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You can do more with 12 disciples than with 1,200 religious consumers.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
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Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
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