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Leah Martens
June 3, 2018
It's Complicated

Safe Group/Diverse Group

Leah Martens
June 3, 2018
It's Complicated
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 In this last teaching in the series "It's Complicated", Leah considers how we go about building Jesus-centered community that's both safe and diverse. 

Listen to the teaching below or review Leah's notes here.

Tagged: safety, diversity, tensions, body of Christ

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