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Finish the Mission: Bringing the Gospel to the Unreached and Unengaged

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Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission by David J. Bosch

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that the heart that attained the catholicity that his book is praised for was formed in the midst of struggles for justice in the South Africa he so loved.

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