By Luis Palau Ministries On Wednesday morning, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Luis Palau Association President Kevin Palau and Pastors Rick McKinley and T. Allen Bethel met with members of the city’s civic and faith communities at city hall to discuss the initiative. “No Portlander is more vulnerable that the victim […]

Georgene Rice interviews  Nate Kellum with the Alliance Defense Fund to discuss a Federal lawsuit they have filed regarding a free speech zone in Issaquah, Washington . A city ordinance, if left to stand, could have implications on the free exercise of religion in that community and other places as […]

Rick Rittmaster was a Lutheran pastor, who has an amazing journey of faith that took him from being a pastor to resigning to odd jobs to the middle of the military as a chaplain. Watch the video below of this great inspiring story of pastor Rick Rittmaster. Visit msnbc.com for […]

‘The Playboy Club’ Canceled — Morality in Media’s Efforts Victorious Morality in Media WASHINGTON, — NBC “Closed the Club” as a result of dismal ratings and viewer outrage, cancelling a series that glorified the sexual exploitation of women and the Playboy philosophy that women are to be used, abused and […]

Archdiocese participates in webinar on Support for Veterans By Portland Archdiocese The Archdiocese of Portland will participate in a webinar “How can we help? Support for Veterans and Their Families” Tuesday, October 18. The seminar is scheduled for 1:00 to 2:00 pm (PDT). The seminar is sponsored by the National […]

2011 gives three cases of banning God Bless You By Guest Opinion, In California where a school teacher has banned the word “Bless You” as a response when people sneeze. The teacher started by penalizing students grades for saying God Bless You when other students sneezed by stating it was […]

Disaster Relief volunteers trained, sent to serve By Sheila Allen NW Baptist Convention, Witness NEwsletter disasterreliefGOLDENDALE, Wash. — Providential timing was at work when Disaster Relief volunteers from across the Northwest gathered at Camp Touchet in Central Washington for training in chaplaincy and incident command September 9-10. Some of those […]

By JOHN FORTMEYER Christian News Northwest Subscribe It’s so scripted, one could even say it sounds “canned.” It’s also unsophisticated in its presentation — the people who utilize it read it out loud while literally staring at a sheet of paper or a card. But those who use it say […]

The First Presbyterian Church in Boise received an eye-opening $17,.000 tax bill in the mail. The surprise tax bill comes from the YMCA partnership the church has. The YMCA leases space from the church at $9,500 a month and say they are just providing a community service. The County Tax […]

Georgene Rice interviews Matthew Lee Anderson, author of “Earthen Vessels, why our bodies matter to our faith”. This is not a book just about body image. It is a deep theological study of the implications of disregarding out bodies, as have some ancient heresies in the past. He explores topics […]