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Tom Nelson: Language that Affirms Work

A church's language can affirm or devalue its congregants' work.

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One of the ways that Tom Nelson began to lead his church through a cultural shift in its theology of faith and work was to change the language in his preaching and to cultivate a new vocabulary within the church itself. A person's language has the power to affirm or devalue, and by creating an environment in which all work is affirmed, a church also begins to lessen the sacred/secular divide.

This video is an excerpt from the Pastor's Guide of our Redeeming Work Bible Study available at our sister-site, SmallGroups.com.

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