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- ↑ christiancouncilgh.org (2016-12-20). "Methodist Church Elects Bishop Awotwe Pratt As Presiding Bishop" . Retrieved 2018-05-11.
- ↑ Members of the Seventh Advisory Group of the Peacebuilding Fund United Nations, press release of 25 August 2022.