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What does it mean?
The church serves as a place for spiritual healing, mental education, and preserving moral values for many people.
In plain terms
Churches help people heal spiritually, learn mentally, and store moral ideas.
What can you take from it?
Recognize the church as a center for spiritual and moral support.

Where it applies

  • community building
  • personal crisis
  • moral guidance

Putting it to work

  • support local religious institutions
  • engage in community service
  • study moral philosophy

Questions to consider

  • What role does faith play in your life?
  • How do you find moral guidance?

Another view

Not everyone views the church as a positive or necessary institution.

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