Alveda King Ministries August 28, 2020 marked the 57th anniversary of the I HAVE A DREAM speech delivered by Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior in front of the Lincoln Memorial here in America in 1963. As we reflect on those tumultuous days of the 1960s, with race wars and […]

By Faith News Note, KATU-2 TV News recently featured, Gresham’s East Hill Church pastors Keith and Coco Jenkins,  and thier church’s efforts to pay off nearly $1.5 million in medical debt and also distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic. East Hill along with Christian Assembly Church of Los Angeles, coordinated […]

By Cascade Policy Institute, On March 16, Governor Kate Brown directed Oregon schools to stop in-person classes to slow the spread of COVID-19. Facing an uncertain future for “brick and mortar” schooling, 300 Oregon students completed the process to transfer to one of Oregon’s 14 online charter schools. Eleven days […]

Pacific Justice Institute, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) helped enact a local ordinance that prohibits adult entertainment businesses from locating near places where children congregate. Non-profit legal organization, PJI acted on behalf of Gateway Family Fellowship, a Church of the Nazarene, which serves the small town of Drain in northern Douglas […]

By Oregon Faith News Note, Three Oregon Christian schools, Horizon Christian School, McMinnville Christian Academy and Life Christian School, sued Governor Brown’s rule which kept schools from re-opening int he fall under regular in-person settings. The schools wanted the saem liberties as day-care centers and universities which are not under […]

By US Attorney, Oregon District News Release, U.S. Attorney Billy J. Williams announced that a Corvallis, Oregon, man has been charged with defrauding members of his church, coworkers, and others by soliciting investments under the false pretense of supporting Christian missionaries and organizations. A federal grand jury in Eugene has […]

Group Publishing Release, Challenging youth ministries to be more effective in reaching and impacting teenagers, a new book claims youth ministry needs to stop being so “polite.” The Small-Group Leader’s Quick Guide to (Almost) Everything, a new release from Group Publishing, has been created to help youth ministries move past […]

By Christian News NW, Subscribe It was identified in the Statesman-Journal newspaper here only as an “annual, multi-day worship festival on the State Capitol Mall’s plaza.” But although not naming it, the newspaper at least noted that it unexpectedly wound up positioned Saturday, July 11, as a promoter of peace […]

By Naomi Inman Caroline Echeandia-Francis (age 24, “Francis”) of Bethany, Ore., volunteers enthusiastically in the Life Enrichment program for the memory care community at Touchmark West Hills. At least, she did volunteer until early March when social-distancing measures due to the Coronavirus, prevented personal contact. When Francis asked life enrichment […]

By Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Once Catholic voters learn more about Kamala Harris’ positions on an array of moral issues, Joe Biden’s vice presidential pick will have a hard time winning them over. To begin with, Harris has tainted herself with the brush of anti-Catholicism. In 2018, […]