{"id":3659,"date":"2014-01-05T01:35:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T01:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2014-02-04T08:21:50","modified_gmt":"2014-02-04T08:21:50","slug":"aletheia-baptist-ministries-20-years-of-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aletheiabaptistministries.org\/Blog\/aletheia-baptist-ministries-20-years-of-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"ABM&#8211;20 Years of Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the December issue I gave some of the history of Aletheia Baptist Ministries but I did not tell it all.\u00a0 From the beginning in 1997, when Dr. Peter Slobodian started the original mission board called Baptist Global Mission, this ministry has been blessed to have been led by godly and qualified men who have served on the board of directors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Slobodian\u2019s good friend Rev. 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