Fairview Heights | A massive new abortion clinic built in secret in Metro East Illinois is expected to open October 23 and draw more than 11,000 clients annually from a multi-state region. The Fairview Heights clinic is just 13 miles from St. Louis, where officials have threatened to close the last remaining abortion clinic in […]
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Clinic helps make Illinois abortion destination
Updated October 9, 2019 With a very large abortion clinic set to open in Metro East, Illinois is becoming a destination for women from neighboring states with stricter abortion laws. The opening, expected in October, is causing controversy in Fairview Heights, where it was built in secret. Fairview Heights Mayor Mark Kupsky told the Belleville […]
Attorneys share best practices for abuse prevention
Sexual abuse prevention experts Kimberlee Norris and Gregory Love spoke to Southern Baptist ministry leaders gathered in Dallas Oct. 3-5 for a conference designed to help churches navigate the abuse crisis. The attorneys, also a married couple, founded the MinistrySafe child safety system after decades of litigating sexual abuse cases. Norris and Love train churches […]
Churches urged to prevent abuse, care well for survivors
The Caring Well Conference began in Dallas Oct. 3, bringing together more than 1,300 Southern Baptists watching online to mourn sexual abuse, work toward its prevention, and pursue strategies to care well for survivors in the church. Russell Moore opened the conference with the sobering story of a 1960s church bombing. When 16th Street Baptist […]
Churchgoers say they can go it alone, but they also need others
A LifeWay Research survey uncovered contradictory info about modern churchgoers and biblical community: 65% say they can walk with God without other believers, but an even larger number–75%–say they need other believers to help them grow in their faith. The findings are at odds with each other, says Southwestern Seminary’s Kenneth Priest, and the issue […]
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