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UPDATE: JANUARY 29, 1997
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o  Dr. Gordon E. Smith, executive director of The
Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Board (M&M), 
underwent successful hip replacement surgery at the New
York Hospital for Special Surgery on Jan. 23.  It is
anticipated that he will be released from the hospital
Jan. 29.  Recovery is expected to take several weeks,
during
which time he will work from his home office.

o  Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, senior pastor of Mt. Zion
Baptist Church, Seattle, for 38 years, recently received
the prestigious A.K. Guy Award from the YMCA.  The award
commends McKinney's extensive civic
commitments, including leadership in programs promoting
education and civil rights.  He is the founder of
Seattle's Opportunities Industrialization Center. 
Currently McKinney is involved in the development of a
64-unit
retirement home.  In presenting the award, the YMCA noted
that McKinney's life was "exemplary of the Golden
Rule, 'Do unto others as you would have others do unto
you.'"  McKinney was the first president of the
American Baptist Black Caucus.

o  Margaret Hall, former American Baptist International
Ministries missionary to Zaire, died Jan. 19 at age
90.  Along with her husband, Elmer, she began service in
the then Belgian Congo in 1929, and retired after a 36-
year career in 1965.  During that time they worked at
Vanga, Leopoldville and Kimpese in evangelization,
preaching and the development of local churches.  In 1951
Margaret Hall was honored with the Gold Medal of
the Lion from the Government of Belgium.  Elmer Hall died
in 1988.  The Halls' memoirs, Adventure Shared,
was published in 1991.

o  Dr. Dennis Jameson has been named vice president and
dean for continuing education at American Baptist-
related Judson College in Elgin, Ill.  For the past three
years Jameson has directed the college's AIM program,
which allows adult students with some college experience
to earn a bachelor's degree in as little as 16 months.

o  Frank P. Strong Jr., a retired executive with Eastman
Kodak and chair of the Board of Trustees of Keuka
College, Keuka Park, N.Y., has been named that school's
interim president.  Dr. Arthur F. Kirk Jr. recently
resigned the presidency to assume a comparable position
at St. Leo College near Tampa, Fla.  

o  The 34th annual National Workshop on Christian Unity
will be held April 21-24 at the Hyatt Regency,
Sacramento, Calif.  The Workshops, long supported by
American Baptists, have provided an opportunity for
fellowship, the exchange of ideas, and the encouragement
of unity among Christians; participants include clergy,
laity, ecumenical officers, theologians and others.  Full
registration is $90 before Feb. 24, $105 before March 10,
$125 thereafter.  For additional information on program
and registration contact the American Baptist Churches
Office of Cooperative Christianity, P.O. Box 851, Valley
Forge, PA 19482-0851; phone 1-800-ABC-3USA, ext.
2279.  

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