Suicide Hotline Calls Have Been Skyrocketing in Los Angeles Since the Wuhan Virus Outbreak Kicked Off

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5 months ago

Apr 26, 2020

ABC 7 reported that calls to a suicide and help hotline in Los Angeles skyrocketed by more than 8,000 percent from February to March due to the outbreak of the Wuhan virus.

Per a report from the Orange County Register, the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services Center in Los Angeles received 22 calls to their hotline regarding the Wuhan virus in February.

However, after a month passed, the number of calls surged to 1,800.

Didi Hirsch has ten branches in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. The mental health service provider is currently hiring more staff to handle the rise in hotline calls.

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The Wuhan virus is pushing America’s already fragile civic and voluntary institutions to the limit.

Social capital has already been diminishing in America, so a generalized crisis like the outbreak could put America on an even more rapid descent into social chaos.

Moments like these show the importance of having strong family and community bonds.

For Americans suffering from severe depression, they can generally call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

Southern Baptist Convention Reverses Course on Name Change After BLP Reporting

They say they’re not changing their name.

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1 day ago

Sep 20, 2020

Richard Moorhead

The Southern Baptist Convention has sought to dispel reporting from Big League Politics on the organization’s planned name change, arguing that the institution isn’t formally changing its name.

To correct multiple inaccurate reports, “We Are Great Commission Baptists” is the 2021 Annual Meeting THEME.

The GCB descriptor was approved in 2012 for churches to use if it would be helpful in their local context.

The Southern Baptist Convention remains our official name.

— SBC Executive Committee (@SBCExecComm) September 17, 2020

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But a close look at the American Christian church’s plans relating to its name reveal that it’s played with the idea far more seriously than they’re making it seem.

Reports of a name change first emerged in a Washington Post article published on Tuesday. SBC President JD Greear told the Post that “hundreds of churches” affiliated with the denomination had “committed” to using the phrase “Great Commission Baptist” as an alternative to the denomination’s longtime moniker. The change would come as Greear touts his support of the Black Lives Matter, although he’s been careful in pointing out he doesn’t support any formal organization related to the movement. Greear also is renaming the church he personally pastors with the term.

The SBC’s 2021 convention will also organize under the motto of “We Are Great Commission Baptists.” Sounds a lot like a name change, even if the SBC’s leadership is steadfastly maintaining it isn’t.

The name ‘Great Commission Baptist’ is theologically sound in the Christian religion, but it’s somewhat questionable that the organization’s leader appears to be emphasizing it at a moment in which political correctness is making its entryism into many Christian churches and organizations.

It seems as if the organization’s figurehead is keen to present himself as a liberal-style suburban Evangelical to the Washington Post, but he changed his tune quite quickly when the rank and file membership of Southern Baptist churches learned that he was promoting the idea of a name change.