| | Evangelical nonprofit to spend $40M mobilizing Christian vote ahead of midterms | | Curated for you byCP Editors | | Good afternoon! It's Monday, September 19, and today's headlines include a nonprofit Evangelical coalition's $40M spending plan ahead of this November's midterm elections, a trans association's decision to remove age requirements for the use of puberty blockers and genital mutilating surgeries on children, and Archbishop Justin Welby's sermon at the late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. | | Faith & Freedom Coalition, a social conservative national grassroots organization headed by Christian activist Ralph Reed, predicts the organization will spend between $36 million and $42 million on a nationwide effort to target Christian voters ahead of November's midterm elections. The Evangelical organization plans to reach voters from a precleared list using direct mail, phone messages and home visits. "We are engaged in 24 different states on the grassroots level. For this election cycle, we'll actually hit 8.2 million doors in those 24 different states," said Timothy Head, the organization's executive director. All 435 U.S. House of Representatives seats will be on the Nov. 8 ballot, as well as 35 U.S. Senate seats, with the election determining which party controls both chambers of Congress for the remaining two years of President Joe Biden's first term. Three dozen governorships and more than 80% of state legislative seats are also up for grabs. Continue reading. | | P.S. Volume 3 of CPMagazine is here! If you'd like to help support Christian journalism, this digital-only offering runs just $19.99 annually—or get your free copy when you sign-up for a free Christian Post account. Inside the latest issue: What’s next in a post-Roe world. Sign-up to download your flipbook or PDF copy today. |
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| Trans care group nixes age guidelines for puberty blockers, disfiguring sex change surgeries | | The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), which released its Standards of Care 8th Edition in the International Journal of Transgender Health earlier this month, published a correction on Thursday removing sections related to "suggested minimal ages" for offering so-called "gender-affirming care" or "surgical treatment," such as experimental puberty-blocking drugs, breast amputations on girls and removing boys' genitals. Chapter 6 of the guidelines claims that a double mastectomy can alleviate "chest dysphoria" in girls who are led to believe that in order to be happy, they must remove their breasts. It further argues that boys suffering from gender dysphoria can experience "improved psychosocial functioning" by obtaining a vaginoplasty where penis tissue is removed to create a fake vagina. Read more. | | Also of Interest... | | Detransitioners share regrets, speak out against body mutilation in 'Transgressive' documentary'Raw, horrific evil': Journalist sounds alarm on 'one of the most grotesque medical scandals the world has ever seen'Children's Hospital urged schools to promote 'trans-friendly' sex shops selling 'kink & BDSM': reportAppeals court upholds Washington's conversion therapy ban, rules against Christian therapist | | Archbishop Justin Welby honors Queen Elizabeth II's faith during state funeral | | More than 2,000 guests, including presidents and prime ministers, attended the late Queen Elizabeth II's funeral at Westminster Abbey in the United Kingdom on Monday. The Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, delivered the sermon at the historical abbey, telling attendees that the queen had touched "a multitude of lives." The archbishop encouraged the leaders in attendance to follow the queen's example of servant leadership, noting, "Her late majesty's example was not set through her position or her ambition but through whom she followed." He went on to quote the late monarch's address to the nation during the pandemic when she ended with the words from a Vera Lynn song, "We'll meet again," saying, "All who follow the queen's example and inspiration of trust and faith in God can with her say, we will meet again." Read more. | | Also of Interest... | | ‘More than a monarch’: World leaders react to the death of Queen Elizabeth II'Faithful Christian disciple’: Christian leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II |
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| What explains Britain’s inimitable pageantry? | | In this editorial, F. LaGard Smith discusses Britain's longstanding faith history, how it has contributed to impressive reverence and pageantry and how the loss of such faith in today's society will ultimately result in traditions crumbling. "Considering the rapid decline of faith on this side of the pond, which reading of that epitaph will be ours? That of a believing Queen, whose faith-inspired farewell pageantry has made us weep, or that of an unbelieving society of cultural vandals whose self-lauding, empty rituals should make us cry?" Smith asks. Read more. | | Never say these 2 words | | Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chief Field Officer Dan Britton shares why he deleted the phrase "I'm busy" from his vocabulary. Britton cautions against getting caught up in the "trap of busyness" and shares why it's essential people step back from stress to find spiritual nourishment and rest. Read more. |
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| EU calls for war crimes tribunal after mass graves discovery in Ukraine | | The discovery of approximately 450 graves in a pine forest in a Ukrainian city formerly occupied by Russian forces has prompted the European Union presidency to call for the creation of a war crimes tribunal. Oleg Synegubov, the head of the Kharkiv administration, a northeast city in Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page Friday that 99% of the bodies show signs of violent deaths. Synegubov stated that many were found with their hands tied behind their backs, and one person was buried with a rope around their neck. Two hundred law enforcement officials are investigating the site where the bodies were found, with Synegubov stating the bodies will be sent for forensic examination to determine the cause of death. Afterward, "they will all be buried with proper honor. Every death will be investigated and become proof of Russia's military crimes in international courts," the official wrote. Jan Lipvasky, foreign minister of the Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the EU, expressed disgust in a Saturday tweet at the idea that such attacks would take place against a civilian population in the 21st century, calling it "unthinkable and abhorrent." Read more. |
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| Awana CEO: Churches must focus on discipling children | | Matt Markins, the head of the child discipleship organization Awana, says that churches that don't invest more in discipleship-oriented children's ministries will be "standing on a burning platform." Markins, who spoke with The Christian Post ahead of Awana's Child Discipleship Forum held from Sept. 22-23 in Nashville, Tenn., explained that because research shows that most people's worldview formation is "largely fixed" by age 13, it's important to recognize that worldview formation is not "a youth group conversation" but a "child formation conversation." The leader says that, while last year's event was a kickoff conversation focused on addressing the best way to help the Church move from children's ministry to child discipleship, this year's forum will focus on how churches can best shift from the "old map" children's ministry to "new map" children's ministry to form lasting faith in kids. Continue reading. | | | | | | | | Thank you for spending part of your day with us. We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow! -- CP Editors |
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