June 19, 2013
OVERLAND PARK, KS (ABNS 6/19/13)—At the American Baptist Churches USA (ABCUSA) Board of General Ministries meeting on June 18, 2013, Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley was re-elected to serve a two-year term as general secretary for the denomination. The re-election was announced on June 19 at a combined plenary session of the Board of International Ministries, Board of the American Baptist Home Mission Societies, Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board and Board of...
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June 19, 2013
- B’nai B’rith International has issued the following statement:
B’nai B’rith International commends singer Alicia Keys for going ahead with her planned July 4 concert in Tel Aviv and not bowing to the pressure from various organizations and coalitions urging her to cancel the performance.
Many groups and individuals contacted Keys urging her to cancel the sold out performance in the... 67.02% at fertilizer giant CF Industries highest proxy vote ever
June 19, 2013
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[National Council of Churches in India press release] The Most Rev. I Jesudasan of the Church of South India (CSI)...[Anglican Communion News Service] Archbishop Paul Kwong, who was recently re-elected for a second six-year term as primate, has called Anglicans in Hong Kong to “do-it-yourself,”* to fulfill their own ministries rather than rely on external assistance.
The church’s Echo Magazine revealed that, in a speech following his re-election, the primate said he “deplored” the reliance...
- International Widows Day - Widows spared a life of begging. Leprosy mission work on the ground.
