Unconventional - Sharon Dickens
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Jennie Pollock2023-06-05T13:45:00
When Sharon Dickens was asked to set up a women’s ministry in her church in Glasgow, she looked for resources to help her. She found many that outlined good theological foundations, but nothing practical. After a decade of trial, error, growth and setbacks, she wrote the resource she wished she had been able to find.
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