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What Is Maturity?
Moving Toward Maturity
Building Mature Congregations

This course is ideal for church leaders looking to bring deeper vitality and maturity in their congregations.

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How long will it take me to complete this course? It will take an average student about 45 minutes to complete this course. You can pause at any time and come back. You can even re-take lessons. Each course features 3-6 video lectures that are from 5-7 minutes in length. Also included are downloadable Mp3s of each lecture plus Discussion Questions and a one-page synopsis of the course called The Takeaway

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