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French church planter sees wildfire disaster as opening for gospel witness in unreached southwest

French church planter sees wildfire disaster as opening for gospel witness in unreached southwest

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Devastating wildfires engulfed southwestern France this summer — one of the most unreached regions for the gospel in the country. However, Arnaud Schrodi, director of church planting and development for Perspectives (Union Perspectives or Églises Perspectives, a network of evangelical Protestant churches and church planters in France) is now home after being forced to evacuate with others from Pessac, a suburb of Bordeaux. In this interview, he recalled how the natural disaster provided an oppor

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