Building bridges in Kazakhstan

Elder Paul B. Pieper of the Seventy led a delegation from the church July 1-2 to the Third Congress of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana, Kazakhstan. The First Congress was organized by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in 2003 in an effort to build greater dialogue and cooperation among world religions to combat world problems, particularly terrorism in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001. The conference is triennial.

The invitation from the Kazakhstani government to participate in the Congress is the first for the church and is significant because it recognizes the growing understanding of government and political leaders of the worldwide stature of the church. This is particularly significant in the countries of the former Soviet Union where the church is new and relatively unknown.

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