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Offers an Ideal Church Model: Encourages pastors and members to implement healthy church qualities within their local body Written by Mark Dever: Pastor, bestselling author, and president of 9Marks From 9Marks: Other titles in the Building Healthy Churches series include Church Discipline; Deacons; and Church Membership Replaces ISBN 978-1-58134-937-5","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299700191605,"sku":"9781433588327","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781433588327_0fc7fd05-2aee-4ee9-a252-aa1ec6fa9c29.jpg?v=1786019608"},{"product_id":"9781433557248","title":"The Gospel and Personal Evangelism (Redesign)","description":"Evangelism is not only largely misunderstood, it is often all but neglected among Christians today. Many want to share the gospel with others, but feel intimidated and incapable of doing so. 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