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The reason for our existence

Posted on March 11, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre 1 Comment

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The greatest danger of any organization is to lose sight of its reason for existence. This is especially true for the church.

Filed Under: Church Leadership Tagged With: Church, disciple, Discipleship, existence

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