By Holt International Eugene based charity Holt International is proud to announce that Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) became a cosponsor of the Making Adoption Affordable Act (S. 3616/H.R. 4373), which prevents the adoption tax credit from expiring on December 31. The legislation, originally introduced by Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA), supports […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, David Green is the largest evangelical benefactor in the world. Forbes magazine estimates that his net worth is about $4.5 billion and that he has given away upwards of $500 million over his lifetime. Technically, Green and his family own 100% of the arts and […]

Thomas More Society Defends Private Religious Speech in “North School Park,” a Traditional Public Forum The Arlington Heights Park District as well as other city officials have received a letter of complaint for their decision to reject a Nativity scene as part of an annual holiday display held in one […]

Restaurant challenged over church discount By Faith News Note, Restaurants offering discounts to customers is a common practice, but is offering a discount for a church bulletin amount to religious discrimination? One Pennsylvania restaurant got challenged. One local newspaper reported, “A conflict over a promotion offering discounts to restaurant patrons […]

By Catholic League for Religious and civil rights The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the Fourth Circuit of Appeals to hear the constitutional issues involved in two provisions of ObamaCare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act. Previously, the circuit court ruled that a challenge by Liberty University to ObamaCare was […]

By Rick McKinley is pastor of Imago Dei Portland Church I was asked to contribute to the CNN “Belief Blog” on the topic of Black Friday. Below is a selection from my post. *This content is posted with permission from CNN. As I watched the scene on TV, I imagined […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, Oregon state Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) plans to introduce a bill proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the death penalty and substitute life in prison without possibility of parole. If the legislators pass the bill, Oregonians would then vote on the amendment in the 2014 […]

By Paul Louis Metzger Multnomah University Professor New Wine Skins Ministry You may have come across statements to the effect that the apocalypse is at hand given the election results. You may have heard similar statements from those whose candidates won, if they had lost. It certainly makes me wonder […]

A local Hillsboro church is doing something unique by hosting services designed for sex offenders and their recovery. The problem is that the church is located next to a school and has some parents worried. Watch the video below.

  By Catholic League for Religious and civil rights One of the most famous atheists in American history, Paul Kurtz, died last month at age 86. While not religion-friendly, he was by no means a hater. Indeed, he hated what he called “angry atheists,” the kind we see with increasing […]