Primitive Salvationism...

There's an interesting dialogue happening at Missiome.

Martin gets it going by asking "Just as a provocative question...if you're a Primitive Salvo, does that necessarily make you a 'fundamentalist' theologically? Or is it something a little more blurry?" more here.

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