HOLTS SUMMIT – A group of women at Cedar Grove Baptist Church here are committed to wrapping women in crisis pregnancy situations, as well as their babies, in a blanket of love. Each year, these women – Chia Stafford, Debra Jett, Allene Bills, Joy Alberts, Cathy Hartley and Susan Klein (the legislative liaison for Missouri Right to Life) – make quilts together, and they’ll put their latest creations on sale at the Strawberry Festival Quilt Auction at First Baptist Church, Arnold, on June … [Read more...]
Women have options, if PPFA defunded
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Life News) – The Charlotte Lozier Institute, the education arm of the Susan B. Anthony List, and Alliance Defending Freedom released a map showing the thousands of health care clinics in the United States that offer legitimate health care to women. The Daily Signal reports that the two pro-life organizations contend that there are many health care centers that should receive federal funding instead of Planned Parenthood. As LifeNews previously reported, in July, five … [Read more...]
MBCH serves women who choose life
BRIDGETON – It’s a constant retort from those that defend abortion: “Women facing an unplanned pregnancy often don’t have any other option. They don’t know how or can’t take care of an infant without any support. It’s better to just terminate the pregnancy.” The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) stands at hand, ready to give that support. In the second quarter of 2015, MBCH served 12 women in its pregnancy resedential program in St. Louis, and 78 women through in-home services in … [Read more...]
Mo. Baptists among 250 at pro-life rally in Columbia
COLUMBIA – Approximately 250 people gathered in front of the Planned Parenthood facility on North Providence Road here Aug. 22 to protest the organization’s selling of aborted baby body parts. Pro-life protesters held up signs and chanted various messages directed at Planned Parenthood, calling for the end of abortions and for the nation’s largest provider of abortions to be defunded. Planned Parenthood receives more than $500 million in taxpayer money each year. Several states, including … [Read more...]
Donner runs for girls harmed by abortion
HOLTS SUMMIT – Sharonda Donner never thought much about the harmful effects of abortion until it touched her own family. A few years ago, Donner learned that one of her family members, after having some abortions, suffered emotionally and even became suicidal. “We need to pray to end abortion,” Donner, now a member at Cedar Grove Baptist Church, Holts Summit, told her mother after learning about how this family member was suffering. “It is really destroying families—not only the baby … [Read more...]
Houston to vote on equal rights ordinance
HOUSTON (BP) — Houston’s City Council voted Aug. 5 to put the controversial equal rights ordinance (known as HERO) on the Nov. 3 ballot after a vote to repeal the law failed but not before debate arose over the ballot language. Council members opposed to the ballot language cautioned Mayor Annise Parker the city could find itself again on the losing end of a legal battle over how the city chooses to parse its words for the voters. The vote marked a “dubious” anniversary for HERO … [Read more...]
A message to government concerning baby body parts
“Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.” – Psalm 127:3 We have all been shocked and angered over Planned Parenthood selling body parts of aborted babies, thanks to the videos by the Center for Medical Progress. We ought to be outraged that our tax dollars – more than $500 million worth – are funding Planned Parenthood’s barbaric activity. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that every American can assemble peacefully to protest … [Read more...]
HLGU, SBU weigh CCCU options in light of gay marriage policy
BOLIVAR – What started as policy changes at two obscure Mennonite colleges has grown into a nationwide controversy leaving Bible-believing institutions like Southwest Baptist University (SBU) and Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) caught in the middle. Goshen College, an Indiana school affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA, announced in July it would expand hiring and benefits practices to include employees in same-sex marriages. Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, also connected … [Read more...]
Truth Prevails: Judge Rules Undercover Videos Can be Released to the Public
NAPA, Calif. /Christian Newswire/ -- In a tremendous legal victory today, Judge O'Donnell reversed the previous court order that prohibited the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) from releasing any video from a conversation with Catherine Dyer and other Stem Express employees that took place on May 22. The court noted that even if Stem Express prevails on their Penal Code 632 cause of action, "there is nothing in [that code section that] prevents the publication of information unlawfully … [Read more...]
Injunction in contraceptive case extended while awaiting Supreme Court ruling on appeal
DALLAS — The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that it would keep in place the preliminary injunction won by GuideStone earlier at the District Court level while GuideStone appeals its case to the U.S. Supreme Court. The preliminary injunction, which protects certain ministries from providing abortion-causing drugs or devices in their health plan, or face crippling fines, was first issued by a federal judge in December 2013. Upon the government’s appeal, a three-judge panel of the … [Read more...]
Five Defund Planned Parenthood rallies statewide Saturday
COLUMBIA – Pathway Editor and Director of Public Policy for the Missouri Baptist Convention Don Hinkle will be among the speakers at Saturday’s Defund Planned Parenthood Rally set for 10 a.m., here at the Planned Parenthood facility at 711 N. Providence Rd. Also speaking will be other pro-life leaders from government and the local community. The rally is one of five statewide – and more than 300 locations nationally – being held simultaneously to protest and raise awareness of abortion and … [Read more...]
Religious freedom addressed in survey
NASHVILLE (BP) — Americans believe firmly in religious freedom but think atheists are more welcome than Muslims in the United States, Nashville-based LifeWay Research finds. More than 90 percent say people should be free to choose and practice religious beliefs. Nearly 7 in 10 call America a nation of many religions. Yet Americans acknowledge the nation embraces Christians and Jews more heartily than atheists or Muslims. While 92 percent agree America is a welcoming place for Christians … [Read more...]
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