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  Apr 29, 2021

  Saddleback's Kay Warren: Church is 'vital' to combating mental health crisis

  As the pandemic has resulted in increased anxiety and depressive disorder among Americans, Saddleback Church co-founder Kay Warren says the Church can play a unique role in caring for those with mental illness and their families no matter how “messy” situations might be. 

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  Apr 29, 2021

  Pastor Rich Villodas laments celebrity culture invading churches: 'Disease of the soul'

  Pastor Rich Villodas weighed in on the dangers of “celebrity-ism” that has infiltrated many churches and highlighted the role every Christian has to play in combating the ideology he warned is “incompatible with the Christian faith.” 

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  Apr 28, 2021

  Q Summit: Tyler Burns on the 'pain and power' found in the 'paradox' of being a black Christian

  Tyler Burns, president of the Witness, identified the lessons the Church can learn from the African American legacy and experience and shared how there is “power” to be found in the seeming paradox of being “fully black and fully Christian.” 

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  Apr 28, 2021

  Skillet's John Cooper says moral relativism, 'woke ideology' permeating Church is 'wrecking Christianity'

  Skillet frontman John Cooper has issued a blistering condemnation of “woke ideology” and moral relativism he warned has seeped into the Church, urging Christians to be “extremely vigilant about the Word of God” to combat such false doctrine. 

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  Apr 27, 2021

  Female detransitioner says gender dysphoria must be treated like mental health issue

  A former trans-identified woman who has de-transitioned is stressing the importance of treating those struggling with gender dysphoria “the same way we would treat any other young person who's struggling with mental health issues” instead of allowing them to alter their bodies permanently.

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  Apr 27, 2021

  TD Jakes on how Christians can best use social media to 'shed light,' not 'generate heat'

  In an increasingly polarised society, Bishop T.D. Jakes has encouraged Christians to use discretion when posting on social media, stressing the power of content that “sheds light rather than generates heat.”

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  Apr 27, 2021

  'The Mitchells vs The Machines' highlights importance of family, pitfalls of technology: Maya Rudolph

  “The Mitchells vs The Machines,” the new animated from Netflix, reminds audiences that in an increasingly tech-saturated world, it’s important to love those right in front of you well without distraction, the films’ stars say. 

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  Apr 25, 2021

  Christian comedian Michael Jr. shares transformative stories from his life in new book

  For much of his adult life, comedian Michael Jr. has made people laugh, uplifting audiences from some of the world’s biggest stages.

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  Apr 23, 2021

  Christian activists divided over USCIRF recommending India as 'country of particular concern'

  Christian activists are divided in their responses to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom again recommending the State Department place India on its list of “countries of particular concern” for the worst violations of religious freedoms in 2020.

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  Apr 23, 2021

  'A putrid threat': China's persecution of Christians 'intensified' in 2020: report

  Religious persecution in China intensified during 2020, with thousands of Christians affected by church closures and other human rights abuses, according to a new survey from ChinaAid.