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Those churches have closed down or have been merged with a church that has a more positive vision.

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Bill Hybels
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 12
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Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Merged
Churches
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Positive
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