Hundreds of thousands of students across the nation are expected to participate in the annual Bring Your Bible to School Day on Thursday, Oct. 5. Participation in the event, sponsored by Focus ...
Read More »Missouri Right to Life-Western Region speaking for life
Missouri Right to Life is a National Right to Life affiliate and our state’s oldest and largest grass-roots pro-life organization. Founded in 1974 as a response to the outcry over the legalization ...
Read More »Parkville Women’s Clinic Provides Support for Unplanned Pregnancies
Ava* is a young, unmarried woman without a high school degree. Her baby’s father was in basic military training out of the state with graduation in a month. She was living with ...
Read More »Book excerpt: ‘Taken by Surprise’ delves into Asbury revival
It was an ordinary chapel service on Feb. 8, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University. But what happened next was anything but ordinary, taking almost everyone by surprise. While most left ...
Read More »Pastors should avoid this during sermons
Kids do say the darndest things, and with decades of pulpit experience, the Rev. Joe McKeever has learned that these revelatory remarks about sermons often happen just after church. In one case, ...
Read More »Kansas child deaths hit record low
Child deaths hit a record low in 2021, despite an increase in the number of child homicides and fentanyl overdoses, according to a report released today by the State Child Death Review ...
Read More »Group to spend $10 million supporting school choice in 2024 elections
School choice has become a hot issue in the wake of the pandemic. As the 2024 election season approaches, the American Federation for Children is launching a super PAC called AFC Victory ...
Read More »Ready or not, Christmas movies have started on Great American Family
October has arrived, which means that nonstop Christmas movies can’t be far behind. The Great American Family network will celebrate the season with 20 new Christmas-themed movies, beginning on October 21. The ...
Read More »Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers trusts God
The Texas Longhorns, who pulled away from the Kansas Jayhawks for a 40 to 14 win on Saturday, have reasserted themselves as one of the best teams in college football. Much of ...
Read More »What Can I Do?
The heart and mission of If Not For Grace Ministries can be found in Isaiah 61:1-3, where we are called to “bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives…to comfort ...
Read More »100 waiting families
Experts estimate that there are around 2 million hopeful adoptive families in the US who are waiting to adopt a baby. However, annually only around 20,000 babies are placed for adoption privately ...
Read More »Help for churches readying for ‘Pastor Appreciation’ month
Pastor Appreciation Month, which is marked each October, is here. The Easy as 1-2-3 Program from the National Association of Evangelicals helps churches encourage and equip Christians to tangibly show and share ...
Read More »One in three Missourians considers their public schools to be of poor quality
Nearly one-third of Missouri voters consider their public schools to be of poor quality, up from 17 percent a year earlier. A recent survey by St. Louis University and YouGov found Missouri ...
Read More »School official sues district that prohibited her quoting scripture
An Arizona school board member claims district administrators violated her civil rights by barring her from quoting Scripture at board meetings. She’s now filed a lawsuit against the district. First Liberty Institute ...
Read More »“Create a revolution for life”: Actor Kevin Sorbo challenges Vitae Foundation supporters
Never underestimate the ability of a few determined people to change the course of history. Twelve disciples turned the world upside down after the resurrection, and a handful of men set events ...
Read More »Missouri sues school board over secret meetings on bathroom policy
Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing the Wentzville School Board in eastern Missouri for allegedly hiding its transgender bathroom policy from parents. “Parents have the right to know who is in the ...
Read More »Has the boyhood home of Jesus been confirmed?
The Biblical Archaeology Society is updating information released in 2020. Scholars and archaeologists have known about the excavation site under the Sisters of Nazareth Convent in Nazareth since 1887. It wasn’t until ...
Read More »California raises fast-food wage to $20 per hour
Fast-food workers in California will now make $20 per hour. According to ZipRecruiter, as of Sep 21, 2023, “the average hourly pay for an Entry Level Rn in California is $28.94 an ...
Read More »Decline in church attendance tied to lack of healthy marriages, fathers in home
The decline in healthy marriages and the role of fathers is leading directly to fewer people in church, according to a new survey by Communio, a nonprofit organization. The survey found that ...
Read More »Selah Freedom helps victims rebuild their lives after sex trafficking
The faith-based organization Selah Freedom has helped thousands of sex trafficking survivors find a place of healing thanks to three women who heard horrendous stories and decided they wanted to make an ...
Read More »120,000 Armenian Christians under siege from Azerbaijan
The small Armenian Christian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh — locally known as Artsakh — has long been part of historical Armenia–the oldest Christian nation in the world. However, since December 2022, Artsakh has ...
Read More »Sen. Menendez to address Senate Democrats today
One day after entering a not-guilty plea to federal bribery allegations in a Manhattan court, Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to address the Senate Democratic Caucus on Thursday. The bribery charge against ...
Read More »“I confessed my hypocrisy” admits Max Lucado about alcohol
Pastor and author Max Lucado admits he once turned to alcohol to help him deal with the stress of ministry. “The staff needed me. The pulpit required me. The publisher was counting ...
Read More »Free art exhibit, auction at Linda Hall Library benefits STEAM education in Kansas City area
Families with children who are interested in science may want to check out the BioNexus KC Science2Art exhibit and charity auction at the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City. BioNexus KC supports ...
Read More »These Missouri and Kansas school districts keep transgender identity from parents
Kansas and Missouri school districts have policies that do not inform parents of a child’s transgender identification, according to a parental rights organization. The districts are just some of the over 1,000 ...
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