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Julian goes mainstream?

My wife alerted me to the fact that the First Christian Church of Decatur, Georgia put this wonderful quotation on their marquee the other day:

First Christian Church, Decatur GA, March 2008

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One Response to “Julian goes mainstream?”

phil foster Says:
March 10, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Julian is mainstream if by mainstream we mean the way things are. Of course, Carl, it’s good to see one of my sister congregations on your website. Dr. James of FCCDecatur is a good guy and this faith community is doing good things where it is. We Disciples are pretty catholic when you get right down to it. We’re into the spiritual history but not the polity.

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