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If you had asked the pastor of the mainline
church I grew up in how his congregation was addressing public issues like
poverty, health or education, he would have pointed to a few church-sponsored
programs (like a child-care center and a Meals on Wheels program) but he would
also have named church members who were doctors, civil servants and public
school teachers. As he saw it, the church was making a powerful public witness
through the faithful presence of these Christians--doctors who went the extra

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