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Francis Chan: Why I Left the Megachurch I Created

By Charisma Magazine Staff
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Francis Chan started his California megachurch in his living room. He says it was all he knew to do. Until the Holy Spirit convicted him. Here’s why.

By Charisma Magazine Staff

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