Oregon Faith Report News Note, Last week, Cuban authorities detained nine humanitarians who were part of the First United Church of Portland.    The reasons were unexplained. The members were held at the airport and slept on the floor until they were related released.  Cuban officials stated that there was a […]

By Beaver Believer, Portland, I was watching Fox News Sunday and was surprised to see the normally mild and monotone Fox newsman Brit Hume suggest that Tiger Woods needs forgiveness and he can’t find it in Buddhism but rather Christianity.    The comments made me feel uncomfortable.  I feel fine with […]

By JOHN FORTMEYER, CNNW publisher Christian News Northwest, Subscriptions MOUNT HOOD — For the second time in three years, the joy of the Christmas season has been subdued by grief over the loss of three Christian climbers on this highest peak in Oregon.  Rescue teams on Dec. 16 halted the […]

Which of the 50 states has the most religious population? Since there are many ways to define “religious,” there is no single answer to this question. But to give a sense of how the states stack up, the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life used polling data […]

CHICAGO,– A federal appeals court yesterday rebuked the City of Chicago for clout-laden practices against a small Christian church. The three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of appeals delivered the decision in favor of the World Outreach Conference Center (WOCC) in its case that claimed Chicago officials violated its […]

Faith and Family Film Review: It’s Complicated By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting It’s Complicated—A decade after their divorce, a couple (Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin) reconnect and have an affair, despite his second marriage to a much younger wife (Lake Bell) and her budding romance with an architect […]

Faith-Family Film Review: Sherlock Holmes By Catholic Office of Film and Broadcasting Sherlock Holmes—This vigorous but frequently violent addition to the chronicles of the iconic sleuth sees Holmes (entertainingly sly Robert Downey Jr.) and his perennial sidekick Dr. Watson (Jude Law) on the trail of a Satan-worshipping homicidal aristocrat (Mark […]

By Northwest Baptist Convention NW Baptist Newsletter GOLD HILL, Ore. — As morning dawns over the Rogue River Valley in Southern Oregon, men rise early at “U” Turn for Christ.  Seemingly insurmountable struggles with addiction have led each of them to a small church in a quiet town to grasp […]

Oregon Faith Report News Notes KEZI-TV did a story about a Corvallis Pabst Blue Ribbon beer ad on a billboard that features a man with resemblence to Jesus Christ.  Some local Oregonians see it as offensive and are asking for the billboard to be taken down.  Others residents see no […]