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Michael B. Brown

Senior minister, Marble Collegiate Church

The Rev. Dr. Michael B. Brown is senior minister of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, one of the oldest Protestant congregations in America. Formerly the senior minister of Centenary United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., Brown has written five books and contributed to 11 others. His most recent book is “Bottom Line Beliefs.”

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The Exploring Christian Practices Initiative aims to multiply opportunities and increase access to settings that help individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds explore and engage in Christian practices to address their spiritual interests and questions, find and build community with others, nourish their religious lives and grow in faith. 

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