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May 10 2016

Is Church Marketing Too Scary?

By John Paul Mains christian One Comment

Growing up in the deep south in the 70s and 80s there appeared to be no shortage of TV "evangelists" wanting money for something. It was one of the big reasons I refused to go to church at that age. Why did I have to give $100+ to get to…

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