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<DIV>Our local Presbyterian, Methodist and Anglican churches are all close to
death. No full time pastors, and can't afford their retirement payments.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jann McGuire in Lindsay, CA</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/19/2013 11:34:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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<DIV><FONT color=#c00000 size=4 face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Not exactly
sure what to make of this, but this unravelling may be a
sign of the beginning of the end of the institutionalization
of ecumenism in the USA. Mr. Rockefeller's vision was to
keep all these agencies together in the God Box. BTW I used
to work there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#c00000 size=4 face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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