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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)