“In short, if someone asks a pastor, a priest, or a Christian friend to pray for him that his sexual desires or gender dysphoria might be changed, that pastor, priest, or friend runs the risk of committing a criminal offense,” Trueman wrote.

As of January 2020, a new Rassmussen survey found a quarter of all Americans support the idea of splitting red and blue states into separate countries.

Wells, who described himself as a “spiritual” person, credited God with helping him survive. “I’m not going to shy away from that, because that’s what saved my life,” he said.

“Thousands of people in our community…would rather not suffer in isolation [but] come out to sing and express their gratitude because we believe that there is immunity in community, but there is desolation in isolation,” said Cameron.

The study found that 55% of sex trafficking victims in the study had obtained abortions. Thirty percent had undergone more than one abortion, according to LiveAction.org.

While I can’t say that I have “never” attended a service online, my virtual experience ended shortly after it began. It was not a “church” experience in any way, shape or form.

Forcing people to watch services on a computer or continue to distance themselves from others behind masks and it’s no wonder people aren’t likely to return to church.

I wonder if the reason self-professing evangelicals embrace the idea of gender fluidity is so high is likely because the respondent has a child, grandchild or friend who rejected his or her own sexuality.

Mainline Protestants had the highest percentage of teenage children who identified as religiously unaffiliated, at 24%. For evangelicals, that number was 12% and 15% for Catholics.

At this time of intense isolation, fear, concern and frustration, officials seem literally hellbent to wipe all types of spirituality from the lives of citizens — for their own safety, of course.