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worship attendance was arrested under his tenure and the church entered a new season of growth. Four different Sunday morning services were instituted to reflect contemplative, classic, and contemporary worship styles. Increase in Sunday attendance was complemented by more than 700 people participating in Meenan's mid-week Bible study course, "The Word Is Out." In 2005, disagreements with the
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Christian education and a "lighthouse" for the Word of God. In 1927 he met
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