The Church Reformed reclaims the Church as a covenant people under Christ by confronting control, conditional belonging, unaccountable authority, dishonest unity, and institutional fear without abandoning leadership, doctrine, structure, discipline, or hope.
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The Faith We Inherited · Volume 7 of 18 · Catalog 43166
The Church Reformed
Reclaiming the Body Without Control
The Church Reformed reclaims the Church as a covenant people under Christ by confronting control, conditional belonging, unaccountable authority, dishonest unity, and institutional fear without abandoning leadership, doctrine, structure, discipline, or hope.
Bourne Again Living Library · Catalog 43166
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The Church Reformed reclaims the Church as a covenant people under Christ by confronting control, conditional belonging, unaccountable authority, dishonest unity, and institutional fear without abandoning leadership, doctrine, structure, discipline, or hope.
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Reexamine inherited Christian language with Jesus at the center and without using fear as the engine of faith.
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