... Healthy congregations do not claim to have an exclusive lock on salvation and truth in absolute terms

To affirm confidence in one's salvation and at the same time to acknowledge that those in other churches may also be saved, demonstrates a higher level of spiritual formation and grasp of ultimate truth than many have achieved. Healthy congregations recognize a variety of levels of spiritual formation, as well as a variety of types of spirituality, and can be inclusive of some of those varieties. Healthy congregations recognize the ambiguity of life, respect differences of opinion, and are able to admit to unexplainable mysteries and unanswerable questions.

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