Growing the Beloved Community in Spite of Sinful Soil

By Efrem Smith
Oct 12, 2009
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke often of something he called the beloved community. This was the title given to describe a reality in which freedom, love, justice, and reconciliation would reign.

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