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Why Do Churches Go Liberal?

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Michael Clary
Sep 02, 2023
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Why do churches (and institutions) always seem to go liberal?

Simple. They end up conserving the wrong mission. Here's how it happens.

All churches have a purpose they were created to achieve. Naturally, they are conservative about that purpose.

But every church also has an unwritten, unstated, and hidden purpose: preserve the institution. What do I mean?

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