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[…] (Fall 2005): 26–54</i><br>When the 1984 conference approved Section 156 , which also indicated that the soon-to-be-built temple in Independence would be dedicated to the pursuit of peace, it became clear that the largest “schism”—separation […]
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[…] This can be found online at www.meridianmagazine.com. Howard W. Hunter, “President’s Formal Charge of Responsibility,” LDS Church News, 26 Nov. 1994. I am grateful to Dr. Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi of the University of Haifa, Haifa, […]
[…] to Salt Lake City, he served for nine years as second assistant general superintendent of the LDS Mutual Improvement Association (MIA) (1949-58). Later he served for almost eight years as bishop of the Kensington […]
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