Minneapolis Takes Steps to Dismantle the Police

by | Jun 15, 2020 | Blog

The Minneapolis City Council voted to “begin the process of dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department.” Several other big cities are being pressured to dismantle their police force and divert funding to education and other social supports. The anger and...

Louisville Pastors Pray for Police

by | Jun 12, 2020 | Blog

Tensions are high between the black community and police in Louisville after protests over George Floyd’s death ended in violence, looting, and the death of David McAtee, a black man shot by police. Violence and looting is never the right response to injustice....

Court Strikes Down Ky Late-term Abortion Ban

by | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Kentucky’s ban on dismemberment abortions. This is a late-term abortion procedure whose name implies how particularly gruesome it is. The court didn’t have a constitutional basis for its ruling. Nor did the 6th Circuit...

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...