Springfield | Illinois lawmakers rushed to meet the 2024 spring session filing deadline submitting bills that would make parents guilty of child abuse for denying their minor children gender modification treatment and abortions, and one would legalize assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. Another would provide tax credits to health care providers and public-school teachers […]
IDPH shows abortions increased after Roe fell
Springfield | The numbers are in, and they don’t look good. Abortions rose from almost 52,000 to more than 56,000 in Illinois after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This tally includes the six-month period in 2022 when surrounding states were limiting or outlawing abortion. It’s the highest number recorded by the Illinois […]
Transformation must start with churches
Downtown Nashville was decked out for Christmas and as busy as ever when I arrived last month for a meeting of state ethics leaders hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Its offices are in the Southern Baptist Convention Building which sits just a few blocks away from the historic Ryman Auditorium, home […]
Welcome home: These Illinois families see foster care as a ministry
“If one family in every four churches would foster, then there would be no more kids in foster care in Illinois.” That’s the quote Corey Johnston, lead pastor at Heights Community Church in Collinsville, and his wife, Andrea, heard five years ago that inspired them to become foster parents. The couple applied to become licensed […]
Construction stops religious holiday displays inside Capitol
Springfield | There won’t be a nativity scene to celebrate Christmas in the rotunda of the Illinois State Capitol this year. Or a Menorah in honor of Hanukkah. Or a display from the Satanic Temple to make their presence known and maybe even raise a little ire. Why? Ongoing construction at Capitol. A representative of […]
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