On the alert for converts // Spirit-filled Christians' goal: billions

INDIANAPOLIS Spirit-filled, tongue-speaking Christians are on aroll.

They now represent one of every five Christians across theglobe, hoping to expand their numbers into the billions by the turnof the century.

While those figures enlivened the hearts of some 30,000Pentecostals and charismatics gathered here last week, the throng wasdead serious about getting on with their task.

The goal: Convert at least half the world's 5.3 billion peopleto Christianity by 2000 and the balance in due time.

Atheists and those of no faith aren't the only objective.Moslems, Hindus, Buddhists and Jews also are targets.

The thousands descended on the …