Sin City started receiving the first of 18,000 New Testaments Baptist this weekend for their this weekend convention. New Testaments conventions have drawn an average of 45,000 attendees in recent years . Some members have decided to stay home this year not wanting to expose their children to gambling, lack of pressing issues to discuss, and not wanting to travel the distance from their stronghold in the Strip . ``The choice of Las Vegas was deliberate in that the Southern Baptist Convention hopes it can do sort of an evangelistic blitz in Las Vegas,'' said Stan Hastey, executive director of the Southern Baptist Alliance, a moderate group. Those attending plan to distribute New Testaments and gospel tracts on the strip. Sin City officials are not in favor of this special attention, and feel that life in Las Vegas outside the strip is little different from any other city.
Sin City started receiving the first of 18,000 New Testaments Baptist this weekend for their this weekend convention. New Testaments conventions have drawn an average of 45,000 attendees in recent years . Some members have decided to stay home this year not wanting to expose their children to gambling, lack of pressing issues to discuss, and not wanting to travel the distance from their stronghold in the Strip . Those attending plan to distribute New Testaments and gospel tracts on the strip. Sin City officials are not in favor of this special attention, and feel that life in Las Vegas outside the strip is little different from any other city.