CLEVER – There is a new voice promising to bring a biblical perspective to cases that come before the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. Gov. Eric Greitens appointed Jade Jump, a member of First Baptist Church, Clever, where her husband, Brian, pastors, to the commission Jan. 3. The ten-seat commission fields discrimination complaints in matters of housing, employment, and places of public accommodation based on race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, disability, age and … [Read more...]
Prayer, deadbeat parents, hunting human traffickers
In recent years, I have had the privilege of praying at a variety of events at the State Capitol. Most have been traditional services, like the National Day of Prayer held on the first Thursday in May. Others have been in more private settings with individual lawmakers and staffers who work at the State Capitol. But I have to say I have never had the privilege of praying at an event quite like the “Keep Faith in America” service held Jan. 17 in The Rotunda of the State Capitol. What made … [Read more...]
49 abortion clinics closed in 2017
WASHINGTON (Life News) – In a year that abortion businesses attempted to expand in America, the actual number of abortion facilities decreased by 27 clinics over 2016 totals. Closures far outpaced newly opened abortion facilities in 2017. In all, 49 abortion facilities — 35 surgical and 14 medication only clinics — closed or halted abortion services. Only eight new surgical abortion facilities were opened, along with eleven new medication abortion facilities. There was also some movement … [Read more...]
Ireland wants to send back Soros’ pro-abortion money
DUBLIN (WNS) – American billionaire George Soros’ money has helped abortion advocacy groups in Ireland, but the nation’s government has demanded the groups return his donations. The Irish Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) demanded that Amnesty International in Ireland return the Soros-funded Open Society Foundation’s 137,000 euro ($160,964) donation for its “My Body My Rights” campaign to repeal the country’s abortion ban. Ireland’s finance laws bar foreign donors from giving to … [Read more...]
Government probe renews calls to defund abortion
WASHINGTON (WNS) – Pro-life advocates hope a new U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Planned Parenthood (PPFA) marks a turning point for the nation’s largest abortion provider. On Dec. 7, the Justice Department requested unredacted documents from the Senate Judiciary Committee, indicating it has launched a formal investigation into Planned Parenthood. In 2016, both the Judiciary Committee and The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives did their own investigations into … [Read more...]
California again approves abortion pill reversal class
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP) – The California Board of Registered Nursing has given a green light – for the third time – to a class teaching nurses how to reverse drug-induced abortions. The board’s decision, coming just months after it decided to cut the class, surprised leaders of Heartbeat International, the Ohio-based nonprofit organization that offers the continuing education credit. See related story. “We thought it would be more paperwork involved and more of a protracted process,” … [Read more...]
Tracking abortion around the globe
JEFFERSON CITY – Abortion, just like any sin, is not limited to any one geographic area. Just as it is in Missouri, the battle over the unborn rages in the places where Missouri Baptists have partnered in making disciples, developing leaders, and multiplying churches. The following information comes from state health departments and national government reports. Minnesota-Wisconsin Last year, during their annual meeting, Missouri Baptists approved a state-to-state missions partnership with … [Read more...]
Pro-Life advocate Bonnie Lee gives voice to the voiceless
COLUMBIA – The abdominal bleeding wouldn’t stop and she was running a fever of 104. The landlord knew the ordeal her young tenant had been through at Planned Parenthood, so she called somebody who knew more about post-abortion health concerns than she did. After a few more phone calls and questions, Bonnie Lee was able to get in touch with her. “Am I dying?” the scared young woman asked Lee. She told Lee how she called the nurse practitioner at Planned Parenthood and was told she may have … [Read more...]
Standing for the sanctity of life in the SBC
Just a few days ago, I met with a media leader from the Kansas City area to discuss our goals for the organizations we lead. Part of our time together included a tour of the unique building that Missouri Baptists own as part of its missionary strategy. The building is just four blocks from the Missouri State Capitol, which makes it convenient for fulfilling one of the primary roles of a state convention, namely public policy engagement that protects the religious liberties of individuals … [Read more...]
Prayers, pro-life bills and Good Samaritans
A reproduction of Arnold Friberg’s iconic painting of General George Washington kneeling in prayer in the snow at Valley Forge hangs over my desk. The original hangs in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. I love Friberg’s painting because it reminds us that we must pray and ask God to heal and bless our land. Ever since our nation’s founding, America’s leaders have prayed for Divine guidance. Even today, with Christianity seemingly losing influence over American society, many … [Read more...]
The Times, they are a-changing
(WNS)-- The list of entertainers, journalists, and politicians accused of sexual misconduct got so long last week that The New York Times compiled an interactive chart to keep track of it. A new age of accountability for sexual aggression has dawned, spurred by some notable changes in news reporting. First, women are more willing to go on the record with their stories and let journalists identify them by name. For decades, media accounts of sexual misconduct were easier to discount … [Read more...]
Baptists still fighting HHS mandate
WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptist institutions and other objectors to the six-year-old abortion/contraception mandate are still working to protect their freedom of conscience on a number of fronts after the Trump administration provided aid through a new rule. The challengers to the controversial requirement are negotiating with the federal government, pushing for permanent relief in court and, in the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, fighting new suits now being waged by California … [Read more...]
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