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The safety-obsessed church lacks the inner dynamic to foster profound missional impact in our time.

Alan Hirsch

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Alan Hirsch
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 24
Author
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
Time
Lacks
Dynamic
Obsessed
Safety
Profound
Inner
Impact
Missional
Church
Foster

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