Tired of empty urban pews, U.S. Baptists last month began an elaborate program of suburban church building. But the evangelization of suburbia has hit a snag: priorities. Undaunted, the Baptists are meeting in suburban halls, schools, stores while waiting for building materials. In one Philadelphia suburb, the congregation worships in a barber shop.

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