In April, they dedicated the site of a multipurpose center on 11 acres near Freeway 99 and West Shaw Avenue. The Masjid Fresno, a Sunni Muslim mosque that opened in 1989 across from California State University, Fresno. A Vietnamese Buddhist temple on Elm Avenue near Jensen Avenue. The major problem is not the intermixture of races and backgrounds in church. Also, while a juggernaut of hundreds of evangelical Christian churches has tackled problems such as neighborhood decay and gangs, some leaders say it has not rolled far enough.
Jobs are few, job-training programs fewer.
Interfaith activities are rare. Meanwhile, mainstream religion is fading. People my age have been relegated to has-been status. I love the old hymns. Davidson doubts that he'll set a precedent by building a megachurch on a northern rim of Fresno County.