Beshear Sides With ACLU

by | Jun 10, 2020 | Blog

Gov. Andy Beshear is siding with the ACLU in their lawsuit over a recently enacted voter ID law. The law simply says that if you show up to the polls to vote, you need a government-issued ID to ensure that you’re the person that’s on the voting rolls. For...

Pastor Spotlight: Buddy Slaughter, Means Ave. Baptist Church

by | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog

CPC’s Director of Church Outreach, Bob Scott, interviews Pastor Buddy Slaughter, pastor of Means Ave. Baptist Church in Hopkinsville, KY. Bob: Tell us a little about you. What led you to become a pastor? Buddy: My name is Buddy Slaughter, Jr. and I serve as the...

Racism and the Church

by | Jun 9, 2020 | Blog

I recently moderated a forum on racism and the church. Three black pastors from across the region joined me in a helpful conversation. One of the important takeaways was shared by Richard Dixon, who co-pastors a multi-ethnic, multi-racial church in Clarksville,...

Hong Kongers Remember Tiananmen Square

by | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog

Ever since the Tiananmen Square Massacre in China, Hong Kong residents gathered every year to remember the brave souls who stood up to Chinese tyranny. This year, police ordered Hong Kongers to not gather, purportedly to because of coronavirus. But this is a political...

Planting Victory Gardens

by | Jun 5, 2020 | Blog

During WWII, Americans planted Victory Gardens. It was one way citizens could support the war effort and become self-sustaining in a time where the food supply lines needed to be diverted to soldiers. Now, Kentucky’s Commissioner of Agriculture is launching an...

Famine of Biblical Proportions?

by | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog

The headline of a recent Time Magazine story said: “Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions.’ The executive director of the World Food Program (WFP) David Beasley, said that in a worst-case scenario, famines could take...

Absentee Ballot Fraud

by | Jun 3, 2020 | Blog

Some are saying that we shouldn’t worry about absentee voting in an election. But when you remove the in-person voting requirement another barrier to fraud is removed. The threshold for verification decreases. And it’s harder to verify that the actual...

Gov. Beshear Hung in Effigy

by | Jun 2, 2020 | Blog

There have been several protests in Frankfort calling for Gov. Beshear to open up the state. One group of protestors rallied around religious freedom and called on the governor to allow churches to meet in-person. At another rally, protestors chanted “let us...

Police Brutality in Minneapolis Leads to Riots

by | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog

Businesses were looted and cars burned in the streets of Minneapolis in a display of anger by rioters as video footage showed George Floyd being smothered and killed by a police officer. The video showed Floyd, who is black, lying face down and handcuffed with an...

Did the FBI Interfere in the 2016 Presidential Election?

by | May 29, 2020 | Blog

Evidence is mounting that the FBI embarked on a counterintelligence investigation against Donald Trump’s campaign for the president in 2016. Federal law enforcement misled a FISA court in order to seek a wiretap and they worked on the public dime to scrutinize a...

Pastor Spotlight: Dr. Hershael York, Buck Run Baptist Church

by | May 28, 2020 | Blog

CPC’s Director of Church Outreach, Bob Scott, interviews our spotlighted pastor of the month, Dr. Hershael York, pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort, KY. Bob: Tell us a little about you. What led you to become a pastor? Hershael: I trusted Christ as a...