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From Ralph Winter's essay, "When the Church Staggers, Stalls, and Sits Down (In the Middle of a War!)" originally published in the May-June 2008 issue of Mission Frontiers.

 

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Ralph D. Winter and filed under Blog, Fifth 30 and tagged losing faith leaving church.
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