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Staplebound. Condición: Good +. Staplebound. A publication of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, this 1980s "tabloid for teens" shares stories of people who live in two cities at opposite ends of the United States: Washington, D. C. and San Diego to show young people "some urban areas where God is at work.For in the midst of confusion and darkness and fear, God places his own special bows of light.We've called it NEON RAINBOWS." With sections devoted to these two major American cities, "Neon Rainbows" explores each city's racial, class, and financial demographics, from the the large white and wealthy commuter population compared to the majority Black but disenfranchised population of D. C. to San Diego's influx of South and East Asian residents and high U.S. Navy population and the high cost of housing (as well as the up-hill battle of the Word against "skepticism, materialism--and bikinis." Interviews with marginalized voices, such as immigrants, refugees, Hispanic, Filipino, and Chinese Christians, welfare recipients, and how the church has served them also feature broadly. The centerfold includes a crossword, quiz, and matching game. The publication is illustrated throughout in large color photographs by Elaine S. Furrow as well as color illustrated vignettes by Marty Bibee. The central message appears to be the importance of understanding census and demographic data in effective church ministry and "home missions." A catalog entry exists in OCLC for this publication, but no holdings are listed. This 1981 Southern Baptist Convention publication offers a unique glimpse into the denomination's communications to Christian teens about church operations and mission work within the United States in the 1980s. 14 1/2" X 11 1/2". 31pp. Staplebound newsprint, folded in half. Moderate wear to binding, with some age-toning, ink transference, creases to spine, and small neat tears to fore-edge of some pages. Binding is sound. Pages are unmarked. Catalog entry in OCLC, but no holdings listed.…