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Greear has sought to minister to sex abuse victims and offenders in the church that he pastors. According to him, the gospel message of Jesus, not national political purposes, should be the aim of
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Evangelism: How the Recovery of a Patristic Understanding of Salvation Can Aid Evangelical Missionaries in the Evangelization of Islamic Peoples
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in 1999, graduating in 2003 with a doctorate in philosophy, concentrating primarily on
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Smietana, Bob. (22 February 2021). "SBC President J.D. Greear: ‘God did not call
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