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The thought of the word church and the word marketing in the same sentence makes me sick.

Rob Bell

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Rob Bell
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 23
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Theologian
Ingham County
Michigan
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Church
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Marketing

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