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Former mayor starts a church Jack King was settling into retirement when he heard the call. He went to a seminary and founded the Good News Community Church.

Publication: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
Publication Date: 03-JAN-08 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: Former mayor starts a church Jack King was settling into retirement when he heard the call. He went to a seminary and founded the Good News Community Church.(Metro)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Robert Kelly ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

FESTUS -- Mayors have bully pulpits in their communities. But another kind of pulpit beckoned Jack King after he served a 21/2-year term as mayor of Festus.

King, recently ordained, now preaches from a church pulpit on Sunday mornings.

While other ministers, priests and rabbis occasionally have become mayors and council members in communities across the nation, it may be more unusual to join the clergy after a political career.

In King's case, he said the calling came to him in a clear voice.

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