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Audio: Welcome to General Conference 2012

by Art McClanahan

April 22, 2012

Beginning April 24, 988 lay and clergy delegates from around the world will gather in Tampa for the General Conference of The United Methodist Church with a call to “make disciples of Jesus Christ to transform the world.”  Art McClanahan reports.

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