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The local church is the hope of the world, and its future rests primarily in the hands of its leaders.

Bill Hybels

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
World
Locals
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Church
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Hope
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