The Reorganized Church, the Decade of Decision, and the Abilene Paradox
April 2, 2018Dialogue 31.1 (Spring 1998): 47–65In this essay I intend to build on my earlier work on the Reorganized Church and the decade of decision it faces in the 1990s.
Dialogue 31.1 (Spring 1998): 47–65In this essay I intend to build on my earlier work on the Reorganized Church and the decade of decision it faces in the 1990s.
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