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September 16, 2011 - Muslim, Jewish & Catholic leaders share thoughts on 9-11 memorial

Oregon Faith News Note: Jews, Muslims, and Christians gathered in a church in Portland on September 11 to commemorate the victims of 9/11 and give thanks for friendliness between people of all faiths as reported in the Catholic Sentinel. . Around 300 people attended the service, at which candles were […]


September 15, 2011 - 125 sex offenders attending school as students

125 sex offenders attending schools as students Faith News Note: There are over 125 registered sex offenders that are attending Clark County schools. KOIN TV did a story of a 15 year old student who was convicted of raping a child when the student was 12 years old. KOIN-TV did […]


September 14, 2011 - Time interview: Randy Alcorn & Courageous film novel

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministries, Sandy Oregon Please visit his blog Some months ago I was contacted by Time magazine reporter Tim Newcomb, who asked me a number of questions about the Courageous movie and the novel. Tim’s final article was just published on Time’s online magazine. As is […]


September 13, 2011 - Portland to become 100 church experiment

Portland to become 100 church experiment — Popular author asks: What if Portland church folk better reflected Jesus? By Christian News Northwest subscribe PORTLAND — The Rose City could become a test case, of sorts, for efforts to help church people become more reflective of Jesus. In what popular Christian […]


September 12, 2011 - Heaven, hell and the ultimate destiny of humankind

Georgene Rice Interviews Mark Galli, the author of “God Wins, Heaven, Hell and Why the Good News is Better than Love Wins”. His book deals with issues raised in the New York Times bestselling book “Love Wins” which has generated unnecessary confusion about the nature of hell, heaven and the […]


September 11, 2011 - 9-11 Tribute video & song by Christian artist aims to heal

. NASHVILLE, Sept. 9, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ — It is a moment etched in our collective consciousness. And for most of us, if we close our eyes and concentrate, we can recall moment-by-moment where we were when we first heard about the September 1, 2001 attacks. September 2011 marks the […]


September 10, 2011 - September 11th memorial events around Oregon

HERE IS A LIST OF SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL AND REMEMBRANCE EVENTS AROUND THE PORTLAND METRO AREA Notes of Peace: Tribute Concert 6 p.m. Sun, Sept. 11, 23345 S. Beavercreek Road. The Beavercreek United Church of Christ The concert features recording artist Ellen Whyte and keyboardist Jean-Pierre Garau. The menu includes […]


September 9, 2011 - Oregon author: Thriller-romance novel around Noah

Oregon author creates biblical thriller-romance about the final days before Noah’s Flood Jeannie St. John Taylor pens a well-researched novel, City of a Thousand Gods, based on the Flood account in Genesis six, the Book of Enoch and religions down through the ages. PORTLAND, Oregon, August 11, 2011. In City […]


September 8, 2011 - Gay protest over new Portland Church cancels service

By Oregon Christian Post, Mars Hill Church, a popular Seattle-based mega-church with campuses throughout the Northwest and Southwest United States, recently bought an abandoned historic church at 3210 SE Taylor Street and will begin services soon.The Oregonian reported that a gay kiss-in protest was planned and since then the first […]


September 7, 2011 - No Clergy or Prayers at New York's 9/11 Memorial?

Institute on Religion and Democracy “In a city where the most residents in recent memory now cite religious faith as strongly important, New York is tone-deaf to exclude all religion when remembering the slaughter of over 3000 innocents.” — Mark Tooley, IRD President WASHINGTON, — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s […]