2015-2016 Budget Approved by the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board
by Kathy Francis LOUISVILLE (PNS) - The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board approved the Presbyterian Mission Agency 2015-16 budgets at its meeting in..
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