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I was just thinking about a conversation I had with a man last week. He found out that I was a retired pastor, and his immediate response was, “What denomination?” I said, “I am a Baptist.” He then began to inquire if I knew any of several names of pastors he knows. I asked, “Are those SBC pastors?” He said they were and then asked, “You mean there are some besides Southern Baptists?” Then he laughed and said, “You must be a Missionary Baptist.” To which I replied, “Yes, ...
By Dr. Cliff Robertson
Topics of mental health, including depression, anxiety, psychosis, grief, PTSD and suicide are everywhere in the news today. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the total age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States increased by 35.2% from 1999 to 2018. According to the CDC, during the pandemic, there were reports of increases in mental...