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Saved by the City

Saved by the City

By: Religion News Service
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 Roxy and Katelyn grew up in the white evangelical American heartland. Both were warned moving to a supposed bastion of secular culture would be dangerous to their faith. While navigating a city where people sleep in on Sunday mornings and the chaste motto “true love waits” isn’t a thing, the two have found a renewed, vibrant faith that has been both strengthened and stretched in the metropolis.© 2021 Christianity Spirituality
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    The Religion Stories Behind the Headlines: 2025 Recap With Jack Jenkins + Adelle Banks
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