From Open Arms International, I hope you will take a minute to read this article from a recent Sunday Oregonian column by Margie Boule.  It’s a great story about Michele Nielson, one of our faithful supporters, and the birthday party she hosts every year to benefit Open Arms International.  As […]

Medical Teams International (Tigard, Ore. — June 3, 2009) – Medical Teams International airlifted enough emergency medicines and medical supplies today to care for 10,000 Pakistani people during the next three months.The medicines will help people survive in northern Pakistan who have lost their homes in recent civil and military […]

MEDIA ADVISORY, June 16 /Christian Newswire/ — Designer Calvin Klein has placed what is being called a “racy” new advertisement on a huge five-story-high billboard on a Manhattan building in New York City. It shows half-naked teenagers lying on top of each other in sexually explicit positions.TV co-host and author […]

By National Religious Campaign Against Torture, WASHINGTON, DC – Following a meeting between 33 senior religious leaders and senior Obama administration officials, Rev. Richard Killmer, executive director of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture issued the following statement: “We were pleased to have the opportunity today to meet with Obama […]

Luis Palau Minsitries, (Portland, Oregon, USA) – Evangelist Luis Palau’s Season of Service (SOS) is singled out in the July issue of Reader’s Digest as the “Best Group Service Project” in America. In a cover story entitled “Best of America,” the monthly magazine celebrates 75 reasons Americans should love their […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Author of Bestselling book, Heaven Two weeks ago I had the privilege of answering some questions about giving on the Revive Our Hearts website. I have the greatest appreciation for Nancy Leigh DeMoss and Revive Our Hearts. If you’re not familiar with […]

FAITH NEWS BIT OF THE WEEK: From ABC News: “A pastor in Kentucky is redefining the tradition of wearing your Sunday best to services by encouraging his congregation to strap on holsters and bring their weapons to church. Pastor Ken Pagano invites gun owners to church for July 4th holiday.  […]

Catholic Movie Review.org: Brisk but gritty thriller that pits a New York subway dispatcher (Denzel Washington) against a psychopath (John Travolta) whose small gang (including Luis Guzman) has hijacked the titular train, taking its passengers hostage. Performances by the leads and supporting cast—James Gandolfini as the mayor and John Turturro […]

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Decades of painful conservative-moderate fights. Stagnant baptism rates. Membership malaise. Surveying the state of the Southern Baptist Convention, seminary president Danny Akin can sum it all up in just six words.  “Business as usual,” he said, “is not working.” Seeking to turn things […]

Portland Archdiocese — The annual Peter’s Pence Collection will be taken in the parishes of the Archdiocese on Sunday, June 28. The theme for this year’s collection is “Cast the Light of Christ upon the World.” The theme recalls the Holy Father’s statement at New York’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral in […]