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VALUES

JESUS IS OUR ONE NAME

 

JESUS IS LORD. HE IS OUR MASTER AND OUR RULER. HE HOLDS ALL POWER AND AUTHORITY. HE IS OUR KING AND HE’S OUR FRIEND. HE’S OUR HEALER AND HE’S OUR PROVIDER. HE’S THE REDEEMER AND THE RESTORER. HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. AND HE’S OUR SAVIOR. HE IS THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL GIFTS - LIFE. PEACE. JOY. RESURRECTION. THE HOLY SPIRIT. FREEDOM. LIGHT. FRUIT. AND THE ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER. WE FEAR HIM. WE WORSHIP HIM. WE SERVE HIM. WE EXALT HIM. WE LOVE HIM. THIS IS FOR HIM AND FOR HIS GLORY.

(ACTS 2:36; MATTHEW 28:18, 8:2-3, 15:12, 7:13-14; REVELATION 19:16; JOHN 15:15, 6:33, 14:27, 16:22,24, 11:25, 6:40, 38:39, 15:26, 16:7, 20:22, 8:36, 8:31-32, 9:5, 15:5, 14:6, 14:16; TITUS 1:4; LUKE 10:22)

 

DAILY SURRENDER IS OUR DISCIPLINE 

 

EACH DAY WE DECIDE TO SURRENDER OUR LIVES TO CHRIST. WE DIE TO OURSELVES AND IN TURN GIVE BACK THE LIFE HE FIRST GAVE TO US. IT IS GOD’S WILL FOR US TO BE SANCTIFIED. WE PLAY OUR PART BY SUBMITTING READILY AND RECOMMITTING ONE DAY AT A TIME. WE DON’T WAKE UP SELF-CENTERED OR SIN-CONSCIOUS. WE WAKE UP WITH A PURE HEART FOR HIS GREAT NAME AND PRAY HIS WILL BE DONE.

(MATTHEW 16:24-26; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3; 1 JOHN 3:3)

 

PRAYER IS OUR DEVOTION 

 

THE HEART OF OUR FAITH IS KNOWING OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. RATHER THAN RUSHING THROUGH OUR DAYS, WE TAKE A METHODICAL APPROACH AND ARE IN PRAYER CONSTANTLY AS WE SEEK HIM OUT AND LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. OUR CONNECTION WITH THE LORD IS OUR POWER SOURCE. APART FROM HIM WE CAN DO NOTHING. OUR PRAYERS ARE NOT A WISH LIST FOR A MORE COMFORTABLE LIFE. INSTEAD, OUR PRAYERS REVEAL TO US THE HEART OF GOD, GLORIFY HIS NAME, ROOT US IN CONFIDENCE WITH A SOUND MIND, AND ALIGN US TO HIS PERFECT WILL.

(JOHN 10:14, 15:5; ROMANS 12:12; PHILIPPIANS 4:5-7, PROVERBS 19:21)

 

WORSHIP IS OUR POSTURE

 

LIFE WILL CONTINUOUSLY BE FULL OF CHALLENGES. WE ALL FACE UPS AND DOWNS AND EACH OF US IS IN A SEASON UNIQUELY OURS. WE WILL MOURN TOGETHER. WE WILL CELEBRATE TOGETHER. WE WILL LAUGH TOGETHER AND WE WILL CRY TOGETHER. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, WE WILL ALWAYS WORSHIP TOGETHER BECAUSE OUR ADORATION FOR JESUS IS NOT BASED ON OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT ON HIS SACRIFICE AND LOVE FOR US. WE WILL PRAISE AND REJOICE IN HIM FROM NOW INTO ETERNITY. (ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18)

 

PEOPLE ARE OUR PRIORITY 

 

JESUS SAID, “I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH.” ONE NAME CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, CREATED BY THE LORD, OPERATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, EVER-EVOLVING, FOR HIS GLORY. WE ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL AND DIVERSE - EACH PERSON WONDERFULLY MADE - WORKING IN CONCERT TOGETHER WITH OUR UNIQUE GIFTS AND PURPOSES. TOGETHER, OUR PRAYER AND OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES AND REACH THE LOST, THE HURTING, THE SICK, THE MARGINALIZED, THE UNBELIEVING, AND THE DEPRIVED. WE WILL BUILD COMMUNITY. WE WILL BE PATIENT WITH EACH OTHER. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WILL BOLDLY PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL TO A LOST WORLD. 

(MATTHEW 16:18; PSALM 139:14; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-27; MATTHEW 28:19; MARK 16:15)

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FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE ARE OUR METHODS

 

TOGETHER AT ONE NAME CHURCH, OUR WORK IS PRODUCED BY FAITH, OUR LABOR IS PROMPTED BY LOVE, AND OUR ENDURANCE IS INSPIRED BY THE HOPE IN OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

(1 THESSALONIANS 1:3)

 

GENEROSITY IS OUR FUEL

 

TOGETHER, WE ARE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT, WE ARE KEEPING THE FAITH, AND WE WILL FINISH THE RACE. TO RUN WELL, WE NEED FUEL. NO ONE HERE SITS DOWN AT THE TABLE WITHOUT RESTOCKING THE FRIDGE. AT ONE NAME CHURCH, WE DON’T GIVE, BUT WE GIVE BACK TO THE ONE WHO GAVE US EVERYTHING. WE DO THIS WITHOUT PLEADING AND PRODDING. WE’VE CAUGHT THE REVELATION THAT IT IS A JOY TO BE AN ONGOING INVESTOR IN GOD’S KINGDOM. LIKE INGREDIENTS IN A RECIPE, ALL OF US PLAY A PART IN BEING GENEROUS WITH OUR TIME, OUR SKILLS, OUR WISDOM, OUR FINANCES, AND OUR HARD WORK. 

(2 TIMOTHY 4:7; JAMES 1:17; 2 CORINTHIANS 9:7)

 

COUNTERCULTURE IS OUR CULTURE

 

FOLLOWING JESUS WAS COUNTERCULTURE IN FIRST CENTURY PALESTINE. WE BELIEVE THAT IT STILL IS TODAY. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT WE ARE IN THIS WORLD BUT NOT OF THIS WORLD. AS SUCH, TRENDS AND FADS, GOSSIP AND POLITICS, STATUS AND INFLUENCE, FAVORITISM, COMPARISON, AN EYE FOR AN EYE MINDSET, EARTHLY ENEMIES, AND A WATERED-DOWN PEOPLE-PLEASING GOSPEL HOLD NO WEIGHT IN OUR CAMP. WE ARE A CHURCH WHO UNAPOLOGETICALLY PROCLAIMS THE FULL GOSPEL IN LOVE AND TRUTH. WE HAVE ONLY SPIRITUAL ENEMIES, WE WALK IN FORGIVENESS AND WE LIVE QUIET LIVES. OURS IS A CULTURE OF SALVATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND LIVING IN OUR BORN AGAIN IDENTITY WITH OUR MINDS SET ON THINGS ABOVE. 

(JOHN 17:11,14-15; JAMES 2:9; MATTHEW 5:38-39;  EPHESIANS 6:12,4:32;  1 THESSALONIANS 2:4,4:11; ROMANS 12:2; COLOSSIANS 3:3)

BELIEFS

HOLY BIBLE

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THE HOLY BIBLE, AND ONLY THE BIBLE, IS THE AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD. IT ALONE IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY IN DETERMINING ALL DOCTRINAL TRUTHS. IN ITS ORIGINAL WRITING, IT IS INSPIRED, INFALLIBLE, AND INERRANT. 

(2 TIMOTHY 3:16; 2 PETER 1:20-21; PROVERBS 30:5; ROMANS 16:25-26)

GOD

 

GOD IS THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE AND AUTHOR OF LIFE. GOD IS SPIRIT, AND THEREFORE, IS TIMELESS. SOVEREIGNLY POSSESSING ALL POWER AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, HE NEVER TIRES, GAINS STRENGTH, OR ACQUIRES NEW KNOWLEDGE. HE IS ALL-PRESENT IN THE UNIVERSE. GOD NEVER CHANGES. 

 

GOD IS ONE. HE EXISTS ETERNALLY IN THREE PERSONS AS FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT. EACH PERSON OF THE TRINITY IS OF THE SAME ESSENCE WHICH IS CO-EQUALLY GOD. HE PROVIDENTIALLY SUSTAINS HIS CREATION BY THE WORD OF HIS POWER. 

 

GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO US GENERALLY THROUGH NATURE AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH HIS SON AND THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE. WE EXIST TO GLORIFY HIM AND ENJOY HIM FOREVER. BECAUSE OF THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS, WE CAN KNOW GOD AS OUR HOLY AND LOVING FATHER. 

(GENESIS 1:1; JOHN 5:26; JOHN 4:24; COLOSSIANS 1:15; 1 TIMOTHY 1:17; 1 JOHN 3:20; ISAIAH 46:9-10; PSALM 33:6; PSALM 139:7-10; HEBREWS 6:18; MALACHI 3:6; DEUTERONOMY 6:4; GENESIS 1:26; GENESIS 3:22; ISAIAH 6:8; ISAIAH 48:16; MATTHEW 28:19; 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14; HEBREWS 1:3; ROMANS 1:!8-20; JOHN 1:1-3; MATTHEW 6:9)

JESUS

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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD. THE SCRIPTURES DECLARE HIS VIRGIN BIRTH, HIS SINLESS LIFE, HIS MIRACLES, HIS WORK ON THE CROSS, HIS BODILY RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD, AND HIS EXALTATION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.

(MATTHEW 1:23; LUKE 1:31; LUKE 1:35; HEBREWS 7:26; 1 PETER 2:22; ACTS 2:22; ACTS 10:38; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:21; MATTHEW 28:6; LUKE 24:39; 1 CORINTHIANS 15:4; ACTS 1:9; ACTS 1:11; ACTS 2:33; PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11; HEBREWS 1:3)

 

THAT MAN WAS CREATED GOOD AND UPRIGHT, FOR GOD SAID, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, AFTER OUR LIKENESS.” BUT MAN, BY VOLUNTARY TRANSGRESSION, FELL, AND HIS ONLY HOPE FOR REDEMPTION IS IN JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD.

(GENESIS 1:26-31; 3:1-7; ROMANS 5:12-21)

 

MAN’S ONLY HOPE OF REDEMPTION IS THROUGH THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHIRST THE SON OF GOD. SALVATION IS RECEIVED THROUGH REPENTANCE TOWARD GOD AND FAITH TOWARD THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BEING JUSTIFIED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH, MAN BECOMES AN HEIR OF GOD, ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE. THE INWARD EVIDENCE OF SALVATION IS THE DIRECT WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT. THE OUTWARD EVIDENCE IS A LIFE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUE HOLINESS.

(LUKE 24:47; JOHN 3:3; ROMANS 10:13-15; EPHESIANS 2:8; TITUS 2:11; TITUS 3:5-7; ROMANS 8:16; EPHESIANS 4:24; TITUS 2:!2)

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HOLY SPIRIT

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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE THIRD PERSON OF THE GODHEAD. HE IS CO-EQUAL, CO-ETERNAL, CO-EXISTENT WITH THE FATHER AND WITH THE SON. HIS MINISTRY UPON THE EARTH IS TO CONVICT AND CONVERT MAN AS WELL AS BE THE GREAT PARACLETE (COMFORTER, COUNSELOR, HELPER, INTERCESSOR, ADVOCATE, STRENGTHENER, AND STANDBY) TO THE CHURCH. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE IS A GIFT FROM GOD AS PROMISED BY THE LORD JESUS TO ALL BELIEVERS AND IS RECEIVED SUBSEQUENT TO AND IS DISTINCT FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF NEW BIRTH. WITH IT COMES THE ENDUEMENT OF POWER FOR LIFE AND SERVICE, THE BESTOWMENT OF THE GIFTS AND THEIR USES IN THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY. THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS MEANT TO EMPOWER THE BELIEVER TO BE A WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST BY PREACHING AND DEMONSTRATION OF THE GOSPEL. THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE ALSO EVIDENCE OF THIS EXPERIENCE. WHEREAS THERE IS ONE INITIAL BAPTISM, THERE ARE MANY SUBSEQUENT INFILLINGS OF THE SPIRIT. THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF THE BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IS SO THAT WE, AS BELIEVERS, MAY HAVE THE POWER TO BE WITNESSES. 

(LUKE 24:29; ACTS 1:4, 1:8; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-31; MATTHEW 3:11; JOHN 14:16-17; ACTS 1:8; ACTS 2)

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BAPTISM 

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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, HEAD OF THE CHURCH, ESTABLISHED TWO ORDINANCES FOR THE CHURCH TO FOLLOW: WATER BAPTISM AND COMMUNION. BAPTISM IN WATER, BY FULL IMMERSION, IS A DIRECT COMMANDMENT OF OUR LORD. IT IS FOR ALL BELIEVERS. THE HOLY SACRAMENT IDENTIFIES THE BELIEVER WITH JESUS IN HIS DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION. 

(MATTHEW 28:19; ACTS 10:47-48; ROMANS 6:4; ACTS 20:21; HEBREWS 10:22)

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COMMUNION 

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SATHE ORDINANCE OF COMMUNION IS ALSO A COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD JESUS THAT MUST BE RECEIVED CONSISTENTLY UNTIL HIS RETURN. ONLY BELIEVERS CAN COME TO THE TABLE OF THE LORD, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE BREAD AND THE CUP. THE BREAD - HIS BODY, WHICH WAS BROKEN FOR US. THE CUP - HIS BLOOD THAT WAS SHED FOR US. BOTH ELEMENTS ARE WITNESSES OF THE NEW COVENANT IN WHICH BELIEVERS NOW ENJOY WHILE PROPHETICALLY DECLARING HIS SOON RETURN.

(2 PETER 1:4; 1 CORINTHIANS 11:26)

 

SALVATION 

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SALVATION IS WHOLLY OF GOD BY GRACE ON THE BASIS OF THE REDEMPTION OF JESUS CHRIST, THE MERIT OF HIS SHED BLOOD, AND NOT ON THE BASIS OF HUMAN MERIT OR WORKS. WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH.

(JOHN 1:12; EPHESIANS 1:7, 2:8-10; 1 PETER 1:18-19; TITUS 3:5)

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REPENTANCE 

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REPENTANCE IS THE COMMITMENT TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN IN EVERY AREA OF OUR LIVES AND TO FOLLOW CHRIST, WHICH ALLOWS US TO RECEIVE HIS REDEMPTION AND BE REGENERATED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THUS, THROUGH REPENTANCE WE RECEIVE FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND APPROPRIATE SALVATION.

(ACTS 2:21, 3:19; 1 JOHN 1:9)

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SANCTIFICATION 

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EVERY BELIEVER IS SANCTIFIED (SET APART) UNTO GOD BY JUSTIFICATION AND IS THEREFORE DECLARED TO BE HOLY AND AS A RESULT IS IDENTIFIED AS A SAINT. THIS SANCTIFICATION IS POSITIONAL AND INSTANTANEOUS AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH PROGRESSIVE SANCTIFICATION. THIS SANCTIFICATION HAS TO DO WITH THE BELIEVER’S STANDING, NOT HIS PRESENT WALK OR CONDITION. 

(ACTS 20:32; 1 CORINTHIANS 1:2,30; 1 CORINTHIANS 6:11; 2 THESSALONIANS 2:13; HEBREWS 2:11, 3:1, 10:10, 14, 13:12; 1 PETER 1:2)

 

THERE IS ALSO, BY WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, A PROGRESSIVE SANCTIFICATION. THROUGH OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD AND THE EMPOWERING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE BELIEVER IS ABLE TO LIVE A LIFE OF INCREASED HOLINESS IN CONFORMITY TO THE WILL OF GOD, BECOMING MORE AND MORE LIKE OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

(JOHN 17:17, 19; ROMANS 6:1-22; 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:3-4, 5:23)

 

EVERY SAVED PERSON IS INVOLVED IN A DAILY CONFLICT - THE NEW CREATION IN CHRIST DOING BATTLE AGAINST THE FLESH - BUT ADEQUATE PROVISION IS MADE FOR VICTORY THROUGH THE POWER OF THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT. THE STRUGGLE NEVERTHELESS STAYS WITH THE BELIEVER ALL THROUGH THIS EARTHLY LIFE AND IS NEVER COMPLETELY ENDED. ALL CLAIMS TO BE THE ERADICATION OF SIN IN THIS LIFE ARE UNSCRIPTURAL. ERADICATION OF SIN IS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES PROVIDE FOR VICTORY OVER SIN.

(GALATIANS 5:16-25; EPHESIANS 4:22-24; PHILIPPIANS 3:12; COLOSSIANS 3:9-10; 1 PETER 1:14-16; 1 JOHN 3:5-9)

 

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THE CHURCH 

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THE CHURCH IS THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE HABITATION OF GOD THROUGH THE SPIRIT WITH DIVINE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. EACH BELIEVER, BORN OF THE SPIRIT, IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CHURCH OF THE FIRSTBORN, WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN. 

(EPHESIANS 1:22-23, 2:22; HEBREWS 12:33)

A DIVINELY CALLED AND SCRIPTURALLY ORDAINED MINISTRY HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY OUR LORD FOR THE THREEFOLD PURPOSE OF LEADING THE CHURCH IN: EVANGELIZATION OF THE WORLD, WORSHIP OF GOD, AND EDIFICATION OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.

(MARK 16:15-20; JOHN 4:23-24; EPHESIANS 4:11-16)

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HEALING

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HEALING OF THE SICK IS ILLUSTRATED IN THE LIFE AND MINISTRY OF JESUS, AND IS INCLUDED IN THE COMMISSION OF JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES. IT IS ALSO PART OF JESUS’ WORK ON THE CROSS AND ONE OF THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT. 

(PSALM 103:2; ISAIAH 53:5; MATTHEW 8:16-17; MARK 16:17-18; ACTS 8:6-7; JAMES 5:14-16; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:9, 28; ROMANS 11:29)

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ETERNITY AND THE SECOND COMING

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WE WERE CREATED TO EXIST FOREVER. THOSE WHO FOLLOW CHRIST WILL EXIST ETERNALLY TOGETHER WITH CHRIST IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW CHRIST WILL BE SEPARATED FROM GOD IN ETERNAL TORMENT. 

 

WE BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST WILL RETURN TO EARTH PERSONALLY AND VISIBLY ACCORDING TO THE PROMISES IN SCRIPTURE. HIS RETURN WILL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING HIS ABSOLUTE RULE AND AUTHORITY ON THE EARTH. CHRISTIANS ARE CHALLENGED TO BE WATCHFUL AND OBEDIENT UNTIL HIS RETURN. 

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(JOHN 3:16; 1 JOHN 2:25; JOHN 5:11-13; ROMANS 6:23; REVELATION 20:15; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:13-18; MATTHEW 24:36; MATTHEW 24:42; MATTHEW 25:13; HEBREWS 9:26-28

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ATTRIBUTES

DWELLING PLACE FOR THE LORD’S PRESENCE


SPIRIT-FILLED FAMILY


DEVOTED TO THE WORD OF GOD


UNWAVERING FAITH


HOUSE OF PRAYER & WORSHIP


GENEROUS IN OUR GIVING


SERVE IN THE STRENGTHS OF OUR SPIRITUAL GIFTS


UNITED IN THE SPIRIT


GENUINE LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER


VISION TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL

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