For a lesson in marketing, religious leaders would do well to study the success of Bill Hybels and his Great Barrington, Ill.

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James Meeks, founder and senior pastor of Salem Baptist Church, a predominantly black congregation, has been engaged in worship with another predominantly white mega-church, Willow Creek, led by its founder and senior pastor, Bill Hybels.

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