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Title: Lutheran, Other Middle East Churches Adopt Statement to Ordain Women
ELCA NEWS SERVICE

>January 12, 2010  

Lutheran, Other Middle East Churches Adopt Statement to Ordain Women
10-007-AS*

HARISSA, Lebanon (ELCA) -- Ordaining women as pastors to serve
Middle Eastern churches may become a reality. Delegates at the Fellowship
of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC) voted unanimously Jan. 12
to adopt a statement in support of this change.

>More:
>http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4386

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