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Schiemann (District President), Kurtis Francis Robinson (Financial Executive), James Theodore Kentel (chairman, Board of Directors), Rev. Mark David Ruf (First Vice-president), Harold Carl Schmidt (Board of Directors). The Alberta Securities Commission "Staff allege that each of the Respondents breached, or authorized, permitted, or acquiesced in the breach of section 92(4.1) of the Act", and that "they knew or ought to have known did not state all of the facts required to be stated to make the statements not misleading, and which would reasonably be expected to have a significant effect on the market price or value of the securities distributed by the District and DIL".
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Alberta Securities Commission convened a hearing and set 32 days of hearings in May 2019 to explore the merits of the allegations. The hearings are intended to clarify multiple securities allegations against The Alberta British - Columbia District and five former leaders
436:) in 2008; southeast Asia, where it assists in providing theological education for future pastors in Thailand and Cambodia; Venezuela; and Ukraine, where it partners with the Synod of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine in the training of pastors at Concordia Seminary in Usatovo (near
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2911:Baptist General Conference of Canada
2853:The United Brethren Church In Canada
1927:Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada
1753:Lutheran Ministerium and Synod – USA
1727:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti
1441:Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church
1168:Indonesian Lutheran Christian Church
922:Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya
906:Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana
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1457:Spanish Evangelical Lutheran Church
469:LCC Summarized Statistics 2019-2022
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2783:Anglican Catholic Church of Canada
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1624:Lutheran Church Synod of Nicaragua
1264:Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church
1248:Lutheran Church in the Philippines
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2971:North American Baptist Conference
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1131:China Evangelical Lutheran Church
3422:Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
3407:Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
3114:Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
3089:Christian Ministers' Association
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2459:Anglican Catholic Ordinariate
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1796:The Lutheran World Federation
609:Alberta Securities Commission
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1950:Archdiocese of North America
1851:Canadian Council of Churches
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1592:Lutheran Church of Guatemala
1099:Lutheran Church of Australia
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2871:Evangelical Covenant Church
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1216:Lutheran Church in Korea
954:Malagasy Lutheran Church
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1200:Myanmar Lutheran Church
1044:Lutheran Church of Togo
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