President Trump's Golan Heights Announcement is a Meaningful, Historic Action in the U.S. Alliance with Israel, says Family Research Council

March 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement praising President Trump's announcement that the U.S. will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights:

"Words have power and meaning when those words are linked to action. In the recent past, the words of America's leaders have meant little to the international community because their words often stood alone without a commitment to action.

"Under President Trump, the world sees and understands that the United States is a true friend and ally of Israel as his words of support are followed by meaningful and historic action. Whether it is the recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal, indivisible capital of Israel, or the sovereignty of Israel over the land that they rightfully possess like the Golan Heights and the biblically significant area of Samaria and Judea, President Trump's words are shaping history," concluded Perkins.

Christian Education Initiative Launch

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Exodus Mandate
March 13, 2019

COLUMBIA, S.C., March 13, 2019 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Christian Education Initiative (CEI), with 18 member organizations, announces its formation for the purpose of advancing the cause of biblical Christian education in K-12 education, including college students and adults. Members of CEI include Dr. Gary House; Jay Jusino, Equipping Teachers International; Jeff Keaton (CEO), Ron Gordon (COO), Renewanation; Dr. Max Lyons & Dr. Carole Adams, Foundation of American Christian Education (F.A.C.E.); Stephen McDowell, The Providence Foundation; Chaplain E. Ray Moore (Chairman) and Gail Moore, Frontline Ministries, Inc. and Exodus Mandate; Kevin R. Novak, Deconstructing the Coliseum; Gary Porter, Constitution Leadership Initiative; Karl Priest, Exodus Mandate (West Virginia representative); Dr. Paul Michael Raymond, New Geneva Christian Leadership Academy and Reformed Bible Church; Roberto Rinaldi, Association of Principled Education Christian Schools (AECEP); Don and Chris Schanzenbach, Mission to Restore America; Mark Shepard, Planting Seeds to Renew America; Mr. Steven C. Smith, Henricus Colledge, 1619; Dan Smithwick, Nehemiah Institute; Paul and Gena Suarez, The Old Schoolhouse; Israel Wayne, Family Renewal Ministries, LLC; Pastor Travis Witt, American Transformation Company.

E. Ray Moore, founder and president of Frontline Ministries, Inc., and Exodus Mandate and CEI chairman announced, "Now is the time for like-minded ministries to unite and promote a national movement to expand biblical worldview education. We are not government school reformers but are rather encouraging parents to provide a biblically based education for their churches and children. Christian children need Christian education."

The Christian Education Initiative (CEI) is a Bible-based, evangelical alliance of member organizations whose purpose is to advance the Kingdom of God by growing Christian education, thus helping to fulfill the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) and the cultural mandate (Genesis 1:28-29; Matthew 5:13-14).

Dan Smithwick, president of the Nehemiah Institute, observes, "The Worldview Shift in America of the past 30 years is the greatest abandonment of the Judeo-Christian faith since our nation's founding. Results of Nehemiah Institute's unique worldview assessment, The PEERS Test, provides documented evidence that our nation's government-run educational system is systematically and intentionally erasing our roots to the Christian faith." Smithwick believes this is the single greatest threat to the future of our free Republic. He has stated in numerous conferences that, "It is time for the Church to make an unqualified decision that local churches will once again, in conjunction with parents, take on full responsibility for the education of their children." Smithwick argues that the Church must cease asking the secularized, de-Christianized school system to educate her children.

CEI intends to enlighten Christians (pastors, parents, teachers, students) about the spiritual and academic failures of public education and encourage them to pursue Christian education, either Christian schools or Christian home schooling. CEI will mobilize parents and the church to reclaim its responsibility for the education of its children. Pastors who support K-12 Christian education say that there has been no "strong voice" advising them what to do. CEI is now that strong voice!

CEI has the following six broad objectives:

1. To facilitate a dramatic increase in the number of children exiting government schools and entering Christian education from a Christian school, Christian homeschool co-op model, or other Christian models.
    
2. Rather than attempting to reform the unbiblical, unconstitutional government school model, we promote real reform - the ideal of private biblical Christian education for their churches and children.
    
3. To work for the complete privatization of all K-12 education, removing authority for education from civil governments, and returning it to parents.
    
4. To establish, encourage and promote education based on a Biblical philosophy, curriculum and methodology.
    
5. To encourage and promote all efforts that train parents, pastors, teachers, board members, and other educational leaders in a biblical philosophy, curriculum, and methodology of education.
    
6. To promote efforts that assist parents of limited financial means to be able to afford biblical Christian education, without government entanglement, such as private scholarship programs.

For more information, go to www.christianeducationinitiative.org or contact Chaplain E. Ray Moore, (Lt.Col.) USAR Ret., at the Frontline Ministries, Inc., (Exodus Mandate) ministry office, 803-714-1744, exodusmandate@gmail.com. CEI is under the auspices of Frontline Ministries, Inc. You may also contact any of the individual member organizations.

SOURCE Exodus Mandate

CONTACT: Chaplain E. Ray Moore, (Lt.Col.) USAR Ret., 803-714-1744, exodusmandate@gmail.com

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'Unplanned' shows abortion's sin, offers redemption

AFA endorses pro-life movie "Unplanned" Dear friends, Unplanned is the inspiring true story of one woman's journey of transformation. AFA has screened Unplanned and strongly encourages you to go see this movie. You can watch the preview here. All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women about their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose even led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything, a baby fighting for its life. This led Abby Johnson to join her former enemies at 40 Days For Life and become one of the most ardent pro-life speakers in America. Read AFA's powerful review of Unplanned, written by AFA Journal's Anne Reed. Anne's article appears in AFA's online blog, The Stand. It is one of the most powerful films I've ever seen and especially having to do with the pro-life issue. Abby was a woman who was deeply involved in Planned Parenthood until God showed her the truth about this evil organization. She left Planned Parenthood and now speaks out on behalf of life. It's a great story that I'm glad to recommend to you. Unplanned opens in theaters everywhere March 29. To find a theater near you or to learn more, visit www.unplannedtickets.com. Because of the content and nature of the abortion industry, the MPAA has rated this move "R" and is not suitable for younger viewers. Scenes that expose the truth about abortion are difficult to watch, both the procedure itself and the bloody "normal recovery" for a woman who uses the RU486 abortion pill. Parents are advised to see it first and consider watching and discussing it with older children. Thank you, Tim Wildmon, President American Family Association     Connect With Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram Full Version  |  Contact Us Make a Donation American Family Association P O Drawer 2440  |  Tupelo, MS 38803  |  1-662-844-5036 Copyright ©2019 American Family Association. All Rights Reserved

'Unplanned' shows abortion's sin, offers redemption

AFA endorses pro-life movie "Unplanned" Dear friends, Unplanned is the inspiring true story of one woman's journey of transformation. AFA has screened Unplanned and strongly encourages you to go see this movie. You can watch the preview here. All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women about their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose even led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything, a baby fighting for its life. This led Abby Johnson to join her former enemies at 40 Days For Life and become one of the most ardent pro-life speakers in America. Read AFA's powerful review of Unplanned, written by AFA Journal's Anne Reed. Anne's article appears in AFA's online blog, The Stand. It is one of the most powerful films I've ever seen and especially having to do with the pro-life issue. Abby was a woman who was deeply involved in Planned Parenthood until God showed her the truth about this evil organization. She left Planned Parenthood and now speaks out on behalf of life. It's a great story that I'm glad to recommend to you. Unplanned opens in theaters everywhere March 29. To find a theater near you or to learn more, visit www.unplannedtickets.com. Because of the content and nature of the abortion industry, the MPAA has rated this move "R" and is not suitable for younger viewers. Scenes that expose the truth about abortion are difficult to watch, both the procedure itself and the bloody "normal recovery" for a woman who uses the RU486 abortion pill. Parents are advised to see it first and consider watching and discussing it with older children. Thank you, Tim Wildmon, President American Family Association     Connect With Us: Facebook Twitter Instagram Full Version  |  Contact Us Make a Donation American Family Association P O Drawer 2440  |  Tupelo, MS 38803  |  1-662-844-5036 Copyright ©2019 American Family Association. All Rights Reserved

Left-wing Hypocrisy On Life

Friday, March 15, 2019

By Gary Bauer

California is certainly one of the nation's most pro-abortion states, right up there with New York.  Ironically, Governor Gavin Newsom announced earlier this week that he will no longer enforce the Golden State's death penalty law because in his view the death penalty is immoral. 
 
Here's some of what Newsom has said in various written statements and public remarks in recent days:
 
    "The intentional killing of another person is wrong. And as Governor, I will not oversee the execution of any individual."
 
    "This is about who I am as a human being. . . To me this is the right thing to do."
 
    "I do not believe that a civilized society can claim to be a leader in the world as long as its government continues to sanction     the premeditated and discriminatory execution of its people.  In short, the death penalty is inconsistent with our bedrock         values and strikes at the very heart of what it means to be a Californian."
 
Clearly, the governor has no clue about what it means to be a Californian, and he doesn't care. 
 
Californians have voted twice in the past seven years to uphold the death penalty.  And in 2016, as Hillary Clinton was carrying the state in a landslide, Californians approved a ballot measure to speed up the appeals process for death sentences.
 
Newsom's arrogance shouldn't surprise anyone.  As you may recall, it was then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom who decided to unilaterally ignore the state's marriage laws in 2004.
 
Today he won't agree to capital punishment for convicted murderers.  Yet he has no qualms about the "premeditated and discriminatory execution" of thousands of completely innocent unborn children every year.  The hypocrisy is breathtaking!
 
Newsom's order spares people like Richard Allen Davis, who kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered 12 year-old Polly Klass.  The governor thinks Davis deserves compassion but little babies who have never harmed anyone can be torn apart?  Or dissolved by salt?
 
Needless to say, many Californians, such as Tami and Kermit Alexander, are outraged by Newsom's callousness.  The Alexanders have been leading advocates for victims' rights in California.  Gang members murdered four members of Kermit's family in 1984.  He sued the state in 2015 to force the execution of the thug who executed his mother, sister and two nephews.
 
"California just became a dictatorship today," Tami lamented. 
 
Whether it is the meaning of marriage, the sanctity of life, securing the border or seeing to it that justice is served, it shouldn't be so hard to find politicians who are true public servants and who respect the will of the people.