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Churches are having a limited impact on society because they fail to understand that the goal of the church is not the church itself but the kingdom.

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Tony Evans
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 10
Pastor
Radio Personality
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Anthony Tyrone Evans
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