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“Relaxed Kiwi hospitality showers Jimmy”

Description: This image was taken by the Evening Standard on the 12th of February 1984 but was not published. It depicts former United States president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn attending church at the newly opened Central Baptist Church in Palmerston North.

The article “Relaxed Kiwi hospitality showers Jimmy” was written by Warren Barton:

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Yesterday morning Mr and Mrs Carter attended morning service at Central Baptist Church. The former President read from the scriptures and the couple later dined with senior minister Rev. Roy Bullen and the congregation.

Mr Carter spoke of his involvement teaching Sunday School and acting as chairman of the finance committee for his own small Southern Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia.

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Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter jnr) served as the 39th President of the United States of America, between 20 January 1977 and 20 January 1981. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for his work in conflict resolution and advancing human rights in the decades since serving as president. His wife Rosalynn Carter (nee Smith) spent 5 decades advocating for causes in mental health and caregiving support among many others. Together, they founded the Carter Center – which works today to foster world peace and health programmes. Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100 on 24 December 2024. Rosalynn passed a year earlier, on 19 November 2023.