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The Canadian Centre for Progressive Christianity<\/a> shared this innovative church advertisement<\/a>:
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The church responsible for the ads<\/a> is a progressive Christian<\/a> congregation, which said<\/a> that the ad \u201cis designed to challenge stereotypes about the way that Jesus was conceived, and get people talking about the Christmas story.\u201d You can listen to the podcast online on the church website or below, or you can download the mp3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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