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Friends In The Church
Contributed by John Putty on Apr 7, 2011 (message contributor)
FRIENDS IN THE CHURCH
Flavil Yeakley decided to track one hundred new members within his church for six months. After six months, 90 percent of the actives had six or more friends in the congregation (average 7.3) while 98 percent of the dropouts had fewer than six friends (average 1.9).
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