RICHLAND COUNTY — One person stands between an unconfined federal government and “We the People.” After the Ohio Constitution included the Office of the Sheriff as an elected position in its Constitution in 1803, almost every other state has followed suit. Consequently, of the three-thousand sheriff’s in the United States
MANSFIELD — While sixty-six of the eighty-three poll locations in Richland County are located at churches, some faith leaders do not like voting machines, nor do they care for electronic tabulators. Federal cybersecurity officials have verified there are software vulnerabilities in certain ballot-marking devices. The clergy say the chief problem
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — on February 3rd a Norfolk-Southern train with one hundred-fifty rail cars caught on fire and continued for twenty miles before crashing in the eastern Ohio community of East Palestine. Approximately twenty rail car tankers carrying hazardous chemicals were involved in the derailment. A “controlled release” led
SHELBY — Biology didn’t used to be this confusing. The Ohio Legislature voted ten separate times to preserve biological restrooms from proposed LGBTQ changes. Just this past December, the State Board of Education passed a resolution opposing the radical redefinition of gender. Despite these facts, the Shelby City School Administration
SHELBY — Last month a group of parents attended a public school board meeting enraged over a district policy allowing biological males into female restrooms. With a school board member requesting for more public input and Joe Biden touting transgender theory as gospel truth, a wide-reaching group of clergy are
MANSFIELD — Last month an atheist group wrote city officials saying police chaplains are “unconstitutional.” This group, the Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), urged the police chief to end his department’s chaplain program. But after a host of clergymen petitioned the city administration in response, the call to end the
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO- With Roe v. Wade overturned, the issue of abortion returns to statehouses. Ohio currently has a Heartbeat Law in place banning abortion at or around six weeks of pregnancy,. While many lives are being saved, a number of faith leaders are telling state lawmakers in a letter
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — Joe Biden’s executive orders mandating shots are not popular with the American public. With resistance to the experimental COVID-19 vaccination going viral across the country, a group of Ohio clergy are taking a jab at the White House’s mandate. Leading clergy representing over one hundred congregations
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
ONTARIO — A diverse band of leading Ohio clergy sent a correspondence to the U.S. and Israeli governments supporting the Jewish State’s sovereignty and rejecting the BDS movement. Thirty-three clergymen affirmed their advocacy in one practical way: by committing to invest Israel bonds. Consequently, these clergy believed their letter was
MEDINA — One former yoga instructor says some church-goers and school educators mistakenly believe yoga is just stretching. While stretching is beneficial, she says yoga is not good even if you slap the word ‘Christian’ in front of it. After having a radical change of heart, Amy Dudley says there
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO –Looking back at 2020, it is hard not to think of the role local evangelicals played in the region during the ‘crucible’ of a very chaotic year. While the heat has been turned up, a more resilient Church is being galvanized together by faith. The unforgettable chain
ONTARIO — Last month a group of clergy sent a correspondence to Israeli officials and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declaring their support for Israel. Within weeks of the clergy letter, Mr. Pompeo made a historic visit to Israel echoing the same positions on Israel sovereignty and the BDS Movement.
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — The State of Ohio has successfully picked the President for the past sixty years. While oddsmakers believe Joe Biden will become the nation’s next President, several clergy from the bellwether state say ‘don’t bet on it.” “The road to the White House goes thru Ohio,” says
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — With the first Presidential debate set for Cleveland, Ohio next week, united clergy across the Buckeye Bible Belt are taking the opportunity to thank the President for his Administration’s policies. On Thursday, over one hundred clergymen across a region of the bellwether state released an open
MADISON TOWNSHIP — A yoga instructor has sold a fruit farm adjacent to an elementary school this past February and has left the area. Perhaps not coincidentally, the sale took place the same time area clergy were coordinating an effort to block Eastern Religion from being taught in public schools.
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — Many believe public schools stretching classes into yoga seminars is out of place. It is no surprise that some parents are doing cartwheels in reaction to a swift change of heart by school officials. After area clergy sent a letter to school districts about their objection
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO — With health officials now projecting fewer deaths from the Coronavirus pandemic, some Ohio clergy have cabin fever and would like to see the economy opened. If Governor Mike DeWine wants the pulse of the state’s faith community, there is no more vocal region than in the
