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The church will not be able to avoid dealing with social issues in those places where it has growth and development.
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The statement says that a church cannot focus only on its own expansion. Wherever it is growing and becoming more established, it will also have to respond to the social issues affecting those communities. Growth brings a wider public role and makes engagement with surrounding society unavoidable.
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