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Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.

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Randy Alcorn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1898
Born: January 23
Died: 1987
Died: March 2
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Orange County
Virginia
George Randolph Scott
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