COLUMBUS — After easily passing the Senate , the Heartbeat Bill (SB 23) is now being discussed in the Ohio House. The bill is designed to prohibit abortions after a heartbeat has been detected in an unborn baby; as early as six weeks. But one local activist from Morrow County
ONTARIO — As Palestinian rockets were bombarding civilian locations inside Israel, President Donald Trump officially recognized the Golan Heights as Israel’s sovereign territory this past Monday. Rabbi William Hallbrook of Sar Shalom Messianic Center, and one of his leaders, Steve McElhatten, both applauded the President’s bold move. “As a Messianic
MANSFIELD — After thee homicides of close proximity in a matter of fifty-two hours, many local residents are left searching for answers. Several area pastors addressed this matter during their Sunday worship services. “We corporately addressed the recent homicides for our Sunday services,” says Pastor Eric Byrom of Grace Fellowship.
Opening nationwide this weekend starting March 28th in Ontario is the movie:Unplanned. It is the story of Abby Johnson, who as a college student had a sincere passion to help women. She became acquainted with the Planned Parenthood organization on campus and eventually became its youngest facility director. She even
MANSFIELD — On Friday, Mansfield Mayor Timothy Theaker signed a proclamation declaring March as “Problem Gambling Awareness Month.” Presenting the proclamation to Reverend Denny Finnegan and Reverend Floyd Allen, Theaker’s proclamation stated that “the social costs of problem gambling are about $7 billion per year in the United States from
LEBANON –A high school student in Ohio is claiming she does not have equal protections after she was suspended for putting Post-it notes with Bible verses on student lockers in her school in response to LGBT pride flags and posters being displayed in school hallways. The mother of Gabby Helsinger,
SAVANNAH — Pastor John Bouquet of Savannah Bethel Baptist and his wife Sherry recently came back from the Middle East after speaking to evangelical pastors and their wives at a conference in Amman, Jordan. The trip was their second to the desert nation. Ephesians 3:16 was the theme of the
MANSFIELD — Reverend Paul Lintern and Jordan Baker, Coordinator of the Point of Grace House of Prayer are encouraging local congregations for the month of March to host two-hour corporate prayer meetings open to the public. Their efforts were jump started a day prior to the initiative when local law
COLUMBUS – As the Ohio General Assembly considers the Heartbeat Bill, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a sweeping ruling today protecting Ohio tax dollars from flowing to abortion providers. In an 11-to-6 decision, today’s ruling overturned a lower court ruling that had declared a 2016 law unconstitutional because
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Senate just passed the Heartbeat Bill, SB 23, by a 19-13 vote. Sponsored by Senator Kristina Roegner, the Heartbeat Bill prohibits abortion once a heartbeat is detected in an unborn child. “The Heartbeat Bill is what Ohio voters want,” said Aaron Baer, President of Citizens for
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO – Just three months in office, freshmen Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Min) is finding herself in hot water after suggesting that Israel’s supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of “allegiance to a foreign country.” A petition is demanding Omar be removed from the House Foreign
We are living in some strange times. The wickedness of mankind is forever on display and is gaining ground in the culture war taking place in this country. The Bible tells us we are in a battle for righteousness, godliness and the souls of men. We are standing against the
MANSFIELD — Despite a challenging five-year tenure as Mansfield Police Chief involving several tragedies in the community, Ken Coontz is moving up the ladder once again. Coontz will be retiring as Police Chief to become the City’s Human Resource Director. As the old adage claims, “You can’t keep a good
Late in 2018, the motion picture Gosnell stormed into movie theaters across the country. The movie had a limited run, at least in the local theater where I viewed it. The film, which came out on DVD Feb. 5, ranked at the top in online pre-sales, taking the No. 1
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — A significant contingent of area clergy representing nine United Methodist Church (UMC) congregations across the Buckeye Bible Belt believe diversity had a contributing factor in the decision to affirm traditional Biblical values for the special meeting on church sexual ethics held by the UMC General Conference
