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Text transcribed from caption: P-32195 SENIOR AFRICAN PASTORS NEW YORK --
Certificates marking completion of a nine-month African Senior Pastors’
Institute in the U.S. were presented to 10 African clergymen at the National
Council of Churches’ headquarters in New York. Jointly arranged by the NCC
and the World Council of Churches, the institute included seminary study,
conferences and three months of local parish work. From left to right are the
Rev. Joseph Adeke of the Anglican Church in Uganda; the Rev. Geoffrey Ngare,
Presbyterian pastor from Ghana; the Rev. David Gana, Presbyterian pastor from
West Cameroon; the Rev. Kermit Overton, fraternal worker in Cameroon for the
United Presbyterian Church and director of the Institute; the Rev. Charles
Kittoe, principal of Freeman College in Ghana where Methodist lay workers and
catechists are trained; the Rev. Emmanuel Agyako-Mensah, Presbyterian pastor
in Ghana; the Rev. Daudi Udali, Anglican pastor in Kenya; the Rev. Wesley
Manda, Presbyterian pastor in Malawi; the Rev. Hezron Rachier, Anglican
pastor in Kenya, and the Rev. Laadan Kamau, Anglican pastor in Kenya. Credit
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Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., World Council of Churches., Adeke, Joseph., Ngare, Geoffrey., Adiku, Ehrenfried Tongo., Gana, David., Overton, Kermit Everett, 1924-1996., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., Kittoe, Charles Dawson., Agyako-Mensah, Emmanuel., Udali, Daudi., Manda, Wesley., Rachier, Hezron., Kamau, Laadan.
Topics:
Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Clergy, Black--New York (State)--New York., Ecumenical movement--New York (State)--New York., Christian education--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.