Rachael Lee Articles

  • Rev. Myles Munroe, Founder of Bahamas Faith Ministries, and Eight Others Killed in Plane Crash

    Reverend Myles Munroe, 60, an internationally known pastor, preacher, and author, and eight others, including his wife Ruth, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday afternoon in the Bahamas. Munroe and several members of Bahamas Faith Ministries (BFM), which was founded by Munroe, were on their way ...

  • Bill Watanabe Honored with Legacy Award for Serving the Little Tokyo Community

    Bill Watanabe, the Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), was given the Legacy Award at the Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC)’s sixth annual symposium on November 3. ISAAC gives the Legacy Award to “pioneers and leaders from the Asian American ...

  • The Roots of "Racial Faith" within the History of European Christian Settlers

    Though movements for equal rights have been continuously pushing forward for decades, the issue of race is still far from archaic. If anything, surges of racial unrest have caused severe consequences and the issue of race and discrimination is centrally prevalent in society even today. These ...

  • White House Requests Over $6 Billion from Congress to Fight Ebola

    President Obama has requested Congress to grant $6.18 billion to “implement a comprehensive strategy” against Ebola domestically as well as at the source in Africa, according to a letter released on Wednesday. “My foremost priority is to protect the health and safety of Americans, and this request ...

  • Recreational Marijuana Legalized in Oregon, D.C., and Alaska

    Results from the votes on Tuesday came in favor of legalizing marijuana in Oregon, DC, and Alaska. Colorado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana in 2012. It is currently legal to use marijuana for medical purposes in 19 states, including California and New York. In Oregon, individuals ...

  • Pakistani Christian Couple Beaten and Burned by Angry Mob

    A Christian couple in Pakistan was beaten and burned to death by an angry mob on Tuesday at Kot Radha Kishan in Punjab Province. Shehzad Masih and his wife, Shama Bibi had three children, and Bibi was also four months pregnant. The couple had been working at a brick-making factory to pay off debts.

  • Kobani Children Tortured and Abused by Islamic State

    Four children who were among 153 Kurdish boys captured and held hostage by the Islamic State in May shared with the Human Rights Watch their experiences of torture and abuse by the militants. The children were only allowed to wash once every two weeks. They were not allowed to play outside, but ...

  • Kansas Same-Sex Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

    Kansas’s state ban on same-sex marriages was declared unconstitutional by a federal judge on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree placed an injunction on the state’s ban, blocking the state from continuing to bar same-sex marriages, until November 11. Crabtree gave one week to give ...

  • Pastors Michael Lee and Rankin Wilbourne Discuss How Churches Can Love Los Angeles

    Breaking away from a tendency to think of missions as something only to be done overseas, a group of about 60 to 70 pastors, seminarians, and lay people gathered last Wednesday (October 29) to discuss how the churches of Los Angeles could practically and actively love their city. “Love the City,” ...

  • Tim Cook Comes Out: Equal Rights Hero, or CEO with Political Agenda?

    Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, wrote in a post in Businessweek on Thursday that he is “proud to be gay.” “I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me,” he added. “I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others. So if hearing ...
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