Testimony: Christopher Lechman

Chris is a husband, father, and firefighter paramedic. He joins us on this episode to discuss how he became a Christian. As mentioned in the episode, here is the data on male suicide: According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the overall age-adjusted suicide rate in the United States remained nearly the same, at 14.21 per 100,000 in 2022 and 14.12 per 100,000 in 2023. In 2023, men died by suicide 3.8 times more than women. White males accounted for 68.13% of suicide deaths in 2023. Citation: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/ The book Chris mentions is called Dirty Glory: Go Where Your Best Prayers Take You by Pete Greig. Thank you for listening.