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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Bishop Frederick D. Jordan, formerly of Los Angeles, recently led the 54th Orangia annual AME church conference in Bloemfontein, South Africa, reporting 475 conversions and 1,647 baptisms, plus project completions and authorizations totaling over $16,700 for 1955.
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BLOEMFONTEIN. South Africa -- Bishop Frederick D. Jordan, formerly of Los Angeles, recently conducted the 54th session of the Orangia annual conference of the AME church in the Orange Free State of the Union of South Africa.
During the conference, Bishop Jordan paid tribute to General Superintendent Francis H. Gow for his leadership in carrying on the church program while the American churchman was barred from entering the country.
Reports of 475 conversions and 1,647 baptisms were read at the conference. Completion of three projects, valued at $5,200 and launched under Bishop I. H. Bonner, and authorization of 11 others for construction during 1955 at a cost of $11,500, were also announced.
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Bloemfontein, South Africa
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475 conversions and 1,647 baptisms reported; completion of three projects valued at $5,200; authorization of 11 projects for construction in 1955 at a cost of $11,500
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Bishop Frederick D. Jordan conducted the 54th session of the Orangia annual conference of the AME church in the Orange Free State of the Union of South Africa. He paid tribute to General Superintendent Francis H. Gow for leadership while Jordan was barred from entering the country.