Oregon Faith News Note: The Olympics does not officially have a pastor team. Instead it is a team of several hundred volunteers from diverse denominations that work together to meet the spiritual needs of the mass agthering of people brought on by the Olympics. The Corvallis Gazette Reports: Roaming London’s […]

Congregations Fire Up Steps to Invite Family, Friends, Neighbors and Co-Workers to National Back to Church Sunday on Sept. 16 By Back to Church.com   In what is becoming a national movement to help ignite a spiritual awakening in America, more than 14,000 churches are expected to invite people to […]

Catholic League for religious and civil rights Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on efforts by atheists from Wisconsin to intimidate officials from Steubenville, Ohio into banning a proposed new city logo that includes a chapel and a cross; the symbols represent the Franciscan University of Steubenville: Nothing scares atheists […]

Magazine ranks George Fox among nation’s top 10 Christian colleges and 180th among private colleges by George Fox University For the third time in four years, George Fox University is one of the top 10 Christian colleges in the country in Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Colleges” rankings. Forbes ranked 650 […]

Lottery denies neighborhood limits request By Guest Opinion, Neighbors on Hayden’s Island Janzten Beach in Portland have complained that several lottery businesses equipped with video poker machines are combined in one small business area. Neighbors call it “Lottery Row”. Their complaint is that the pool of connected lottery stores attracts […]

By Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon New website promotes watershed and wildlife projects on congregation land A new website launched today by Congregations Caring for Watersheds and Wildlife (C2W2) helps congregations and religious schools to pursue projects to protect the environment. The website, www.watershedsandwildlife.org, hosts a project handbook, forum and case […]

By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention, The question rocked Pastor Kinne Callaway’s world when first posed to him by the young man — “If I never accepted Christ, would you still be my friend?” Trained to share the gospel message with everyone, Callaway was moved to honestly consider his motivation […]

By Ben Cohen and Episcopal priest Father Keith Roderick This month the Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani marked his 1,000th day of incarceration in Lakan, a notorious prison in northern Iran. Charged with the crime of apostasy, Mr. Nadarkhani faces a death sentence for refusing to recant the Christian faith he […]

Retreat for Families with Children with Disabilities By Portland Archdiocese The Office for People with Disabilities is sponsoring a weekend retreat for families with children with disabilities. For English speaking families the retreat will be held August 24 – 26, and for Spanish speaking families the weekend of August 31 […]

International Religious Freedom Report for 2011 By U.S. State Department, Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or […]