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Jul 2021
52m 11s

"You Read the Bible, Ringo?"

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
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Church planting, even under the best of circumstances, always requires grit and determination. Planting in one of the most progressive cities in the US at the turn of the millennium required even more. But if Mark Driscoll struggled with anything in his ministry, it wasn’t a lack of will.  The earliest days of Mars Hill were a whirlwind of activity – launch ... Show More
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