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<\/a> Book of the Week<\/strong><\/span>: Missional Church: A Vison for the Sending of the Church in North<\/u><\/em> America Edited by Darrell L. Guder. If we came to the understanding that America is now the mission field and that we need to be thinking about our own back yard the way we used to think of far off countries then we would have a whole new way of doing church. In short, Missional Church is a the theology behind this kind of Church and a must read for anyone who desires to see the transformation of the USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"