When the Anglican Consultative Council decided to meet in
Lagos, Nigeria, it was agreed that the gathering should provide the
widest possible opportunities for cultural exchange. Dr. Margaret M.
Lawrence, a psychologist and lay leader in the Diocese of New York,
joined her husband, House of Deputies president Dr. Charles R. Lawrence,
who is the Episcopal church's lay delegate to the Council, at the meet-
ing. Here she is seen addressing the congregation during services at
St. Thomas' Church, Badagry. A lay reader from the parish serves as
interpreter. Badagry is the first place in Nigeria to which Christian
missionaries brought the Gospel.
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