Faith News Network

Located just west of Gallup, NM is the First American Distribution Center. This is a major source of assistance to the Navajo Reservation and other Indian Nations nearby. For several years, Mike Hartwell has been the coordinator splitting his time between New Mexico and West Virginia where he is also the coordinator of the Appalachian Dream Center. This past winter was harsh on the high desert plateau and supplies previously sent by Operation Compassion have been depleted.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) executed as many as 190 captives earlier this month, according to Human Rights Watch. Their report is based on an analysis of satellite imagery and graphic photos released by ISIS terrorists.

As Social Media Day is celebrated around the world during the week of June 30, Reach Beyond (www.reachbeyond.org) and Global Mapping International (GMI) (www.gmi.org) are partnering together to encourage Christians to share their faith online and equipping them with vital, practical tools to do that.

America’s foremost grassroots pro-life activist organization is applauding today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McCullen v. Coakley. The nation’s high court struck down the restrictive Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone law, allowing pro-life sidewalk counselors to resume sharing life-saving alternatives with abortion bound women.