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Built to fail

Posted on November 27, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Fail

The church is not an organization that is built to eventually fail. In fact, when Jesus gave us our mission of making disciples, he also told us that he would be with us as we do it. Jesus began it, Jesus sustains it, and Jesus will complete what he started.

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