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NEGRO, WHITE METHODIST CONFERENCES MERGE

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord (right) of

Washington, D.C., receives a bishop's crosier in ceremonies marking

the merger of the Delaware Conference of the Church, formerly part

of the all-Negro Central Jurisdiction, with the Peninsula Conference

of the Northeastern Jurisdiction. The crosier, engraved with the

names and dates of all the Methodist conferences antecedent to the

newly-merged Peninsula Conference, is presented by the Rev. James

W. Elbert (left), chairman of the Delaware Conference cabinet, and

the Rev. Alton S. Miller, chairman of the Peninsula Conference

cabinet.

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RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MI-DC-6A-65-NBM)