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August 21, 2023 - Human trafficking kidnapping incident in Oregon

By Oregon Faith News Note, Human trafficking has been in the spotlight recently.  Not examples involve children or people being groomed.  As in a recent court case, sometimes it is outright kidnapping and holding people against their will.   It is a good example at how it happens and how one […]


August 16, 2023 - Social media terrible impact on our children

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry   Note from Randy: This is a sobering and important article from The Gospel Coalition’s Joe Carter, explaining how social media is causing our children to suffer, and encouraging parents to be proactive in protecting their children. (And it’s not just children who are […]


August 14, 2023 - Governor line-items vetoes spending on prostitution study

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Oregon Governor Tina Kotek did a great this week. Kotek used her budget veto to strip out a portion of a spending bill (SB 5506) that allocated $500,000 of tax dollars to OHSU to study legalizing prostitution. Kotek also vetoed the portion where $100,000 would […]


August 9, 2023 - Wyden: Bill to help refugees

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and Senate colleagues have reintroduced legislation that would support immigrants and refugees overcome common obstacles to naturalization, including language barriers and challenges navigating the search for employment. “The naturalization process shouldn’t be confusing for folks trying to achieve the American dream,” […]


August 7, 2023 - How the Church Preserves Our Humanness in a Dehumanized Society

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry In his 1982 book I Believe in Preaching, John Stott wrote these prophetic words: It is difficult to imagine the world in the year 2000, by which time versatile microprocessors are likely to be as common as simple calculators are today. [This will lead […]


August 2, 2023 - University-County religion case

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, In rural Southern Oregon, Josephine County commissioners voted 2-1 to cut funding to Oregon State University’s Extension Program after more than a century of providing financial support, threatening the future of 4-H, gardening, and other programs.   Commissioners pulled the funding because of what […]


July 30, 2023 - Pray for Pregnancy Resource Centers as they face attacks

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministry ’ll never forget when I was a young pastor, and we invited Portland’s first and then only crisis pregnancy center to do a presentation at Good Shepherd Community Church. At the time, there were Catholic birthright centers, but only a dozen or so of […]


July 26, 2023 - Portland latest city-sanctioned homeless camp

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The first of a proposed six city-sanctioned homeless camp is expected to open at Southeast Gideon Street and 13th Place in Southeast Portland by August, providing large-scale temporary camping sites. The encampment is expected to provide safe sleeping shelter for about 200 people in […]


July 24, 2023 - Former police officer involved with child pornography

BY US Attorney, Oregon District Press Release, On June 20, 2023, a former Veteran’s Administration police officer and resident of Roseburg, Oregon was sentenced to federal prison for repeatedly placing hidden cameras in sensitive personal locations to capture sexually explicit photos and videos of minors. Robert Wayne Roady, 50, was […]


July 18, 2023 - Signs of life, vitality for Muslims in Oregon

By Oregon Faith News Note, With shrinking news, there isn’t always a lot of stories on local Muslims and their life.  We foudn a few and thought to share in case you missed them. Last March was Muslim-American Appreciation Month and it was celebrated in Beaverton, thanks to a city […]