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ELCA LEADERS TO REVISE 2010 CHURCHWIDE BUDGET, TO CREATE RESTRUCTURING PLAN.
Newspaper article from: States News Service ...Church Council, the ELCA Conference of Bishops...plan for action by the ELCA Church Council at its...institutions, agencies and ecumenical partners. I continue...income due to the 2009 ELCA Churchwide Assembly...anticipated in the budget proposal and is unfavorable to...

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