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title: East-West Blog | Kurt Nelson (4)
description: Kurt serves as East-West's CEO, providing leadership and oversight to all worldwide ministry endeavors in the more than 40 countries in which East-West currently operates. Kurt and his wife, Pat, live in Dallas, Texas, and have nine children and seven grandchildren. (4)
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