Vol VIII #15 | August 1 - 14

• USC professor: Mask mandate a violation of First Amendment
• Church vs. state: DA declares Calif. county a 'sanctuary' for churches
• Defunded: Black female Seattle police chief submits resignation
• Democrat-run Seattle: Defunding police as riots surge
• Church vs. state: A Calvary Chapel gets restraining order
• Teachers Unions: 'Defund police,' 'Medicaid for All'  before schools can reopen
• China: Post-pandemic pastoral care
• Fallout: Falwell takes Liberty U. leave of absence
• Censored: 'America's Frontline Doctors' site restored
• Las Vegas: 'Evangelicals for Trump' event
• Hospitals: Monetary incentive to inflate COVID-19 data
• Church vs. state: Trump lawyer to assist pastor John MacArthur
• China: Churches reclose with new wave of COVID-19
• Latin Amercia: Pastors struggle to feed their families

The Bible says: Psalms 86:17 | John 13:38

Cover photo: Live-streamed. Churches -- such as Cornerstone - West Los Angeles (L) -- and schools (public and private) remain closed to in-person services and classes per state orders. The director of the CDC recently recommended schools reopen in the Fall. -Photo InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #14 | July 15 - 31

• Editorial: Two campaign promises Trump must make to clinch November 3rd win 
• Fed to extend eviction moratorium: 23 million could face eviction by October
• J.K. Rowling: Gender-transitioning minors is 'medical scandal' about to 'erupt'
• Church vs. state: SCOTUS 5-4 denies Calvary Chapel challenge to Nevada order
• John MacArther: 'Compliance would be disobedience'
• US epidemic? Breaking down the COVID-19 death rate
• CDC:  'It is critically important for our public health to open schools this fall.'
• More Calif. churches sue: 'No one is above the law'
• Jesus Matters: Black Christian activists arrested in NY for 'defacing' BLM street graffiti
• Not a racist: Reporter covered Trump beat ten years (video)
• Push back: Lawsuit filed to block Calif. school closures
• Huntington Beach: 'The church has left the buildng'
• LAUSD-SDUSD: To start Fall with distance learning-only
• Calvary Chapels: Lawsuit challenges Calif. worship service ban

The Bible says: Proverbs 15:22 | Jesus said: Matthew 10:32-33

Cover photo (L): Dead -- and Dying: Indoor malls like Moreno Valley Mall (L) which recenlty reopened after surviving nearly four months of stay home orders, were suddenly reclosed July 13 by Gov. Gavin Newsom in over 30 counties reporting upticks in COVID-19 cases and deaths. Also reclosed were indoor worship services, dining, gyms and salons. -Photo InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #13 | July 1 - 14

• Detroit: Black seminary student shot dead at stop light
• NY Times: An editor's resignation letter
• CDC: PIC mortality rates decline for 11th week in a row
• Transcript: Newsom recloses 80% of Calif.
• Green light: Democrat-run cities permit 'BLM' graffiti on public streets
• Hate crimes: Since Shaun King tweets 'tear them down;' churches, religious statues are vandalized
• Sunday singing ban: Calif. faces legal challenge, petition
• SCOTUS: Two rulings protecting religious liberty
• Power: Was Obama UN Ambassador serial unmasker?
• Woodcrest Christian: K-12 Fall reopen date August 19
• DYI paintjob: Calif. couple charged with hate crime -- painted over city-permitted BLM graffiti on public street
• Reopening: Two NYC churches, two paths
• Warning: Churches are not virus immunity zones
• Texas pastor: 'I accept full responsibility'
• A First: Calif. bans congregational singing
• Executive Order: A 'National Garden of Heroes'
• Judicial Watch: Firm sues to paint 'Because No One is Above the Law' on D.C. public street
• Portugal: Surf Church making waves
• Hospitality: Welcoming strangers in a pandemic
• RTB: How can God be everywhere in space?

The Bible says: Isaiah 62:6 | Luke 18:16-17

Photo essay: Welcome! The Menifee Police Department welcome parade began 7 p.m. Tuesday June 30 after the swearing in ceremony at the new Haun Road headquarters and divided into six community parade routes throughout Menifee. -Photos InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #12 | June 15 - 30

• Menifee PD Welcome Parade: Tuesday, June 30, 7 p.m.
• Prager: A setback for black America
• Nigeria: Jihadists kill 32,000 black Christians since 2009
• Shaun King: 'Tear them down' -- a tweet to incite hate crimes
• Constitution: Sheriffs rebel against new mask orders
• Feel the Bern: 'Milwaukee will burn ... other cities'
• Mexico History: List of 119 journalists killed
• Iraq History: Timeline of Islamic State 2014-2016
• Prager U: The Fergusan Lie
• OpEd: Trump is leading the nation toward police reform, racial justice
• Next? SF activists topple St. Junipero Serra statue
• California: Masks not optional
• I-Spy: Massive Google Chrome-user security breach
• Intelligent Design: Linking language, biochemistry evidence
• Reopening Church: Six legal issues to consider

The Bible says: Jeremiah 14:7 | Jesus said: Matthew 11:28-30

Cover photo: California Gold: Yosemite Valley! Yosemite National Park reopened Saturday, June 13 with online limited reservations and COVID-19 restrictions. Yosemite Chapel, the oldest structure in the valley, still holds services. -Photo InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #11 | June 1 - 14

• Revival: Baptisms, miracles where Floyd died
• OpEd: Lockdown is killing NY family business
• Floyd, Chauvin: A nightclub security team
• Chicago: 18 murders in 24-hours
• Drew Brees: Family receives death threats
• Nigeria: Pastor, wife gunned down on their farm
• Editorial: The Missing Life Lesson
• Tom Cotton: Send in the Troops
• Temecula: Mayor quits after stir over email
• China: Post-pandemic issues for Chinese churches
• Riverside: Curfew in place, protestors resist police orders to disperse
• Menifee: Mayor meets with street protestors
• D.C.: Historic St. John's Church torched
• Alaska: Samaritan's Purse airlifts field hospital

The Bible says: Acts 2:1 | Jesus said: Revelation 22:16

Cover photo: Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2020: California's latest COVID-19 restrictions limited church attendance to a maximum of 100 persons. Megachurch Pastor Greg Laurie (L) of Harvest opted to preach soley using livestream, while megachurch Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills preached in three services of reservation-only seating. -Screen shot photo InterChurch News 

Vol. VIII #10 | May 15 - 31

• $30k cannabis ad violater fine: Bill passes 12-0 in committee
• Oakland: Pastor urges churches not to reopen
• L.A.: Some pastors decline to reopen churches
• Floyd killing: Miles McPherson, Matthew West respond 
• Travel: Americans are buying up 'covid-campers'
• California: In-person church services limited to 100 attendees
• Sacramento: Hundreds protest stay home orders
• 9th Circuit: Rejects lawsuit to overturn Calif's. in-person church services ban
• Newsom: Decision Monday on reopening churches
• Menifee: Stores, malls, restaurants OK'd to reopen
• Trump to governors: Allow churches to open 'right now'
• Lawsuit: Calif.'s 'vote by mail' mandate deemed 'unconstitutional'
• Churches to reopen: DOJ warns Newsom
• Cancer: Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias dies, 74
• Editorial: Not an Epidemic
• Georgia, Texas: Two churches reclose
• Arkansas: Church with high COVID-19 spread
• Dershowitz: When the state can override civil liberty (21:00)
• Atwater, Calif.: A business 'sanctuary city'
• Riverside County: Letter to Newsom to fast track Stage 2
• Graham: The Hope of Christ in the COVID-19 Crisis
• Dershowitz: A Prosecutor in Robes
• Church choir: 87 percent got infected with COVID-19; average age 69, two died
• China: Post-pandemic wave of divorces

The Bible says: Isaiah 62:6-7 | Matthew 10:32

Cover photo (L): Give America Back Their Freedom Now: Dozens of Riverside County residents (L) addressed the County Board of Supevisors last week May 5 and May 8 to voice opinions about rescinding COVID-19 public health orders to reopen small businesses, churches and schools. 

Vol. VIII #9 | May 1 -14

• Riverside County: Masks not required
• Ravi Zacharias returns to Atlanta
• Coronavirus: More Worldwide Abuse of Christians
• Italy: China's Trojan Horse into Europe
• Riverside Co. supervisors vote to rescind 3 of 4 local orders
• Calif. churches to reopen May 31 in spite of state stay-at-home orders
• Sheriff Chad Bianco: Calif.'s COVID-19 orders 'unconstitutional'
• Murrieta, San Jacinto 412 Church locations restart in-person services
• China's 'cross removal campaign' targets megachurch
• Calif. borrows from Fed to pay unemployed
• Riverside Co. Supervisor Perez wavers: ' ... not time to abandon [public health] orders
• GOP legislators push Newsom ro reopen churches
• Judge upholds Calif. ban on in-person church services
• Riverside Co. pastor: In-person church services 'essential'
• Riverside Co. to vote Tuesday on lifting public health orders

The Bible says: 2 Corinthians 13:11 | Jesus said: John 14:18-19

Cover photo (L): Stay at Home Depot orders. Home Depot (and Lowe's) have long lines of customers since state and local stay-at-home orders. Face masks, social distancing orders are extended to June 19 by order of Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside. School closures remain in effect until June 19. -Photo by InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #8 | April 15 - 30

• Survey: Four in 10 Americans unable to pay rent, mortgages
• Riverside County Public Health projected 9,000 hospitalizations -- there are 215
• Riverside County: Face masks, social distancing orders extended to June 19
• Perris: Is 'Lil Wayne' imge on billboartd pot ad legal?
• Architects, engineers dispute 9/11 official report
• Liberty Counsel: Reopen churches May 2-3
• Third in series: Marijuana Causes Violence
• 'Reopen now' say Bakersfield doctors (original YouTube video censored; we uploaded this interview with Dr. Dan Erickson and Dr. Oz)
• Survey: 95% are anxious, stressed, fearful
• Riverside County launches food resources map
• RIVCO: Golfing, tennis reinstated
• White House: Opening Up America Again
• RIVCO: Testing extended to 'no symptoms'
• UN: Economic impact worse than virus
• Roger Stone: 'My full faith is in Jesus'
• Barr warns states of 'house arrest' orders
• A legal look at Hewitt-Barr interview
• Nigerian kids killed in persecution raid
• Tedros: Cover-ups, Ethiopia-China tie
• Coronavirus: God's doing -- or ours?
• Pandemic breaches constitutional firewall
• COVID-19 crisis vs. Social Security
• CRE founder Gospatrick Home dies, 87
• 'Anonymous' suspect transferred
• Persecution of Christians -- February 2020
• Pew: 49% agree Bible should influence law
• Wuhan pastoral counsel: Stress, depression issues
• 'Corona Chronicles' online men's ministry

The Bible says: John 1:14 | Jesus said: John 3:14-15

Cover photo (L): 'Stay-at-home orders' Menifee Valley, eastward towards Idyllwild. -Photo InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #7 | April 1 - 14 

• COVID-19 stay-at-home orders stir nationwide protests
• Barr investigating FBI attempt to 'sabotage the presidency'
• Transsexual attorney sues cake artist Jack Phillips -- again
• Samaritan's Purse: NY, Italy, Alaska response teams
• CARES paycheck protection plan includes churches
• First wave of stimulus checks
• COVID 101: China churches face challenges
• Editorial: And To Those Who 'Have'
• Tragedy in Menifee: Murder-suicide, four dead
• School closures force health care workers to stay.home
• Trump gives shout out to Harvest for Palm Sunday
• Second in Perris Pot series: Ten pot shops, Iron Mike in their corner
• RIVCO order: Stay home, wear masks outside
• Few churches to defy state orders Palm Sunday
• Reasons to Believe: Understanding COVID-19
• BGEA chaplains respond to COVID-19 in NYC
• Pandemic proves falsehood of 'prosperity gospel'
• 9/11: In the Name of Engineering, Science and Truth ...

The Bible says: Proverbs 12:17 | Matthew 5:3ff

Cover Photo (L): 'Church is Not Closed ... Just Our Building.' West L.A.'s Westside Vineyard church website welcome window exemplifies churches in the Southland during the COVID-19 crisis. -Photo InterChurch News

Vol. VIII #6 | March 22 - 31

• Red Skelton: The Pledge of Allegiance
• Fla. pastor arrested
• Frontline N.Y. City hospital footage
• Some U.S. megachurches still holding regular services
• Coronavirus: Menifee: 8, Perris: 4, Moreno Valley: 20
• COVID-19 FAQ's on Calif. State, County orders
• Prayer is an essential activity
• U. of Alaska Fairbanks 4-year  study: Fire not cause of 9/11's Building 7 collapse
• COVID-19 outbreak: China is legally responsible
• Coronavirus isn't alive, that's why it's so hard to kill
• CVS to hire 50,000 workers
• County Provides Emergency Housing for Homeless
• Veterans Affairs: COVID-19 testing
• Virus 'gathering-bans' vs. religious freedom
• Newsom: 'Stay-at-home' order
• BofA: Recession is here, short term

The Bible says: Jeremiah 29:7| Jesus said: Luke 12:34

Cover photo (L): '15 Days to Slow the Spread.' Tot-lots in Menifee's Heritage Lake community are closed following government guidelines to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 -- a pandemic virus which in the U.S. claimed 201 lives of 15,219 CDC-reported cases as of March 20 -- tragic, but still less than a 1.4% fatality rate. -Photo IC News

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Vol. VIII #5 | March 15 - 20

• ASSIST News founder, author, media missionary Dan Wooding dies, 79
• Can the government close churches?
• Obey the Authority First, Question Later
• Gov. Newsom will use martial law 'if necessary'
• Riverside: Church, school online through April 30
• Attorney: No Link in Perris Pot Shops, Billboards to Violent Crime
• Italy: Don't do what we did
• Riverside: First 2 COVID-19 deaths; new 10+ person ban
• CDC: Mitigation strategies for communities
• NY Archdiocese cancels Mass at all churches
• Trump, Carson on National Day of Prayer
• Gingrich: Eyewitness to Italy crisis, 'Act Now'

The Bible says: Psalm 34:5 | Jesus said: Luke 10:16

Cover photo: Historic Day. To help mitigate COVID-19 spread and comply with Riverside County Public Health's March 12th order to cancel all public events with 250 or more persons, churches -- as Centerpoint Church (L) -- canceled onsite weekend services for online services. The order is in effect through April 30th. 

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Vol. VIII #4 | March 1 - 14

• Public Health order: All County events with 250+ cancelled until May 1st -- includes church services
• Riverside County Public Health orders the closure of all schools, public and private
• Local COVID-19 steps: The Grove, Woodcrest CS ... 
• Trump addresses nation -- twice (transcripts)
• COVID-19: Advice for workplace, traveling, masks
• U.S. COVID-19 epicenter:13 die in Seattle-area hospitals; 55 test positive for virus
• Wuhan Central Hospital: A fourth doctor dies
• Coronavirus: A proactive plan for churches
• CDC: Coronavirus not a U.S, epidemic -- yet
• 2017 U.S. flu-related deaths: 80,000
• CDC: 2019 flu A & B U.S. cases: 34 million; deaths: 20,000
• CDC: 2019 Coronavirus U.S. cases: 164; deaths: 11
• 'I Still Believe' in theaters March 13 (trailer)
• Justice for 9/11 Heroes: LIVE, March 6,  2-5 p.m.
• Coronavirus hits Bethlehem; 4 tourists infected
• The abortion fight is just getting started
• Born Alive: How Democrats justify infanticide
• Christian Voter Guide
• Howard Jarvis: 'No' on THIS Prop. 13
• Riverside, Calif. Voter Guide, voter status
• Israel's UN Ambassador: Sanders is 'ignorant fool'
• Chinese pastor, wife recover from COVID-19
• 9th Circuit upholds Trump's 'Protect Life Rule'
• Ark Encounter: Best Religious Museum award

The Bible says: Psalm 33:12 | Matthew 12:36

Photo Essay: Marijuana Alley. The I-215 along the City of Perris is saturated with Lamar-owned billboards advertising local cannabis shops (L). Is Lamar in compliance with California cannibis advertising regulations --  and is there a link to violent crime and pot shops? 

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Vol. VIII #3 | February 15 - 29

• Why Chinese Christians are pro-Israeli
• Church pays off medical debt of 45,000 families
• Perris cemetery triple murder suspect arrested
• Sanders 101: Kick start minority-owned marijuana shops
• 9/11-related cancer kills hero firefighter
• Philip Haney, DHS whistleblower, found dead
• Woodcrest Christian honors #25
• Man pleads not guilty to teen deaths
• Perris cemetery triple slayer sought
• Three women killed in Hemet
• Dem debate (9th) in 5 minutes
• Bloomberg: Avoid bankruptcy, deny elderly healthcare
• Fed: Watch for signs of election interference
• Perspective: 660 million evangelicals worldwide
• Daytona 500: God, family, Trump
• East Africa: Living water for body, soul
• UN: Locust situtation 'extremely alarming'
• Possible triple murder at Perris cemetery
• Boy Scouts of America files Chapter 11
• UCR's 'Noah's Ark' citrus grove infected
• Burkina Faso: Pastor among 24 killed in church attack
• Epidemic drives Chinese churches online
• European court defends Spain's border law
• The persecution of Christians: November 2019
• Perspective: The real St. Valentine
• Bearing false witness
• Trump wins on Christian defense
• China church gatherings suspended

The Bible says: 1 Peter 2:17 | Jesus said: Mark 8:33

Cover photo (L): 'Pray then like this ...' (Matthew 6:9). -Adobe Stock photo

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Vol. VIII #2 | February 1 - 14

• HUD Secretary Ben Carson lauds Riverside church homeless program
• Franklin Graham banned: Liverpool, Sheffield, Glasgow
• Democratic Primary Debate vs. undercover videos (bleeped)
• Top Romney advisor listed on Burisma board with Hunter Biden
• National Prayer Breakfast: Trump, Pelosi
• SOTU: We don't muzzle preachers, pastors
• The State of the Union: Guests, full text, view 
• FBI under oath admits to illegal spying on Page
• Trump 'busy strangling swamp creatures'
• Super Bowl LIV Christians glorify God
• Coronavirus: Six confirmed cases in Calif.
• Undercover videos: Sanders campaign workers
• Nigeria: 32 Christians killed in one week
• Thomas vs. Biden: 'Created Equal' limited release
• Trump signs $375M for 'houses of worship' security

The Bible says: Hebrews 12:1-2 | Jesus said: John 11:25-26

Photo (L): 'You Will Never Be Forgotten.' Three thousand mourners attended the memorial service Tuesday, January 28 at Crossroads church in Corona, for Drake Ruiz, 16 (L), Daniel Hawkins, 16 (center) and Jacob Ivascu, 16 (R), killed when the car they were riding in was 'intentionally rammed' Sunday, January 19. -Photo by IC News

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Vol. VIII #1 | January 15 - 31

• WHO declares coronavirus a global emergency
• Media and The Endangered Christian
• Kobe Bryant: 1978 - 2020.
• President Trump at March for Life points to California
• Boko Haram beheads Rev. Lawan Andimi, refused to deny Christ
• Prayer service honors 3 teen boys killed in Temescal Valley hit-and-run
• 2019: 2,983 Christians killed, 9,488 churches, Christian buildings attacked
• C-Span: Trump, DeVos remark on religious liberty guidelines in schools
• Trump Administration defends school prayer, religious liberty
• Virginia faith-based foster care placement rights under attack
• President Trump: Religious Freedom Day-2020
• ACLU tackles 'religious freedom' for public school students
• Lawsuits: Title IX scope vs. seminary standards
• Boko Haram kidnaps pastor who urges supporters to 'thank God for everything'
• Pence: Soleimani strike details could compromise sources
• In Texas church, the good guys strike back

The Bible says: Jeremiah 15:16 | Jesus said: Luke 16:18

Cover photo (L): ACTS International Christian Fellowship Church, Romoland. -Photo IC News

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