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September 27, 2023 - Portland youth pastor guilty of sex abuse

By Oregon Faith News Note, In 1998, a Portland youth pastor sexually abused a six-year-old boy, but it wasn’t until Aug. 8 of this year that David N. Duong, 58, pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual abuse and started serving six years and three months in state prison.   Now the […]


September 25, 2023 - The social contagion targeting girls

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Note from Randy: This fifth article in our series on gender confusion is an important and sobering book review written by Al Stewart (National Director of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches in Australia). He does a good job of summarizing the key points […]


September 20, 2023 - A plan to help the homeless

By Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer Press Release, Chavez-DeRemer Unveils Bipartisan Homelessness Bill Expanding Mental Health, Substance Abuse Care DIRECT Care for the Homeless Act creates pilot program to expand street medicine services Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and Summer Lee (PA-12) introduced the bipartisan DIRECT Care for the Homeless Act. The […]


September 18, 2023 - Made in image of God, male and female

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry . Note from Randy: When we were both speaking at an apologetics conference some years ago, I had the privilege of meeting Christopher Yuan, who is an author, speaker, and instructor at Moody Bible Institute. We quickly became good friends. I read a lot of books, […]


September 13, 2023 - From homeless to dream job

By Corban University Salem, Oregon “When most of my friends were talking about what party to go to, and where to attend college, my experience was about ‘how do I survive? Where do I get food? Where am I going to sleep,” says Grace Maiden, now a senior at Corban […]


September 10, 2023 - Struggling young man finds church family at Seattle Hispanic

By Yván Balabarca NW Adventist, God is Almighty and He calls His sons and daughters in diverse ways. Henry Maldonado, a young man born into a Christian home, always loved and feared the Almighty; however, his life led him into a career which offered success, but distracted him from God. […]


September 6, 2023 - Maui fire — a perspective

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry It’s been over three weeks since there were multiple fires on the island of Maui, including a devastating fire that destroyed historic and once beautiful Lahaina town. Please continue to pray for the thousands of people who have been affected. Because of dear friends […]


September 4, 2023 - 130 churches unite for Portland outdoor event

By Luis Palau Association Oregon based-ministry Rejoice with us — God has been moving in Portland this summer! Churches throughout the region have been banding together to show the Portland metro area the overwhelming love of Jesus. Can you imagine it? Portland… saturated with believers… united together to serve those […]