wfn.org | Hannibal resident elected as Disciples vice moderator

["Disciples Off. of Communication"<wshuffit@oc.disciples.org>]

Date: October 10, 1999
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
on the Web: http://www.disciples.org

99b-71

	Cincinnati General Assembly
	October 8-12, 1999
	Cincinnati Convention Center
	Room 233
	(513) 784-6014

	CINCINNATI (DNS) -- A Hannibal, Mo., resident was elected, Oct. 10, as 
second vice moderator of the General Assembly of the Indianapolis-based 
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

	Minnie Smith received an enthusiastic endorsement from the Disciples' 
chief decision-body, meeting here through Oct. 12. As second vice 
moderator, she will help preside over meetings of the General Assembly and 
General Board. She will hold office until the close of the 2001 gathering 
in Kansas City.

	Smith is a claims representative with the Social Security Administration 
in Hannibal. She is a 34-year employee of the SSA. An active laywoman, she 
is a member of Willow Street Christian Church.	

	She is currently a member of the Disciples General Board and recently 
finished a term on its Administrative Committee. She also just began a 
three-year term as member of the governing body of Board of Church 
Extension, the Disciples' church planning and financing unit.  

	The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) was founded in the early 
1800s. The denomination has nearly 900,000 members in more than 3,800 
congregations in the United States and Canada. Those churches are 
concentrated mainly in the Midwest and in Texas.

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