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I love public school teachers.

God bless public school teachers.

I prefer pastors to get paid more than public school teachers.

Lifeway Research reports that nearly half, 47%, of evangelical pastors are bivocational, according to a national congregant study done in 2021.

being a pastor is hard man 42 of u.s pastors said they've seriously considered leaving full-time ministry in the past year so this is a study that was just released by lifeway research relevant magazine just reported on it now here's the there's a the pros of church that don't get talked about enough and again as a kid that like

If it wasn't for the local church, I would not be sitting here with you right now.

I don't even know if I'd be alive right now, right?

Harvard's Nurses Health Study followed 74,000 women for 16 years and found those who went to church more than once a week had a 33% lower risk of dying.

Wow.

It's a bigger effect than many medicines showing that faith actually adds years to your life.

Wow.

So me growing up poor on welfare, single-parent home, right?

Man, the church gave me the framework for the healthy rhythms in my life, right?

Here's another one.

Harvard also found that women who went weekly were five times less likely to die by suicide.

and both men and women had dramatically fewer deaths from despair, up to 68% lower risk.

So in a world where we know deaths of despair is rising, especially you're connected to a lot of the SEAL community and right, man, there's a strong connection to deaths of despair and suicide being mitigated by people who go to church regularly.

And for me, I had a lot of despair and I needed hope as a kid.

And the church was a segue for that.

You can interrupt on any of these if you want.