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''Not to be confused with the Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade.'' The Girls' Brigade is an international and interdenominational Christian youth organisation. It was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About GB )〕 The modern organization was formed as the result of the amalgamation of three like-minded and similarly structured organizations in 1964. These organizations were the Girls' Brigade of Ireland (1893), the Girls' Guildry of Scotland (1900), and the Girls' Life Brigade of England (1902). The International Headquarters are currently based in Glasgow.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Address of HQ )〕 The organization operates in over 60 countries worldwide and is divided into five Fellowships: African, Asian, Caribbean and Americas, European, and Pacific.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=International GB )〕 International Conferences are held every four years, this has been happening since 1998 when the conference was in Australia.〔 It was in Thailand in 2002, Northern Ireland in 2006, and Malaysia in 2010.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Newsletter mentioning where the 2006 ICGB conference was held ) 〕 The Queen Mother and Princess Alice were Girls' Brigade's patrons until their deaths in 2002 and 2004 respectively. There are, at the moment, no living patrons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Patrons of GB )〕 ==Girls' Brigade Vision statement, principles and motto== The international vision statement is "Girls' lives transformed, God's world enriched" The Girls' Brigade's principles are as follows:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Information on principles )〕 # The Brigade acknowledges Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord according to the Scriptures and seeks to fulfil its aim to the glory of one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit # The Brigade witnesses to the standard set by Jesus Christ and gives positive teaching on the Christian attitude to life # The Brigade promotes a just society where all people are equally valued. The motto of the Girls' Brigade is "Seek, Serve and Follow Christ" and its Aim is "To help girls become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, and through self control, reverence and a sense of responsibility to find true enrichment of life".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Information on motto and aim )〕 Because of the youth development aspect of its work, the Girls' Brigade is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)〔(Full list of NCVYS members )〕 and has been since 1936, when it was one of NCVYS's founding organisations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Girls' Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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