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If we are going to make the change from community to communitas, and not just end up with an unsustainable adrenaline-junkie culture, we must have a sophisticated process to form people into adventurer-disciples.

Alan Hirsch

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