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Remember Our Roots

The map of God's activity, then, is not a blank ocean between the apostolic shores and our modern day. So we need to remember--and search for our roots in--the luminaries, risk takers, and movements of the church through the centuries. To neglect them is not only to risk repeating past errors, it is to fall victim to a narrowing amnesia that leaves us floundering.

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