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Article: Why I Left the Institutional Church

August 16, 2008September 6, 2013 D. L. Webster

“A growing number of people are leaving the institutional church for a new reason. They are not leaving the church because they have lost their faith. They are leaving to preserve their faith.” (Reggie McNeal)

From the author of Pagan Christianity: Why I Left the Institutional Church

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