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Stanley Hauerwas on Community as Branches - Anabaptist (John 15:5)
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"The branches are plural—we abide together. Individual spirituality divorced from community is a severed branch. The church abides in Christ as a body; we bear fruit through shared life. Isolated Christians cannot flourish; connected communities bear kingdom fruit." — Stanley Hauerwas.
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