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*[[John Bani]] – President and head of state of [[Vanuatu]] from 25 March 1998 until 24 March 2004; Anglican priest
*[[John Bani]] – President and head of state of [[Vanuatu]] from 25 March 1998 until 24 March 2004; Anglican priest
*[[Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley]] – UK politician; first member of the [[House of Lords]] to sit as a member of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]; Anglican priest
*[[Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley]] – UK politician; first member of the [[House of Lords]] to sit as a member of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]; Anglican priest
*[[Dennis Drainville]] - New Democratic MPP for Ontario from 1990-1993. Later Anglican Bishop of Quebec from 2009-2017.
*[[Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint]] - Conservative Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2011-2013, Member of House of Lords Temporal since 2010, Church of England priest
*[[Lee Jae-joung]] – National Assembly member and Unification Minister of [[South Korea]]; Anglican priest
*[[Lee Jae-joung]] – National Assembly member and Unification Minister of [[South Korea]]; Anglican priest
*[[Walter Lini]] – founding Prime Minister of [[Vanuatu]] (succeeded by Bani); Anglican priest
*[[Walter Lini]] – founding Prime Minister of [[Vanuatu]] (succeeded by Bani); Anglican priest
*[[Peter Douglas Koon]] - Hong Kong Anglican Priest, provincial secretary general of [[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui]], Member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council
*[[J. G. MacManaway]] {{spaced ndash}} British Unionist who was disqualified from sitting on Parliament due to his status as a priest; Church of Ireland priest
*[[J. G. MacManaway]] {{spaced ndash}} British Unionist who was disqualified from sitting on Parliament due to his status as a priest; Church of Ireland priest
*[[Jacob Mountain]] - Canadian Politician. Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1793 - 1825 and a Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada from 1793-1825. 1st Anglican Bishop of Quebec.
*[[Wavel Ramkalawan]] - Anglican priest and 5th President of the Seychelles
*[[John Terris]] - Anglican priest, Labour politician, Deputy Speaker (hence also Acting Speaker), and Chairman of Committees of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. Mayor of Lower Hutt City 1995-2004.
*[[K.H. Ting]] -Anglican priest, Bishop of Chekiang, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1989–2008), and a member of the National People's Congress, China's legislature.


===[[Baptist]]===
===[[Baptist]]===
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*[[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]] – thirteen term Congressman from Harlem, New York City (1945-1971); Pastor [[Abyssinian Baptist Church]] in Harlem (1937-1972)
*[[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]] – thirteen term Congressman from Harlem, New York City (1945-1971); Pastor [[Abyssinian Baptist Church]] in Harlem (1937-1972)
*[[Pat Robertson]] – Republican supporter, former United States presidential nomination candidate, and former Baptist pastor.
*[[Pat Robertson]] – Republican supporter, former United States presidential nomination candidate, and former Baptist pastor.
*[[William Tolbert]]- Member of the Liberian House of Representatives, Vice-President of Liberia, and last President of Liberia who represented the True Whig Party and the old Americo-Liberian aristocracy. Baptist minister and first African president of the [[Baptist World Alliance]]
*[[Raphael Warnock]] – United States Senator from Georgia, elected January 2021. Senior pastor at [[Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Georgia)|Ebenezer Baptist Church]].


===[[Roman Catholicism]]===
===[[Roman Catholicism]]===
{{See also|List of popes}}
*[[Barthélemy Boganda]]
*[[Barthélemy Boganda]] – former priest and Central African politician
*[[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] – former President of [[Haiti]]; former Catholic priest
*[[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]] – former President of [[Haiti]]; former Catholic priest
*[[Ernesto Cardenal]] – former Minister for Culture for [[Nicaragua]] and Catholic priest
*[[Ernesto Cardenal]] – former Minister for Culture for [[Nicaragua]] and Catholic priest
*[[Robert John Cornell]] – Norbertine priest and Representative from Wisconsin from 1975 to 1979
*[[James Renshaw Cox]] – US Presidency candidate and Catholic priest
*[[James Renshaw Cox]] – US Presidency candidate and Catholic priest
*[[Robert Drinan]] – Roman Catholic [[Jesuit]] [[Holy Orders|priest]], lawyer, [[human rights]] activist, and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|US Representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]
*[[Robert Drinan]] – Roman Catholic [[Jesuit]] [[Holy Orders|priest]], lawyer, [[human rights]] activist, and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|US Representative]] from [[Massachusetts]]
*[[Jerome D'Souza]] – Indian Jesuit, member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] 1946–50
*[[Jerome D'Souza]] – Indian Jesuit, member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] 1946–50
*[[José Manuel Gallegos]] – Priest and New Mexico delegate from 1853 to 1856
*[[Ivan Grubišić]] – Roman Catholic priest, [[sociologist]], and [[independent (politician)|independent]] representative in the [[Croatian Parliament]]
*[[Ivan Grubišić]] – Roman Catholic priest, [[sociologist]], and [[independent (politician)|independent]] representative in the [[Croatian Parliament]]
*[[Andrej Hlinka]] – [[Slovakia|Slovak]] public activist and Catholic priest
*[[Andrej Hlinka]] – [[Slovakia|Slovak]] public activist and Catholic priest
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*[[Derek Jones (mayor)|Derek Jones]] – first Mayor of [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]] 1966–68
*[[Derek Jones (mayor)|Derek Jones]] – first Mayor of [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]] 1966–68
*[[Fred Nile]] – [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] (Australia) member and [[Fellowship of Congregational Churches]] minister
*[[Fred Nile]] – [[New South Wales Legislative Council]] (Australia) member and [[Fellowship of Congregational Churches]] minister
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*[[Andrew Young]] – [[civil rights]] activist; former mayor of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; America's first African-American ambassador to the [[United States Ambassadors to the United Nations|United Nations]]; [[United Church of Christ]] pastor


===[[Disciples of Christ]]===
===[[Disciples of Christ]]===
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===[[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]===
===[[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]===
*[[Bernadine Craft]] - Former Member of Wyoming House of Representatives and Wyoming’s State Senate.
*[[John Danforth]] – former [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] and former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Missouri]]; ordained Episcopal priest
*[[John Danforth]] – former [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] and former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Missouri]]; ordained Episcopal priest
*[[Kim Jackson (politician)|Kim Jackson]] - Democratic Georgia State Senator. First openly out LGBT state senator in Georgian history.
*[[Wythe Leigh Kinsolving]] – Episcopal priest, essayist and campaigner for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidates in 1910s-1930s, and against US participation in [[World War II]] in late 1930s through 1941
*[[Wythe Leigh Kinsolving]] – Episcopal priest, essayist and campaigner for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidates in 1910s-1930s, and against US participation in [[World War II]] in late 1930s through 1941
*[[James Kilbourne]]- Episcopal Priest, surveyor, and Democratic-Republican member of the Ohio legislature and the US House of Representatives


===[[Evangelism|Evangelist]]===
===[[Evangelism|Evangelist]]===
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===[[Evangelical Lutheran]]===
===[[Evangelical Lutheran]]===
*[[Lauri Ingman]] – [[Archbishop of Turku]] (1930–1934), [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (1918–1919, 1924–1925)
*[[Lauri Ingman]] – [[Archbishop of Turku]] (1930–1934), [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (1918–1919, 1924–1925)
*[[Dean Johnson]] – former [[majority leader]] of the [[Minnesota Senate]]; minister in the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]
*[[Dean Johnson (politician)|Dean Johnson]] – former [[majority leader]] of the [[Minnesota Senate]]; minister in the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]


===[[Lutheran]]===
===[[Lutheran]]===
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*[[Margrete Auken]] – Denmark
*[[Margrete Auken]] – Denmark
*[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] – Norwegian [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Religious minister|minister]] and [[Politics of Norway|politician]]; [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005
*[[Kjell Magne Bondevik]] – Norwegian [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Religious minister|minister]] and [[Politics of Norway|politician]]; [[Prime Minister of Norway]] from 1997 to 2000, and from 2001 to 2005
* [[Joachim Gauck]] – President of Germany, serving since 18 March 2012
* [[Joachim Gauck]] – President of Germany from 2012 to 2017
*[[Walter H. Moeller]] – American politician of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic party]]; entered a Lutheran seminary in 1935 and served as a pastor in the 1940s and after his retirement from politics
*[[Walter H. Moeller]] – American politician of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic party]]; entered a Lutheran seminary in 1935 and served as a pastor in the 1940s and after his retirement from politics
*[[Frederick Muhlenberg]] {{spaced ndash}} First Speaker of the US House of Representatives; 1793–1795.
*[[Frederick Muhlenberg]] {{spaced ndash}} First Speaker of the US House of Representatives; 1793–1795.
*[[W. T. P. Simarmata]] {{spaced ndash}} Bishop (''Ephorus'') of the [[Batak Christian Protestant Church]] (HKBP) from 2012 to 2016, later member of the Indonesian [[Regional Representative Council]] from 2019 to 2022


===[[Methodist]]===
===[[Methodist]]===
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===[[Pentecostal]]===
===[[Pentecostal]]===
*[[Aniym Pius Aniym]] pentecostal pastor,president of nigerian senate
*[[Aniym Pius Aniym]] pentecostal pastor, president of Nigerian senate
*[[Stockwell Day]] – has been credentialed with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
*[[Andrew Evans (pastor)|Andrew Evans]] – [[South Australian]] [[Legislative Council]] ([[Family First Party]]) member and Pentecostal Christian pastor
*[[Andrew Evans (pastor)|Andrew Evans]] – [[South Australian]] [[Legislative Council]] ([[Family First Party]]) member and Pentecostal Christian pastor
*[[Anne McBride]] – Canadian politician ordained in the [[Assemblies of God]]
*[[Anne C. McBride|Anne McBride]] – Canadian politician ordained in the [[Assemblies of God]]
*[[Frederick Chiluba]] – Pentecostal pastor, President of [[Zambia]]
*[[Frederick Chiluba]] – Pentecostal pastor, President of [[Zambia]]
*[[Judy Turner]] – New Zealand politician, pastoral and community worker at [[New Life Churches, New Zealand]]
*[[Judy Turner]] – New Zealand politician, pastoral and community worker at [[New Life Churches, New Zealand]]
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*[[William H. Hudnut III]] – Presbyterian minister, Congressional representative from Indiana 1972–1974, four-term mayor of Indianapolis
*[[William H. Hudnut III]] – Presbyterian minister, Congressional representative from Indiana 1972–1974, four-term mayor of Indianapolis
*[[Ian Paisley]] – [[Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister|First Minister of Northern Ireland]], veteran politician and church leader in [[Northern Ireland]]; founding member and former [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]]
*[[Ian Paisley]] – [[Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister|First Minister of Northern Ireland]], veteran politician and church leader in [[Northern Ireland]]; founding member and former [[Moderator of the General Assembly|Moderator]] of the [[Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster]]
*[[Ham Tae-Young]] – 3rd Vice-President of the Republic of Korea, judge during the Korean Empire, Korean independence and nationalist leader
*[[Stephanie Stahl Hamilton]] – Ordained PCUSA minister, Democratic member of both Arizona House of Representatives and the state senate
*[[Kang Ryang-uk]] - Presbyterian Minister, Relative of Kim Il-Sung, secretary general of the Provisional People's Committee of North Korea, representative of the 1st class of the Supreme People's Assembly of Korea, Secretary of the Standing Committee, Chairman of the Korean Christian Federation, Vice-Chairman and later Chairman of the North Korean Social Democratic Party, and was twice elected as Vice-President
*[[Larry Pittman]] – Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly and ordained minister in the [[Presbyterian Church of America]]
*[[James Smith (diplomat)|James Smith]] – Presbyterian minister who was appointed to a diplomatic post in Scotland by President Abraham Lincoln
*[[Norman Thomas]] - Presbyterian minister who was a six-time presidential nominee for the [[Socialist Party of America]].
*[[John Witherspoon]] – signatory of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[New Jersey]]; the only active clergyman to sign the Declaration
*[[John Witherspoon]] – signatory of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] as a representative of [[New Jersey]]; the only active clergyman to sign the Declaration
*[[Arnold Nordmeyer]] - Presbyterian Minister, Minister of Finance (1957–1960), Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (1963–1965).


===[[United Church]]===
===[[United Church]]===
*[[Bill Blaikie]] – retired [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] from 2006 to 2008; a [[Member of Parliament]] since 1979, representing the [[Winnipeg]] riding of [[Elmwood–Transcona]] and its antecedents as a member of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]; Minister of [[United Church of Canada]]
*[[Bill Blaikie]] – retired [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] from 2006 to 2008; a [[Member of Parliament]] since 1979, representing the [[Winnipeg]] riding of [[Elmwood–Transcona]] and its antecedents as a member of the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]]; Minister of [[United Church of Canada]]
*[[Lorne Calvert]] – former premier of the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]] and current leader of [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition]], as leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]]; ordained minister of [[United Church of Canada]]
*[[Lorne Calvert]] – former premier of the Canadian province of [[Saskatchewan]] and current leader of [[Official Opposition (Canada)|Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition]], as leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]]; ordained minister of [[United Church of Canada]]
*[[Cheri DiNovo]] - NDP MPP for Ontario’s Provincial Parliament and ordained [[United Church of Canada]] minister.
*[[Brian Howe (politician)|Brian Howe]] – Australian politician, was [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] government of [[Paul Keating]], and minister of [[Uniting Church in Australia]]
*[[Brian Howe (politician)|Brian Howe]] – Australian politician, was [[Deputy Prime Minister of Australia|Deputy Prime Minister]] in the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] government of [[Paul Keating]], and minister of [[Uniting Church in Australia]]
*[[Stanley Knowles]] – Canadian [[Parliament of Canada|parliamentarian]]; United Church minister
*[[Stanley Knowles]] – Canadian [[Parliament of Canada|parliamentarian]]; United Church minister
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*[[Keith Seaman]] – [[Uniting Church in Australia]]
*[[Keith Seaman]] – [[Uniting Church in Australia]]
*[[Lloyd Stinson]] – politician in [[Manitoba]], Canada; leader of that province's [[Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) from 1953 to 1959; ordained United Church minister
*[[Lloyd Stinson]] – politician in [[Manitoba]], Canada; leader of that province's [[Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] (CCF) from 1953 to 1959; ordained United Church minister
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*[[Andrew Young]] – [[civil rights]] activist; former mayor of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]; America's first African-American ambassador to the [[United States Ambassadors to the United Nations|United Nations]]; [[United Church of Christ]] pastor


===Other===
===Other===
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===Unclassified===
===Unclassified===
* [[Scott Craig]] – Pastor of Bighorn Canyon Community Church; has represented district 33 in the [[South Dakota House of Representatives]] since 11 January 2013
* [[Scott Craig]] – Pastor of Bighorn Canyon Community Church; has represented district 33 in the [[South Dakota House of Representatives]] since 11 January 2013
* [[Jerone Davison]] - Pastor in [[Maricopa County, Arizona]]; [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate for [[Arizona's 4th congressional district]].
*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – [[Christian Realism]]; in his younger days he was a socialist candidate for New York State Senate
*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]] – [[Christian Realism]]; in his younger days he was a socialist candidate for New York State Senate
*[[Wavel Ramkalawan]] – [[Seychelles]] politician and priest
*[[Wavel Ramkalawan]] – [[Seychelles]] politician and priest

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Background

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There are existing sub-sections on religious denominations to deal with Christian lay people in politics, e.g. List of LDS politicians. This list is for politicians who also do Christian pastoral work, both ordained clergy and evangelists or theologians. It is therefore not appropriate to add Christian lay people to the list, although some noted theologians in the laity are included as relational.

List

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Anglican

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  • John Bani – President and head of state of Vanuatu from 25 March 1998 until 24 March 2004; Anglican priest
  • Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley – UK politician; first member of the House of Lords to sit as a member of the Green Party; Anglican priest
  • Dennis Drainville - New Democratic MPP for Ontario from 1990-1993. Later Anglican Bishop of Quebec from 2009-2017.
  • Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint - Conservative Minister of State for Trade and Investment from 2011-2013, Member of House of Lords Temporal since 2010, Church of England priest
  • Lee Jae-joung – National Assembly member and Unification Minister of South Korea; Anglican priest
  • Walter Lini – founding Prime Minister of Vanuatu (succeeded by Bani); Anglican priest
  • Peter Douglas Koon - Hong Kong Anglican Priest, provincial secretary general of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, Member of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council
  • J. G. MacManaway  – British Unionist who was disqualified from sitting on Parliament due to his status as a priest; Church of Ireland priest
  • Jacob Mountain - Canadian Politician. Member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada from 1793 - 1825 and a Member of the Legislative Council of Upper Canada from 1793-1825. 1st Anglican Bishop of Quebec.
  • Wavel Ramkalawan - Anglican priest and 5th President of the Seychelles
  • John Terris - Anglican priest, Labour politician, Deputy Speaker (hence also Acting Speaker), and Chairman of Committees of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1990. Mayor of Lower Hutt City 1995-2004.
  • K.H. Ting -Anglican priest, Bishop of Chekiang, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1989–2008), and a member of the National People's Congress, China's legislature.

Baptist

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Roman Catholicism

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See also: List of popes

Eastern Catholic Churches

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Congregational Church

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Disciples of Christ

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Dutch Reformed Church

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Eastern Orthodox Churches

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Episcopalian

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Evangelist

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  • Charles Colson – chief counsel for President of the United States Richard Nixon from 1969 to 1973 and was one of the Watergate Seven; maintains a variety of media channels which discuss contemporary issues from an Evangelical Christian worldview; his views are typically consistent with a politically conservative interpretation of evangelical Christianity
  • Marcelo Crivella Evangelical pastor, mayor of Rio de Janeiro
  • Eduardo Villanueva (born 6 October 1946) – known as Bro. Eddie;[1] religious and political leader in the Philippines; 2010 Philippine presidential candidate; founder and leader of the Jesus is Lord Church[2]
  • Dan Johnson (1960-2017) – known as the "Pope;" Elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives for the 49th District; Committed suicide after allegations and investigations for child molestation

Evangelical Lutheran

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Lutheran

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Methodist

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Pentecostal

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Presbyterian

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United Church

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Other

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Nicht klassifiziert

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Bro. Eddie
  2. ^ "Jesus is Lord Church". Archived from the original on 25 September 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
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