IN MEMORIAM Continued

Canclini was given special honorable membership within the Argentina Baptist Association. He was, up until the time of his passing, a member of the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Baptist Heritage and Identity.

He cofounded the Christian Alliance of Evangelical Churches of Argentina, was a past president of the Argentina Bible Society and a member of the Argentine Council for Religious Freedom. Canclini was a former resident of the Institute of Las Malvinas, a member of the Brown Institute and played a leading role in integrating the National Academy of History.

Canclini participated in conferences and

meetings in Asia, Europe and North America. His publications included 400 Years of

Argentine Protestantism. He died just before the publication of his most recent work on the history of Piedra Buena.

In 2009 he was honored by the National Congress for his contribution to Argentina. Funeral services took place on June 11 at the Iglesia Bautista del Centro. He leaves wife, Naomi, and children, Cristina and David.

Sven Ohm, a former mission secretary for the Baptist Union of Sweden (BUS), died on August 13 after head injuries sustained from a fall. He was 85 years old. Ohm, in addition to being the pastor

of several churches in Sweden, served the Baptist union as national secretary of the Youth League. He was BUS mission secretary for nearly 25 years, during which time Swedish Baptists expanded their

mission work in other countries,

encouraging Baptists in local communities to assume responsibilities for some of these mission endeavors.

He served the Baptist World Alliance as chair of the Conference of International Mission Secretaries from 1973-1989 as well as a member of the General Council, the

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Mission, the World Evangelization Strategy Workgroup and the Youth Committee.

Swarupananda Patra, general secretary of Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade (OBEC) in India, died on July 6, from cardiac arrest. He was 62 year old. Patra, a member of the Baptist World Alliance General Council, had deep Baptist roots. His father, Sadananda Patra, was president of United Theological School in Cuttack, a Baptist institution established in 1835 by the Baptist Missionary Society out of the United Kingdom.

Swarupananda Patra has been eulogized as the “face and voice” of Baptists and other Christians in Orissa, an eastern state in India, holding various positions among Baptists and the wider Christian community. In addition to being general secretary of OBEC, he was general secretary of the Utkal Christian Church Central Council that has its origins in pre- independent India, established to manage Baptist properties in various parts of Orissa.

Christian Orissa’s capital

He was president of the Young Men’s Association in Bhubaneswa, city; president of the

Bhubaneswar Christian Community, which comprises 74 churches and para-church organizations to aid in the development of the Christian community in the capital; and president of the Orissa Minority Forum,

In a brief article in the July/September 2014 issue of Baptist World magazine, Ohm wrote, “as a close friend of the Baptist World Alliance I always follow the BWA with prayers and warm thoughts.” Ordained to the Christian ministry in 1951, Ohm earned degrees and diplomas from the

in Zurich, Switzerland,

Baptist Theological Seminary Central

Baptist

Theological Seminary in Kansas City and Dallas Baptist University in Texas, both in the United States. Funeral services were held September 6 at Kungsholmen Baptist Church. He was predeceased by his wife, Ann-

Britt and leaves children Michael, Jan and Marie.

a religious minorities body focusing on protection of human rights of Christians in Orissa.

Patra was the main spokesperson and representative of the Christian community in the wake of anti-Christian violence that erupted in the Kandhamal district of Orissa in 2008 that led to loss of life, injuries, destruction of homes and displacement of hundreds. Patra was instrumental in getting the local government and security authorities to take action to stem the violence.

Prior to serving the church full time, Patra, a scientist, worked in the Indian Space Research Organization, was director of Doordarshan for the government of India, and was a former director of the State Institute of Educational Technology for the state government. He wrote Baptists in Orissa: Champions for Christ, which focuses on the contributions of Baptists to the state to Orissa, especially in church planting and congregational development. Funeral services were held on July 7 at the Christian Cemetery in Satya Nagar, Bhubaneswar, in Orissa.

He is survived by wife, Rashmi Mohapatra, son Sasmit Patra and daughter, Ipsita Patra.

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15. Extent and nature of circulation a. Total No. Copies

Preceding 12 Months

4,187

b. Paid and/or Requested Circulation 1. Sales through dealers and carriers 2. Requested/Mail Subscription

-- 3,690

c. Total Paid and/or Requested Circulation 3,690 d. Free (unsolicited) Distribution by Mail e. Free Distribution Outside the Mail g. Total Distribution

-- 432 4,122

h.1. Copies Not Distributed: Office use, leftover, spoiled

i. TOTAL

Percentage Paid and/or Requested Circulation

40 4,187 88.1%

Average No. Copies Each Issue During

Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date

4,550 --

4,117 4,117 --

400 4,517 40 4,550 90.5%

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