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A Brighter Vision: Rethinking the Way We See Missions, Movements, and Making Disciples

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Book cover of "A Brighter Vision" by Jackson Strider, featuring a person looking at a vibrant sunset.

A Brighter Vision, by Jackson Strider, offers a friendly critique of the church-planting movement/disciple-making movement (CPM/DMM) paradigm. Drawing on his own experiences, he encourages readers toward a biblically sound and realistic vision for life and ministry that does not hinge on catalyzing a movement.

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