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Witness: A Counter-Cultural Community's Quiet Witness - Anabaptist (Great Commission)

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In the movie *Witness*, we find a Philadelphia detective named John Book, played by Harrison Ford, who is thrust into the heart of an Amish community after witnessing a murder. What strikes him most profoundly is not just the simplicity...

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Matthew 28:18-20

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