European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Chaplain col Sanford Dresin 7th medical come chief chaplain with Donna Guerra and her son Justin. Guerra s husband spec. Daniel Guerra a. Is in the Gulf Region. R v. A v v a \ y it v a a invt Tow pathway to prayer religious revival _ linked with Gulf conflict stories by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer a a a a the Gulf War s setting in the Cradle of islam. Actually May have boosted interest in Jude Christian religion among service members. Army chaplains say a saudi Arabia s strict religious Laws prevented a a a a a a a service members from turning to booze drugs women or Gross materialism to compensate for deprivations such As separation from family said chaplain col Sanford Dresin. 7th medical come chief chaplain. A. A with the dearth of such diversions people have begun to grapple with very meaningful things. Quot said Dresin who _ Heads up chaplains in army medical facilities san Europe. A Quot religion has been a very very important  a a a Levels of attendance at study groups and worship services indicate religion probably is More important to. The service members in the desert than it was for troops in. Vietnam,.said Dresin a rabbi who served in the earlier War. Reserve chaplain col j gets trickling agrees saudi Arabia s strict religious Laws probably caused increased religious activity among service members but he also credits renewed interest i prayer Back Home. Quot i believe America is in a great prayer revival like maybe we have not seen in the past 50 years Quot said Stricklin who. Is assigned to the . Army Hospital in flanking. Germany. Quot some Way the Jude chistian Lamity has come to be a praying family Quot a a. This Groat emphasis to prayer has caused Quot thousands iof men and women to come to have this spiritual hunger that we re talking about Quot  the cilia Pink from the. Army s 9-um goner a Hosp Tabin Dallas Styli Kiino sad he s a seen 88 Sonvico Mombes make commitments to Chat since Jan. 1 1, when his unit was activated u results of a recent Gallup poll support Stricklin s report of busier heavenly communication lines. Quot a a a a. According to the poll. 55 percent of americans say they re praying More than usual with greater intensity and frequency twice or Quot More daily. A a that s a big jump said George Gallup jr., chairman of the Gallup  Princeton. . Noting the figure before had hovered below the mid-30 a a a percentages.  very telling that we re finding prayer at a l Deepe Levela a a Quot extra prayer during wartime is Normal but in this War. A a americans seemed to rally with particular Fervour to support service members with prayers said army chaplain col Louis Pointer Vietnam Veteran and staff chaplain at the. Frankfurt Hospital. A a. A and the increased expression of religious feelings in the states seems to be mirrored in Europe with More people attending worship services praying More and considering Faith important a _ v. L. To Gallup polls taken in the Early phases of  show stateside Church attendance at the end of january Rose to. Its highest lever in a Quarter Century with 44 percent of the. Adult population or about 110 million people a attending worship in the previous week -. J a a. A also the proportion considering religion Quot very important Quot Rose to 63 percent a figure that had been. About 55 percent for a decade. A a to some extent its a manifestation of foxhole religion Quot Dresin said quickly adding its of for  in turn to god during a crisis. It re Tui a Fot people to turn toward god when times net. Miri or n  humans Are created in the Quot of a Quot. To t y  h Godiva a tub Wes that hey we n_., i i Wyn or  but during a Cria it to  by n to lock at existential and spiritual issues. A a -. A amps t. Emmeh Lewis or. He said.   a. A. -. A i m not opposed to the Crutch theory of religion. A a a Dresin a said hopefully  stick with it in the Good times Quot a. A a a a a a. A a \ a Stricklin agrees. S a a ,. A. ,. Anything that drives a Man to god is Good said the Southern Baptist chaplain. There Are Nomad reasons for coming to go just a lot of bad reasons for not coming Quot a i won t say there Are no atheists in Foxholes. A said chaplain col Jimmy Young who ministered during the Vietnam War a i will say that in my experience Many very a a valid file changing religious  place Asa result of a cataclysmic event and War is a cataclysmic   War the Quot veneer is stripped away Quot Young said. Quot nobody is interested in the kind of car you drive or what possessions you have or what education you. Have. A. You really have honest exchanges wheelings and of course in extremes people become aware of their own. Mortality and they Are More open to the Assurance of their religious Faith Quot said the United methodist who is a chaplain with the 32nd army air defense arty in Darmstadt Germany. A As for the literal Foxholes of the Gulf Region . Navy chief of chaplains rear adm. Alvin b. Koeneman told. Chaplains chiefs at a conference last month in Lubbecke. Germany not to fall for Media reports that Sard moslem countries had tied the chaplains hands. A. The More than 700 . Chaplains in the Gulf enjoy Freedom to adequately minister to troops he said adding that at least 50.000   the Middle a East in recent weeks theve s probably More Teli Gron going on right now in saudi Arabia than  in tiie Bible Bolt Quot Koeneman. Contributing to this report the associated press. 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