America's Great De-churching, a Review of the Ohio's Issue 1 Defeat, and Suicides are on the Rise
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Millions of Americans have stopped going to church creating the biggest social shift in our lifetime. We'll look at the reasons Ohio's Issue 1 failed giving pro-life voters another defeat. And suicide rates in America are at levels not seen since the Great Depression.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakpoint This Week, where we're talking about the top stories of |
| 0:05.2 | the week from a Christian worldview. |
| 0:07.3 | Today we're going to ask the question, what is church? |
| 0:10.3 | We're going to talk about the decline in church attendance in America and what could bring |
| 0:14.1 | people back. |
| 0:15.4 | We're also going to talk about issue one in Ohio. |
| 0:18.3 | This was a political fight this week over, amending the Ohio Constitution and what that |
| 0:22.9 | means for future abortion battles. |
| 0:25.5 | We have a lot to get to today. |
| 0:26.5 | We're so glad you're with us. |
| 0:28.1 | Stick around. |
| 0:30.1 | Welcome to Breakpoint This Week from the Colson Center for Christian worldview. |
| 0:34.2 | I'm Maria Bear alongside John Stone Street, president of the Colson Center. |
| 0:38.1 | John, before we jump into the stories, I do just want to send love and prayers to our |
| 0:43.0 | friends in Maui. |
| 0:44.0 | I don't know if you've been seeing the news about this, but we have some listeners in Hawaii |
| 0:48.0 | that I've interacted with a few times over email and they're really sweet and fun and |
| 0:52.6 | I'm just praying for them and heartbroken over the pictures that are coming through. |
| 0:56.8 | The town of Lahaina, which is on, I think the western coast of Maui, but it's probably |
| 1:01.4 | the biggest town in Maui. |
| 1:03.8 | That's an old wailing village where all the really cool restaurants are and stuff like |
| 1:07.2 | that. |
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