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Notes about People
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12 Aug 1998 11:11:38
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12-August-1998
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Notes about People
by Jerry L. Van Marter
The Ghost Ranch/Plaza Resolana Governing Board Executive Committee has
announced the selection of Henry J. Jibaja of Orlando, Fla., as interim
director of the New Mexico conference center, effective Sept. 15.
Jibaja, who attended his first Ghost Ranch conference in May, is
retiring as Florida program director for the Corporation for National
Service. He has lived and worked in Guatemala, for the Ralston Purina
Company, and in Colombia with the Peace Corps. He and his wife, Ruby, are
Presbyterians.
# # #
The General Assembly Council has confirmed the appointment of Joey B.
Bailey as chief operating officer and vice president of finance and
administration for the Presbyterian Investment and Loan Program.
Bailey is a certified public accountant with more than 28 years'
experience in the financial services industry. Most recently he was
president and CEO of First Bank of Louisville, which he chartered in 1996.
# # #
The Rev. Carroll D. Jenkins, 63, who has been synod executive for the
Synod of the Mid-Atlantic since its creation in 1988, has announced his
retirement, effective Sept. 30.
Jenkins' retirement follows the resignation of the synod's two
full-time program associates, moves unrelated to his retirement.
The Synod of the Mid-Atlantic is the most populous synod in the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It was formed by the merger of the former
synods of North Carolina, the Virginias and the Piedmont, of which Jenkins
was executive for seven years. He previously served on the staff of
Philadelphia Presbytery for 11 years.
# # #
The violent struggle over civil rights in 1964 Mississippi shows the
different ways God's will can be interpreted to fit individual beliefs. In
his book "God's Long Summer: Stories of Faith and Civil Rights," Charles
Marsh takes an in-depth look at what happens when those beliefs clash.
Marsh's work has earned him the 1998 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in
Religion, a $150,000 prize for ideas and creative works that promote
understanding of the relationship between human beings and the divine. The
award is presented jointly by Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
and the University of Louisville.
Marsh is professor of theology and director of the Project on Theology
and Community at Loyola College in Baltimore.
# # #
A Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) executive for Latin America
and the Caribbean has been called to lead the denomination's Hispanic
Ministries office. The Rev. David A. Vargas will assume the position of
national pastor for Hispanic Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ) Jan. 1, 1999. Vargas, a native of Puerto Rico, has served on
the Disciples' national staff since 1979.
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