INDIANAPOLIS — The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) says it has started 101 new churches in the past two years, despite an overall membership decline of about 16,000 members. The Indianapolis-based church said it will finally see membership gains by 2006 — and 1,000 new congregations by 2020 — if current church-planting trends continue. The percentage of new churches is…
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