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When Partnership Becomes Personal

Although they are still in the minority of transnational church partnerships, healthy patterns of congregational partnerships that focus on relationship are becoming more and more common. The following article written by a colleague and student at Nazarene Theological Seminary, Lynne Bollinger gives an interesting perspective of the relationship factor in partnerships:                                                                    

 (see article at: When Partnership Becomes Personal )

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