By Christian News Northwest Subscribe Perhaps the largest turnout ever for Portland Business Luncheons’ Christmas event — more than 1,100 people — heard the compelling testimony of a man who has both made history and witnessed history. Rev. Andrew Young has been in the public eye for decades as an […]

from Multnomah University Steve Cummings, Vice President of Advancement Multnomah University is a Christ-centered institution of higher education. For 80 years, we have held firm to our founding values based on historic, orthodox Christian views. In February, Multnomah University asked the Department of Education for a renewal of its Title […]

Institute for Religion and Democracy, A professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God, church disputes and cheating pastors exposed in a hacking scandal made news throughout 2015. Below are IRD’s top church news stories for the year. Evangelicals Respond to Supreme Court Marriage Ruling: The U.S. […]

Oregon Faith News Note, The Oregon Christian bakers, Aaron and Melissa Klein, who refused to bake a gay wedding cake for Rachel and Laurel Bowman-Cryer have paid the outstanding $135,000 fine issued by the Bureau of Labor and Industries. Recently the Kleins told the media that they would not pay […]

From Corban College, Salem Sophomore Jade Pham saw prostitutes on the streets of Hawaii growing up but first heard of sex trafficking when she attended a Hawaiian Islands Ministries (HIM) conference three years ago. “I was frustrated and angry,” said Pham, who is a Political Science major and Intercultural Studies […]

By Institute on Religion and Democracy A lesbian pastor elected to be a United Methodist bishop, growing Evangelical seminaries and shrinking Oldline Protestant church staff made news in 2016. Below are the Institute on Religion & Democracy’s top church news stories for the year in ascending order, based on the […]

By Faith News Note, Beginning next week, the Rev. Franklin Graham will begin a 50-state capitol tour of America calling on people to pray and vote. Rev. Graham says this election could be the most important in American history and is calling the tour the Decision America Tour. Graham also […]

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry Recently, I corresponded with Dr. Steve Baker, a medical doctor who oversees New Heights Clinic in Vancouver, Washington. We discussed the Barna Group’s findings that many young people are leaving churches today because they perceive them as antagonistic to […]

From Fox News, A 4-year-old South Carolina boy touched hearts around the world when he told a mall Santa that his Christmas wish list included Santa’s prayers for a baby on life support in Las Vegas. Prestyn Barnette met Santa at the Dutch Square Mall in Columbia., S.C., a week […]

By Tom Krattenmaker  Award-winning Portland-based writer Recent book: The Evangelicals you Don’t Know Tom’s article also featured on USA Today If you’re one of the growing number of Americans who are not religious, and if you’re irked by religious holiday displays in public spaces this time of year, here’s an […]