Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has spent months telling Kentuckians how they need to help slow the spread of coronavirus. He's ordered many businesses shuttered, restricted weddings, funerals, backyard barbecues, and he told churches they shouldn't meet in person. But...

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...

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. It...

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 cite...

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 those who...

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 Pastor...

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,...

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...

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 effort...

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 place in "about...