Easter surprise with crucifixion relic claim on the nails of Jesus Christ Oregon Faith News Note: The History Channel is featuring a special on an award winning filmmaker who claims that he has discovered the nails that were part of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The story made ABC News […]

Vancouver Church Challenges the Status Quo on Church Facilities — By North Creek Church, Vancouver North Creek Church in Vancouver, Washington is aiming to raise $2.5 million dollars to redefine how a church building functions. Pastor Mark Newell explains, “The reality of church real estate is that they are very […]

Bill to combat sex trafficking passes Senate State Senator Bruce Starr Press Release Salem, OR — Senate Bill 898, which will fight sex trafficking in Oregon by establishing another watchdog over strip clubs, passed the State Senate on a unanimous vote Thursday. “We must do more to protect underage girls […]

Area Jesuits Finalize $166.1 million bankruptcy plan By Oregon Faith News Note The Pacific northwest & Alaska region of Jesuits recently finalized their plans for reorganization as they filed for Bankruptcy earlier this month. The reorganization plan, filed in Portland’s U.S. Bankruptcy Court details the payouts of $118 million to […]

Georgene Rice interviews Steve Viars, author of “Putting  your Past in its Place: Moving Forward in Freedom and Forgiveness”. For those stymied by past events, he discusses how to replace guilt and despair with forgiveness and hope and turning failures into stepping stones for growth. He has served as a […]

Heaven author on Rob Bell Hell controversy — part 2 By Randy Alcorn, author the book “Heaven” Eternal Perspectives Ministries Sandy Oregon I mentioned in an earlier post Rob Bell’s book Love Wins. I read it several weeks ago. It contains some good and accurate things here and there, but […]

Offering Hope Amidst The Terrible Aftermath in Japan Guest Blog  Post by David Sanford Multnomah University Like most people, I still haven’t been able to comprehend the staggering toll from Japan’s worst disaster since World War II. Nuclear radiation leaks, rolling blackouts that continue to put hospital patients and others […]

Soul Surfer movie: True Story of faith hits big screen — See video trailer and outreach press release below. VISTA, Calif.—With the April 8 nationwide release of the motion picture “Soul Surfer,” based on the inspiring, true story of Bethany Hamilton, Outreach Inc., a Southern California-based church marketing and publishing […]

Interfaith comedians unite to create Funatical – A diverse mix of Jewish, Muslim , Sikh, and Christian Comedians are set to start the ‘FUNATICAL’ Comedy Tour in D.C., WASHINGTON—PlanetPix Media & Entertainment Group is raising the stakes again after a string of interfaith comedy shows that launched in the Los […]

Family-Faith Film Review: Hop By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Hop — Spring is on its way, but the Easter Bunny’s “hare” apparent (voice of Russell Brand) has gone AWOL in director Tim Hill’s comedy of errors which — though it seamlessly blends live action and computer animation — […]