Year: 2021

50 Clergy get behind Rev. El for Mansfield City Council 3rd Ward race (SLIDESHOW)

MANSFIELD — In a divided country, more and more important decisions are being made at the local level that have far-reaching consequences. Election Day on Tuesday, November 2nd is not far away. One area pastor is throwing his hat in the ring and local clergy are giving their seal of

Curtain lifted as liberals conspire with Satanists to fight Texas abortion law

MANSFIELD — The Satanic Temple is holding Texas’ religious freedom protections hostage, claiming the Lone Star State’s new abortion ban is restricting its ‘religious freedom.’ As liberal media outlets are pinning their hopes on the Satanists’ efforts, one Ohio pastor says the partnership demonstrates how hellbent liberals are to murder

West Geauga parents upset over mask mandate by school board (VIDEO)

CHESTERLAND — Breathing freely does not seem like something students should have to ask permission for, but that is the case in many school districts across the state. Strong emotions erupted over a mask mandate in West Geauga Local Schools. Over one hundred in attendance filled the gymnasium to address

Ohio AG joins 19 other states to protect schools from Biden Administration overreach

COLUMBUS — As of late, the rule of thumb for federal bureaucracy has been to bend the law. Unfortunately, the Biden Administration demonstrates it has no shame using children as pawns to indoctrinate its political beliefs. In response, a group of Attorney Generals across the nation are taking to task

Ohio clergy believe Biden decisions created disaster in Afghanistan

NORTH CENTRAL OHIO – An Ohio Navy hospital corpsman was among the thirteen Americans killed in the suicide bombing Thursday near Kabul’s International Airport. The twenty-two year old Maxton Soviak of Berlin Heights had hopes of making the Navy a career, but his life was tragically cut short. Several Ohio

Mega church invites advocate for children then bows to LGBT agenda

CINCINNATI — This past summer national media outlets reported on a video from a San Francisco gay men’s choir singing “We are coming for your children.” While the choir downplayed the song, there is no joking about a political force that sings from a songbook supporting the indoctrination of young

Ohio Archbishop opposes Catholic University hosting Biden/CNN townhall

CINCINNATI — If an Ohio Archbishop had his way, he would have shown CNN the door and cancelled a publicized Presidential Townhall hosted at a Catholic institution. While the event did not get the attention of many, the response by the religious leader did. “Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has not

GUEST COLUMN: We still remember the motto: “With GOD all things are possible.”

Twenty-one years ago, a Governor from the Midwest found himself in a tight spot. He had chosen to display the motto from his state on the grounds of the restored Statehouse. Only problem was the ACLU really hated that motto because it flowed from the Book of Matthew. Ohio had

Ark Encounter to add Tower of Babel to its attraction to address racism issue (VIDEO)

CINCINNATI — This year crowds are flooding back to the massive life-sized display of Noah’s Ark. Attendance at Ark Encounter has rebounded from last year’s pandemic and has equaled 2019’s record year. “Our post pandemic numbers are better than our pre pandemic tours, and that is without our bus tours,”

After Mandel visit, Board of Elections responds to clergy letter against voting machines

MANSFIELD — After two months of silence, a group of local clergy received a helping hand from Josh Mandel during a recent visit. Seventy-two clergy advised the Richland County Board of Elections to pull the plug on their county’s Dominion voting machines. The Board of Elections finally responded to the

GUEST COLUMN: Latest Supreme Court snub thorn in the side to florist & religious freedom (VIDEO)

On Friday, in an act of what can only be described as dereliction, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the case of Arlene’s Flowers, Inc. vs. Washington. In refusing to hear this case, the Court has failed to bring clarity to a situation it ultimately created. Despite

GUEST COLUMN: Celebrating America’s Birthday without the New York Times

When was America born? Was it when Jamestown was settled in 1607? When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in 1620? When the 13 colonies won the War of Independence from Great Britain in 1781? Today, revisionist historians and new progressive models claim that America was born when African slaves arrived

Lebanon, Ohio walks the talk, becoming 29th city to outlaw abortion

LEBANON — Actions speak louder than words. A number of cities are not waiting for the unpredictable U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Roe v. Wade. Local grassroot efforts in the Midwest are taking action and focusing on outlawing abortion… in their own backyards. Over several weeks, the Lebanon City

89 Ohio clergy affirm role of police calling for day of prayer & appreciation (SLIDESHOW) (VIDEO)

MANSFIELD — As social justice efforts across the nation defund local police departments, the jury is still out on whether Congress will vote to remove qualified immunity for hometown peace officers. Led by clergy, one community is trying to do everything it can by the book to make sure its

Guest Column: Shawshank for January 6th political prisoners

“I have been in solitary confinement for one hundred days now and haven’t been convicted of any crime with no end in sight.” That was part of a lengthy message Jacob Lang sent to his father, Ned, the last week of April. Jacob was arrested on January 16th in New

Ashland starts day off on good foot with Prayer Breakfast (VIDEO)

ASHLAND — Ashlanders started their day off on a good foot with an early morning National Day of Prayer (NDOP) breakfast at the Ashland University Convocation Center. As one of the largest NDOP observances in the state each year, leaders from various spheres of influence participated in the corporate gathering

Richland County observes 2021 National Day of Prayer (SLIDESHOW) (VIDEO)

RICHLAND COUNTY — While the U.S. Capital hosted no National Day of Prayer (NDOP) observance this year, and while the White House left the word “God” out of its NDOP proclamation, on May 6th there was plenty of acknowledgement of the Almighty to go around in the Buckeye Bible Belt.

Israeli says it is not too late for America to become land of the free again (VIDEO)

ONTARIO — Whether preventing a radical revolution to defend Judeo-Christian civilization, or experimenting with a socialist utopia, the Bible says Israel is to be “a light to the nations.” One Israeli author and commentator points out many of the challenges America now faces have parallels to the successes and failures