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Church planting is a process that results in a new Christian church or parish in a new and untouched locality.

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Sam Walton's transformational leadership and innovations in discount retail supply chains

The emergence of Wal-Mart as a global force in discount retailing is in large part due to the vision and commitment to continual process improvement that its founder and CEO, Sam Walton had.

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