Beaming God’s Love From Space

Elizabeth Rosenberger | Metro Voice

What do we know about our neighbors across the ocean in the Middle East and North African Christian communities?

In the city of Cairo alone, a baby is born every 23 seconds, adding to a total growth rate of one million people per month in the Middle East. In the year 1900, Arab Christians made up about 20% of the local population. That number is now only about 4% across the region and continues to decrease in many areas. There are still sizable numbers of Christians in some countries, but many have limited or no access to discipleship or leadership training so local churches survive and thrive.

NO CHANGE IN DEMOCRATS’ ATTITUDES ABOUT WHAT IS MORALLY ACCEPTABLE

According to Gallup's annual "moral acceptability" measure, updated in May, Americans have moved to the right on a handful of the 15 issues rated, including divorce, gambling, abortion and embryonic stem-cell research.

ALSO, FEWER THINK ABORTION SHOULD BE LEGAL “UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES”

A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves "pro-life" on the issue of abortion and only 42% "pro-choice." This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question in 1995.

June 1, 2009 - While at his Wichita church Sunday morning, May 31st, late-term abortion doctor George Tiller was shot and killed. The 67-year-old man was shot at 10:03 a.m. in the foyer of Reformation Lutheran Church. Tiller was pronounced dead on the scene.

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April 21, 2009 - Grassroots opposition to wasteful government spending and President Obama’s stimulus package culminated on April 15 with the biggest one-day protest so far. Fueled by groups such as the American Family Association (AFA), FairTaxKC and individual citizens, protestors will gathered in more than 1,000 U.S. cities for modern day “TEA (Taxed Enough Already) parties.” Kansas City’s two main events were at Liberty Memorial in Midtown Kansas City, and at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park.

By Michael Spencer

Editor’s Note: A recent column in a leading national newspaper has opened many eyes and created quite a controversy. We reprint it here to encourage thoughtful debate.

April 1, 2009 / Oneida, Ky. – We are on the verge – within 10 years – of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant world and it will fundamentally alter the religious and cultural environment in the West.