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Kenneth Young

Pastor and director of external relationships, Massachusetts Council of Churches

The Rev. Kenneth Young is director of external relationships at the Massachusetts Council of Churches and serves as pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Before that, he served as associate pastor of St. John’s Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts. Young has master of arts degrees in religion and church history from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

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The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. 

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