By Beaver Believer, Portland I was watching a rated-R film and a scene came up where children were being killed with an axe. To my surprise I saw a woman get up and escort her two kids out of the theater. Those girls looked no older than six years old. […]

By Sheila Allen NW Baptist COnvention, NW Baptist Witness Newsletter CRESWELL, Ore. — Business will be anything but usual after an international trip by a six-member team of New Hope Baptist Church in this West Oregon town. While the church championed mission efforts around the world for years, the personal […]

Injured Teen Declared ‘Another Christopher Reeve,’ Goes on to Launch Computer Animation Studio In the summer of 1997, Kevin Thorson was a lively teenager, recent homeschool graduate, and budding musician. He planned on becoming a missionary like his older sister. Instead, in a single moment, he became one of the […]

The country of El Salvador has been ravaged by over 20 years of civil war and gang violence. The president of El Salvador, Antonio Saca, is searching for peace for his country. He personally invited the Central Oregon based Freedom Team to come and share their message of hope and […]

By Medical Teams International, (PORTLAND, ORE.—Nov. 7, 2008)  Four medical aid workers with Medical Teams International depart next week for eastern Congo where thousands of families are on the run—fleeing armed attacks by rival armed militia. The two doctors and two nurses head to Goma on Wednesday where they will […]

By Dale Fulton, Dave Ramsey spoke to the Rose Garden in Portland on November 1st.  His faith based advice on financial stewardship runs counter to culture but yet is immensely popular.  ‘If you live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.  In America, debt is […]

This week Californians passed Proposition 8 which put the definition of marriage into the state constitution.  The ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the new Proposition 8 Amendment.   Defenders of the proposition cite the Oregon Court of Appeals case, Martinez v. Kulongoski, which involved a similiar measure passed by Oregonians and […]

Below is a quarter sample of the article from Christianity Today, Full Article Here Rain fell on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday before Portland, Oregon’s CityFest, an open-air, family-friendly evangelistic festival in downtown Waterfront Park. On Friday, August 22, skies cleared and temperatures rose into the 80s. An estimated 180,000 […]

By Kelsi Johns The Institute of Theology of Culture, Overflow Newsletter So why so much attention on the gospel and culture? Our theology is built upon a foundation that explicitly and implicitly communicates how we view culture in light of the gospel. This ultimately shapes the way we engage with […]

By Dale Fulton, Is your life defined as a series of responses to crises?  Do you feel as though your time is not your own? Are you living life purposefully? Dr. Randall Kinnison is a post-graduate instructor and licensed mediator who has twenty-five years experience in conflict resolution.  He is […]