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5 Marks of a grace based church

Posted on March 15, 2013 Written by Mark McIntyre 7 Comments

Grace

In responding to the question, “how can you identify a grace based church?” I came up with 5 identifying marks of such a church. See if you agree with these and add your own in the comments section.

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