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David Fitch <\/strong><\/a>sets the context of this little scuffle best:<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt that the success of many of the New Reformed Missional churches in the cities is the result of the influx of twenty-something populations into the cities in the past fifteen-twenty years with little or no place to go to church.\u201d\u00a0Collin Hansen <\/a>\u2013 author, editor at CT, and a contributor to the Gospel Coalition \u2013 asks 2 questions in response \u201cCould you point me to research that led you to conclude (this?).\u201d<\/p>\n
Then he also added \u201cI would also be interested to know more about your observation that Redeemer City to City and Acts 29 \u201cdepend largely on existing Christianized populations.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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