Mainline Protestants Are Rethinking Pro-Choice Positions on Abortion

WASHINGTON (RNS) – Mainline Protestant denominations – long identified with the pro-choice side of the abortion debate – have begun to revise and reassess their positions on this divisive moral and political issue. The reassessment has come as opponents of abortion within the denominations have begun to organize themselves more effectively, posing the most formidable …

Floyd Thompson: A Stalwart Soldier

By Larry Houchen On August 29, 1984, the body of Floyd Thompson was laid to rest in Santa Ana, California. Brother Floyd, as this writer affectionately called him, was called to his real home, having lost a bout with cancer. Elva West and Homer Hailey, long-time friends of the Thompsons, conducted the services. Ken Dart, the …

The Jehovah’s Witnesses: A False Religious Organization

By Mike Willis The Jehovah’s Witnesses is a religious organization which had its beginning in the early twentieth century. It was founded by Charles Taze Russell in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Through the years, this religious group has been characterized by a missionary zeal which is commendable. The Jehovah’s Witnesses teach several major …