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When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. it was symbolic of what christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. we believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.
-Joel Osteen
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When My Dad Founded Our Church, He

Joel Osteen
When my dad founded our church, he used either a globe or a map of the world behind him. it was symbolic of what christ said: to go forth and preach hope to the world. we believe in the cross, but we just continued with the globe.
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