Genesee Ecumenical Ministries
Genesee Ecumenical Ministries
Alternate Names: Greater Rochester Community of Churches
Location: Rochester, New York, United States
Duration: About 1919 - current (Southern Africa work: late 1970s or 1980 - unknown, early 1990s?)
Genesee Ecumenical Ministries (GEM) was an association of Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, religious based agencies, seminaries, and lay/clergy groups in the Rochester area. Starting in 1979 or 1980, the GEM organized a delegation of religious from the area to South Africa, but they were twice refused visas by the South African government. In...
Genesee Ecumenical Ministries (GEM) was an association of Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, religious based agencies, seminaries, and lay/clergy groups in the Rochester area. Starting in 1979 or 1980, the GEM organized a delegation of religious from the area to South Africa, but they were twice refused visas by the South African government. In about 1982, the Rochester Committee for Justice in Southern Africa (see separate organization description) was started as a project of GEM. In 1991, GEM changed its name to the Greater Rochester Community of Churches.
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