th century revivals, remained a distinctly "Southern" denomination until World VVar II and has grown since then through TV and fastgrowingmegachurches. i The people who poured into metro Atlanta during the '80s were as zealous about joining churches as those who were already here.

While the population in 10. metro counties grew 32.5 percent, the number of adherents reported by churches grew 34.7 percent, according to a 456-page report on Jewish and Christian groups in every county in the United States. The report, released today, looks at 1990 data from 133 Christian and Jewish bodies. Among the report's findings for metro Atlanta: While the mainline Protes tant denominations that once dominated American culture declined since 1980 by 6.1 percent nationally, they grew in metro Atlanta by 20.6 percent Southern Baptists, while adding thousands of new members and remaining by far the largest group, are actually slipping as a percentage of population in some metro counties. For example, Gwinnett's Southern.

Baptists more than doubled from 26,542 to 55,300 but decreased in proportion to the population from 15.9 to 15.7 percent Roman Catholics, once scarce in the South, are growing both in number and percentage. In Cobb, Gwinnett and DeKalb, Catholics represent more than six percent and are the third largest religious group, close behind Methodists, who rank second. Southern Baptists rank first. "Churches and Church Mem-berhip in the United States 1990" is only the fourth such report since the U.S. Census stopped asking questions about religion after World War and the religious persecution by Nazi Germany.

Instead of surveying the researchers obtain membership figures from denominations. The numbers apply to the counties where individuals worship, not where they live. This helps explain why in 64 of the nation's counties including Georgia's Baker, Clay and Dooly counties more religious adherents were reported than there are people. The. study, produced by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies and published by the Atlanta-based Glenmary Institute, used 1990 census records and information supplied by denominations rep- Please see RELIGION, A4s 0 iv-wiTTI 'lVen the money: Forbes ranks Japanese billionaires Taiklchiro Mori and Yoshiakl 4a fnn tf It lie Percefttl8ieftiIatidT fnationin cathohc aurch ij iuuui I ura wi iw un i-s f'- 1.4 1.0 Sutherrt Baptist 'l 74 Vf 1 United MhdistChurchjaisJ (estimate) 1 Jewish (cstirrratfi) J4t' iEvart.

Whefsi Church In America 1 2.1 PresbyteiianChurch ifUSAfl Mainline Protestants Membership over the decade. uzr Metro Atlanta Georgia United States Epcopl, Evartfatol Luthtrm, Prasbvtarlan (USA)UnitdMhodlJtchurchet Soutm: Churchti and Church Mmbnhlp In th Untfd Satw.5liiwfy fcmiuwi rChurchxf LssarPay Saints Vat win', Lutheran' ChurchMd Syner5TfX" Epis0pal Church USA' Worshipers at St. I John Neumann Catholic Church in Ulburn have to crowd together in the pews at one of the eight Masses held tiiere last 'weekend. 1 i 1 I Clayton comes Out of its shell Geographically correct: Braves sent to NL East of the world richest Bl Will their ship come inr BMWs new South Carolina btant will make Southern ports vie for business. Bl i 8t failure: Federal regu- Gators seize Homerea eanic.

the nation's eighth largest Shrift. Bl 'No buts about It Sir Mix- Mot's ode to big backsides is No. I But some claim he hits bottom with sexist lyrics in "Baby Got Back." CI Brave showing: David Justice makes his soap-opera acting debut today. C7 0 v' Golden goose? Suburban 4 voters in north Fulton's Windward say they pay for services they don't use. I Mistrial: Jurors split in fed-i eral extortion trial of state (' Rep.

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1SDS6MGES, eSEONNS BRIDGE CI HOROSCOPE CI CLASSIFIEDS 07 JUMBLE Dll COMICS MOVIES CS CROSSWORD Dll OBITUARIES OS' HEALTH C4 TELEVISION i This mwsmmt It printtd In put ncvcM PMf mi rrycUte. For mt ncyciinf station RUrtSirN, jMtStpnOni Z22-2DIB, I '000L2 fillllh!) inn I rk I finally ERIKVLESSERSpecUi er directly where economic development is concerned, but they did not condemn them. They agreed that Clayton's approach did not amount to hostile Are. "It would be more serious if it were slash-and-burn type of ad," said John Millsaps, president of marketing and communications at the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce. AT A.

I By Joe Strauss STAFF WRITER In a dramatic but expected move, baseball commissioner Fay Vincent on Monday overrode a veto by the Chicago Cubs and ordered the Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals to the National League West Division next season and the Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds to the East "It so happened our opinion was the one adopted," said Braves president Stan Kasten. "We couldn't be happier." The move will take place next season, when two expansion teams join the NL: the Colorado Rockies in the West and the Florida Marlins in the East A schedule format for next season is to be decided by Aug. 1. Currently, NL teams play 18 games against each opponent from their division and 12 against each opponent from the other. Vincent ordered the realignment under a provision in the Major League Agreement More coverage of the NL realignment Sports, Section empowering him t6 act in the "best interests of baseball." On March 4, NL clubs had voted 10-2 In favor of realignment; but as one of four clubs directly affected, the Cubs' negative vote constituted a veto.

Monday's decision is the first NL realignment since the two six-team divisions were created in 1969, when both the American and National leagues expanded from 10 to 12 teams. Said Braves general manager John Schuerholz; a former junior high school geography teacher: "I feel vindicated now. After all the geography lessons I've taught Atlanta is finally in the East and Chicago In the West" The Cubs had opposed the move to the West because more West Coast games would mean more late starting times for their parent company'i super-station, WGN. county at expense of its neighbors By David Goldberg STAFF WRITER DeKalb County had its sarcastic orangutan. Marietta recently introduced its hog in a business suit.

Now Clayton County is entering the self-promotion game with attitude. Feeling that the county has been treated for years as metro Atlanta's redneck stepchild, Clayton promoters will come out swinging this week with new print ads that label northern metro neighbors as overpriced and overtaxed. One ad features two identical drawings of a middle-class home. Beneath one is the label "North Fulton County" and a price, tag of $164,800. Beneath the other, labeled "Clayton County," is the price $70,100.

"Move where the cost of living has finally met the quality of life," reads the tag line below. Other ads ijt the series part Ctsyton County comes out swinging with new ad campaign. 1 of a five-year, $1 million marketing campaign designed by Atlanta imagemakers Pringle Dixon Pringle Inc. emphasize the lower cost of car tags in Clayton and its ready access to Hartsfleld International Airport Chamber of commerce officials in other metro counties said the ads break an unwritten covenant against poking on each oth-.