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On the recordJune 14, 1976
I have long admired the missionary spirit of Baptists and the fact that you strive to keep the Bible at the center of your lives.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at the Southern Baptist Convention in Norfolk, Virginia.

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