BIRMINGHAM, England — A Church of England rector who needed an extra $22,500 to repair the roof of his 12th century church raised nearly all of the sum needed by reviving a 12th century custom: sitting outside his church with a begging bowl one Saturday. John Ganjavi was told the roof of St. Nicholas, Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden, 15 miles south of…
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