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Oct 2024
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Vice presidential debate, global religious persecution, and famous Christians.

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This week, The Bulletin team recaps the 2024 vice presidential debate with Christianity Today’s chief impact officer Nicole Martin, who is fresh off of a weekend at the Lausanne conference on global missions in South Korea. Then, Clarissa welcomes Knox Thames to discuss religious persecution around the world based on his book, Ending Persecution. Finally, Nicole, Russell, Mike, and Clarissa talk about the other famous Christian Russell (Brand) and what it looks like to be a Christian convert as a celebrity. 

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Nicole Martin serves Christianity Today as chief impact officer after serving on its board of directors. Nicole oversees three major strategic initiatives that are shaping the future of CT: the Global Initiative, the Big Tent Initiative, and the Next Gen Initiative. 

H. Knox Thames is an international human rights lawyer and advocate who served for twenty years in the US government across multiple administrations, most recently in the Obama and Trump administrations as a State Department special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East and South/Central Asia. He is currently a senior fellow at Pepperdine University.

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The Bulletin is a weekly (and sometimes more!) current events show from Christianity Today hosted and moderated by Clarissa Moll, with senior commentary from Russell Moore (Christianity Today’s editor in chief) and Mike Cosper (director, CT Media). Each week, the show explores current events and breaking news and shares a Christian perspective on issues that are shaping our world. We also offer special one-on-one conversations with writers, artists, and thought leaders whose impact on the world brings important significance to a Christian worldview, like Bono, Sharon McMahon, Harrison Scott Key, Frank Bruni, and more.

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