31.   He fears that with the trial coming up the church could become a target again.

32.   Most of the dispute focused on whether the American church should become autonomous or remain tied to Istanbul and Patriarch Bartholomeos I, the spiritual head of the Church.

33.   Refusing to bow to communist authority, the white church became the church-in-exile, while today the red church answers to its hierarchy in Moscow.

34.   The church has become a center of grass-roots support for canonizing the last czar.

35.   The church has become an aid coordination center for yachtees from all over the world who were unlucky enough to be in St. Maarten when Luis hit.

36.   The church had become a gathering place for civil rights activists.

37.   The church had become a rallying point for protesters during months of civil rights demonstrations.

38.   The church had become a downtown rallying site for civil rights protesters seeking an end to racially segregated water fountains and lunch counters.

39.   The church has gradually become more assertive in speaking out on social and political issues.

40.   The church had become a rallying point for protesters.