41.   Parish-based ministries are the ticket at Miami University.

42.   Rainey was not available for comment this week but his personal assistant, Mark Crull, insisted the ministry is not against women holding jobs.

43.   Relative to what these ministries are doing, their needs are small and mundane.

44.   Since ordained ministry was not an option for a woman, she became a social worker.

45.   Such ministry is not a new idea, Fellers said, but its importance is growing as faith communities recognize that physical well-being is as integral as spiritual health.

46.   Takemura acknowledged the ministry was open to criticism over its longtime policy of trying to keep all Japanese banks from failing.

47.   The Billy Graham ministry is over.

48.   The church has interpreted services for the deaf for many years but realized that ministry was inadequate.

49.   The ministry has been a virtual revolving door over the last year due to a string of allegations of cronyism and inefficiency.