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March 27, 2012 - Charity applauds bill signed by governor

Holt Employee Testiifes for Proposed Legislation on Cleft Lip and Palate Surgeries by Ashli Keyser Holt International An adoptive father and longtime Holt employee recently traveled to Oregon’s capital city to testify on behalf of a bill that would increase insurance coverage for cleft lip and palate surgeries in Oregon. […]


March 26, 2012 - Where the media gets its religion information

Georgene Rice of KPDQ-FM interviews Dan Gainer, VP of the Culture and Media Institute, to discuss a survey in the American Journalism Review showing that the anti-Christian Huffington Post and Daily Kos are in the top 5 blogs where media goes to get their information on religion. These are ahead […]


March 25, 2012 - 60 Minutes: Ireland Archbishop becomes whistleblower

The Archbishop from Dublin has gained international attention and great inter-church struggle over his efforts at bringing to light child abuse within his district. Below is a 60 Minutes video on how Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is creating reform and great public attention.


March 23, 2012 - Parent Alert for Hunger Games

The Hunger Games and Children: Playing with Fire The first installment of Suzanne Collins’ riveting, blockbuster trilogy, “The Hunger Games,” hits theaters nationwide, but what many parents don’t know is that this is ultimately a story about child sacrifice. In Collins’ twisted dystopian world, kids kill kids in gladiator-style “games” […]


March 23, 2012 - Some churches split, others merge

Churches merge to strengthen in Southern Oregon By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention Merging two congregations might raise eyebrows in some church planting circles, but not for some Northwest Baptists in Klamath Falls, Ore., an agricultural community 20 minutes from the California border. Leaders at Baptist Church on Homedale, the […]


March 22, 2012 - Pitiful Princess club riles Portland neighbors

Pitiful Princess club riles Portland neighbors by Milan Homola Compassion Connect Compassion Connect executive director shares his thoughts on a local business in his neighborhood. The Pitiful Princess is a strip club that screams in our faces, as neighbors, that women are items to be taunted and flaunted in the […]


March 21, 2012 - Church arson boys had master key

Two teens held in Tualatin church arson believed to have master key Oregon Faith News Note: Two 13-year old boys from Tualatin have been arrested on arson charges this week for stealing and torching of the Living Savior Lutheran Church in Tualatin. KGW reports that authorities believe that the suspects […]


March 20, 2012 - Hillsboro prepares for first synagogue

Oregon Faith News Note: The Oregonian reported on the first steps towards a new synagogue being built in Hillsboro This is Providence working: a rabbi from Israel came five years ago to found the first and (so far only) synagogue in Hillsboro, Oregon. No one picked him up at the […]


March 19, 2012 - Medical Teams fights unexplainable Nodding Disease

Medical Teams International Portland based ministry Medical Teams International has launched an emergency response campaign to fund efforts to address nodding disease in northern Uganda. This mysterious disease only attacks children and has no known cause or cure. Ugandan health officials estimate that over 3,000 children are infected, with a […]