Month: January 2020

Massive prayer vigil demonstrates city has nerves of steel (SLIDESHOW)(VIDEO)

MANSFIELD — A massive prayer vigil is manufacturing hope for an injured steel mill employee and the entire plant. Galvanized by faith in GOD, cars poured into the north gate of AK Steel Tuesday night, not for a shift change, but rather for a full-scale prayer meeting. Last week furnace

Local clergy remember Pastor Walt Jordan II (VIDEO)

MANSFIELD — Reverend Dr. Walt Jordan II has died unexpectedly at age 51. Dr. Walt served as lead pastor of Oasis of Love Church for fifteen years. Several local clergy responded to the recent news of Dr. Walt’s passing. According to Pastor Mark Cobb of Providence Baptist, Dr. Walt was

City officials meet with pastors in upper room and discuss declining crime

MANSFIELD– On Thursday, area clergy got a bird’s eye view of city affairs. Faith leaders from over twenty congregations met at the Mayor’s office on the ninth floor of city hall to discuss current economic and criminal justice trends inside the city. In addition to Mayor Timothy Theaker, Mansfield Police

Local March for Life seeks to knock abortion out cold (SLIDESHOW)

MANSFIELD — Organizers of Sunday’s March for Life held a rally at Central Park Gazebo to commemorate Sanctity of Life Sunday, marking the forty-seventh anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The weather and the pro-life gathering both had something in common: the wind chill and the group’s tolerance for abortion were

Guest Column: President Trump Celebrates Religious Freedom Day in Grant Style (AUDIO)

A religious test shouldn’t be used for public service, and it shouldn’t be used for public funding either! And thanks to President Trump’s string of announcements Thursday, Christians shouldn’t have anything to worry about. If you tried to keep up with the burst of government regulations, it wasn’t easy. January

“2019 Year of the Bible” saw great advances in Buckeye Bible Belt

NORTH CENTRAL OHIO– Biblical faith grabbed headlines for the Buckeye Bible Belt in 2019. Just one day after the newly-elected Governor Mike DeWine was sworn in on nine Bibles, area clergymen from one hundred and fifty congregations held a press conference at BibleWalk Museum to declare the “Year of the

Evangelicals roll out red carpet for President Trump in visit to Buckeye State (VIDEO)

TOLEDO– After launching an “Evangelicals for Trump”coalition from El Rey Jesus Church in Miami, President Donald Trump visited the Buckeye State on Thursday to kick off his first rally of 2020. The two visits come after a Christianity Today (CT) editorial called for the President’s removal from office. Despite the

Guest Column: Governors accepting refugees should consider restrictions adhering to Bible and Constitution

The cacophony from the political and religious left over Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban has been not only clanging but irrational and unhinged. Most of them seem on the verge of some kind of mental or emotional breakdown.  Trump’s travel restrictions halt the refugee program for a time until better vetting procedures

Ark Encounter and Creation Museum announce free admission to children in 2020 (VIDEO)

ONTARIO –Recently a mainstream media anchorman made inflammatory remarks belittling conservatives and evangelicals alike. According to one Ohio pastor, comments like these do not hold water in the shadow of one of the largest tourist attractions in the region. NBC News Commentator Chuck Todd is facing a storm of criticism