Annual effort seeks to prohibit children from becoming soldiers
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In the Holy Land, Stated Clerk calls upon President Trump not to move U.S. embassy
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Presbyterian environmentalists react to recent South Dakota oil leak
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Presbyterian Mission Agency CFO departs
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