World-Class Care for Rural Patients Everyone deserves access to health care that helps transform and improve their quality of life, but for people who live in rural Oregon coastal communities, access to specialty care can be challenging. Read more
The Reformation at 500 On the eve of All Saints Day, October 31, 1517, Martin Luther, a professor at the new University of Wittenberg in Germany, shares 95 statements, or theses, as a call to scholarly discussion. The theses are composed in Latin, the language of schola... Read more
41st NPUC Regional Convocation Hundreds of Northwest believers once again flocked to the 41st annual North Pacific Union Conference Regional Convocation, held May 18–21, 2017, at Black Diamond Camp near Auburn, Washington. This may indeed be the final convocation held at the ca... Read more
United on an Eternal Mission When churches, schools, pastors, teachers and parents work together on the gospel mission, amazing things can happen. David Glenn, pastor of the Chehalis Church in Washington, can tell you a thing or two about that. Read more
Caring Heart Award Winners for 2017 Fourteen Northwest academy students each were recipients of the $500 Caring Heart Award scholarship made possible through three-way funding from the North Pacific Union Conference, local conferences and academies. Students were selected by their s... Read more
Relationships: Help or Hindrance to Mission? God created us in His image to crave positive relationships. When we build on those relationships to lead others to Jesus, we find that truth often flourishes best when placed in the context of human connections. But making friends for Christ is n... Read more
The Temptation of Power The legislative and executive branches of the U.S. government are currently seeking to repeal the Johnson Amendment, the 1954 provision in the U.S. tax code that prohibits all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from endorsing political candidates. Read more
My Philosophy I believe in freedom of religion but not the freedom to enforce religion, particularly acts of worship, nor the freedom to purge society of religion. Read more
