Mark Tooley, President of the Institute on Religion and Democracy. Featured in Wall Street Journal As 864 delegates gather in Portland, Ore., for the United Methodist Church’s quadrennial General Conference, they face a fork in the road: Will United Methodism turn inward and remain a mostly liberal Protestant church? Or […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights Thursday, May 5, was America’s annual National Day of Prayer. So of course the anti-prayer Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) chose that day to sue the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives. FFRF president Dan Barker is upset that House chaplain […]

From Corban College, Salem Student Life raises awareness of gender and multicultural issues Nathan Geer, dean of students, is passionate about human dignity. He wants all students, no matter their gender or cultural background, to feel comfortable and at home on campus. The #corbanconversations movement is only a small part […]

By Multnomah University, Many see faith and science like oil and water — they’re impossible to integrate. But New Wine, New Wineskins thinks differently. On April 16 and 23, the institute hosted a conference aimed at dispelling the segregation of these communities through thoughtful dialogue. The conference, Church and Science: […]

By Family Research Council Family Research Council and several allied organizations filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, which will decide whether a church can be excluded as a government program recipient just because it is a church. Trinity […]

National Day of Prayer Thursday May 5, 2014 Below are 23 Oregon events to honor the National Day of Prayer. ALBANY National Day of Prayer Celebration May 05, 2016 at 11:45am – 1pm Linn County Court House Steps 300 4th Ave SW Albany, OR 97321 CONTACT Judith Page · [email protected] […]

KOIN-6 TV reports that Portland parents are angry over several homeless camps near their schools.

By National Association of Evangelicals, Research released from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) this week shows that the majority of evangelical pastors in the United States serve in small churches with significant personal financial challenges. Pastors also report that they are not familiar with resources to help them and […]

By Tom Krattenmaker Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know Tom’s article also featured on USA Today We need a more honest conversation about discrimination and religious freedom, wherever our sympathies lie. Only when we get clear about our intentions and their ramifications—and the other side’s, too—will […]

Another NW church vandalized,trashed By Oregon Faith Report News Note, This last weekend a Seattle church,the Curry Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal, was hit hard by vandals. Several racial attacks were spray painted on the walls. This came on the 66th anniversary of the Church in the community. Another NW church […]