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Laura Barringer is a full-time teacher, a part-time writer and speaker, and she is coauthor of A Church Called Tov as well as Pivot: The Priorities, Practices and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Into a Tov Culture. She previously coauthored the children's version of The Jesus Creed and wrote a teacher's guide to accompany the book. Laura is an advisory board member of Broken to Beloved, one of her favorite nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Wheaton College, she resides in the suburbs of Chicago with her husband Mark and their three beagles. Find her on www.laurabarringer.net. ...more

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	A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 3,277 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pivot: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church into a Tov Culture by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer (Goodreads Author), John Rosensteel (Foreword) 4.42 avg rating — 173 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sharing God's Love: The Jesus Creed for Children by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer (Goodreads Author), Dave Hill (Illustrator) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pivot: Prioridades e práticas para transformar sua igreja em uma cultura tov by Scot McKnight, Laura Barringer (Goodreads Author), Cláudia Santana Martins (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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