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November 15, 2023 - Life Impact of a First Mission Trip

By Bill MacLeod, Director, MissionConnexion MissionConnexion hosts conferences in Oregon and nationwide In the fall of my second year of college, I had a weekend job from 12:00 AM (midnight) to 8:00 AM sitting behind a desk and buzzing people in the front door of a high-rise apartment building in […]


November 13, 2023 - Oregon man gets 10 years for 1,000 illicit images

By Oregon US Attorney Office Press Release, A Jackson County, Oregon man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison today for distributing child pornography online using Tumblr, a microblogging and social networking website. Thomas Ray Taylor, 50, a resident of Eagle Point, Oregon, was […]


November 5, 2023 - Corrosive Quest for Respectability

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Note from Randy: Something is seriously wrong when Christians crave cultural popularity and acceptance. That’s why I greatly appreciated the points made in this article by Brett McCracken, a senior editor and director of communications at The Gospel Coalition. May it remind us that God […]


November 1, 2023 - Oregon business owner left $3 million for orphans in Israel

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, A Prineville lumber mill operator and real estate developer bequeathed $3 million to help Jewish orphans in Israel, a gift likely to be needed as fighting continues in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, according to Central Oregon Daily News. Marvin Harris, who […]


October 30, 2023 - Luis Palau outreach in Egypt

By Luis Palau Ministry International ministry located in Beaverton Praise the Lord! God moved in powerful ways during our recent outreach in Egypt. Through several days of outreach and dozens of evangelistic events, tens of thousands of people were reached with the Good News and many thousand responded to the […]


October 25, 2023 - Prayer Requests from a Church in Israel

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry The following is from a church in Israel that Nanci and I attended years ago. We got to know the founder and pastor, and I believe this information to be trustworthy: October 16, 2023 As of this writing, Israel has not entered into Gaza […]


October 23, 2023 - Church kids caught robbing store

By Faith News Note, Two teen boys on the loose from church camp went on a robbery spree over several weeks in Rockaway Beach. Surveillance video showed the 16  and 17-year-olds attempting to steal alcohol and vape products and holding up a clerk at knifepoint. The boys were attending a […]


October 18, 2023 - Archdiocese announces new direction for Catholic Education

Archdiocese of Portland Press Release, The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon is pleased to announce an exciting and transformational new direction for Catholic education and Catholic schools in western Oregon. Our goal is to integrate our Catholic schools more deeply into the evangelizing mission of each parish and the wider […]


October 16, 2023 - Pray for Israel and Peace

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry Our hearts are broken for the people of Israel who have endured such great atrocities inflicted upon women and children and the elderly, slaughtered mercilessly. I also pray for those who seek peace, including believers in Jesus in Gaza, who will inevitably suffer as […]


October 11, 2023 - Maui pets being sent to Oregon for rescue

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, When wildfires swept across Maui, officials at the Hawaiian island’s only local Humane Shelter officials sought help from Greater Good Charities and the Oregon Humane Society to relocate more than a hundred pets to Portland, according to KPTV.com. Greater Good Charities worked with Southwest […]