Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Excerpts from Press Release. This map shows the locations of 37 proposed mosques and Islamic centers that have encountered community resistance in the last three years…. In many cases, the opposition has centered on neighbors’ concerns about traffic, noise, parking and property values […]

Playboy Club flops on TV: Parents Council cheers Guest Opinion, The pilot episode for NBC’s risk taking Playboy Club proved to be a ratings disaster. After a huge advertising campaign it brought in only 5 million viewers in a critical September roll-out. The pilot ratings are comparable to other soon […]

By Randy Alcorn Eternal Perspectives Ministires EPM Blog Sandy, Oregon Pat Robertson has said something so stunning, so at odds with the Word of God and the heart of our Savior, that when I heard he had said it I thought he had been misunderstood or misrepresented. But listen for […]

Georgene Rice interviews Bradley Wright, author of the book “Upside, Surprising Good News About the State of our World”.  He writes from the perspective of a sociologist. In an age of pessimism, this book offers good news for readers looking for glimpses of hope. He examines issues such as poverty, […]

NASHVILLE, Sept. 16, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ — After intense public interest to see the new faith-based movie ‘Suing the Devil’ culminated in one man driving 3 hours in the rain to see the film, the filmmakers have decided on an official church release. “This will bring the film more quickly […]

Millions to Rally on International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., — As summer comes to an end and autumn approaches, Christians around the world are preparing for the 2011 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP).The IDOP, which was first organized in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]