Oregon Faith News Note: King-5 news in Seattle reports that theFirst Christian Church in Olympia, Wash., held a blood drive on September 6 to draw attention to the FDA’s ban on blood donations from homosexual men. The policy has been in place since 1983 in an effort to keep the […]

Is Christianity Good for American Politics? By Oregon State University Socratic Club Whether we look at the Tea Party or the Occupy Movement, the Religious Right or the Progressive Left, at Paul Ryan’s or Nancy Pelosi’s Catholicism, or the race for the White House in 2012, Christianity has a tremendous […]

Chuck Norris’ God ad outscores other political ads Oregon Faith News Note: Actor, martial arts expert & Christian speaker, Chuck Norris, has created a blunt and bold public service announcement video giving a political warning over where the nation is heading. In the video Norris speaks starkly about “our country […]

Doug Harleroad Senior Policy Advisor Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance The Governor’s Commission on Public Safety heard a presentation from the representatives from the PEW Centers on the States summarizing the current Oregon prison population forecast. The presentation did not include the possible reasons for forecast error which are set forth in […]

Dr Bradford, Templehouse Publishing, Dr A T Bradford, author of The Jesus Discovery, which identified Jesus’ earthly father Joseph using first century Judean Roman history, also wrote the book Dylan, Depression and Faith two years ago. This analyzed Dylan’s recent works and found numerous references to the Bible and to […]

Archdiocese of Portland to Celebrate the Year of Faith By Portland Archdiocese Archbishop John G. Vlazny will open the Year of Faith for the Archdiocese of Portland with a Vespers Service at St. Mary’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (NW 18th and Couch Streets, Portland) on Thursday, October 11 at […]

The film, Last Ounce of Courage, has been gaining national television and radio media attention for speaking a strong religious liberty message in the middle of a hot political season. Religion film review site, Dove Foundation, says of Last Ounce of Courage “This inspirational movie is well done and has […]

By Imago Dei Portland Church This month, Rick (Pastor of Portland’s Imago Dei church) was interviewed Tony Campolo on TBN.com. He talks about how Imago Dei was founded, his heart in the process and the impact God’s kingdom is having on the city. “Once God rescued me from building a […]

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) joins with citizens and groups across the state in recommending a NO vote on Measures 82 and 83 on the Oregon ballot. By Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Measure 82 would amend the constitution and authorize the establishment of private non-reservation casinos under certain circumstances, and […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, The Gold Creek Community Church in Mill Creek just produced a rap video to get people thinking about coming back to church. A few of their middle-aged members spent 100 hours putting together a catchy song and top notch video set an originally created rap […]