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Since 2011, a pilot group of U.S. Latino students began studies at the certificate level, majoring in Bible and theology within Lee University. The group was called, Latino Educational Engage, appealing to the desire to act with commitment to attend the training needs of the group. The initiative began with the primary purpose of providing quality academic and ministerial preparation in Spanish to the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States today—Latinos/Hispanics. The group was formed as a joint initiative in Spanish with studies at all levels and with the cooperation of the Hispanic Educational Ministries in the United States (USAMEH) under the Church of God Division of Education and Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee. Also, this pilot program served as a promotional strategy for educational programs at the bachelor’s degree level.

As America reels from revelations about Planned Parenthood’s sale of unborn baby parts, and funding for the pro-choice organization is under attack by federal and state governments, the pro-life Hope Pregnancy Centers of Brazos Valley (www.partnerwithhope.org) has purchased and is repurposing a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic there. Hope Pregnancy Centers is the first known pro-life pregnancy organization in the United States to own a former Planned Parenthood building.

“God carries us when we cannot walk,” Evangelist Nick Vujicic told a standing-room-only audience Tuesday night in the ballroom of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City. Born with Tetra-amelia syndrome—leaving him without arms and legs—Vujicic motivated the attendees of the ninth World Congress of Families with experiences that have taught him that there is “value in every human life.”

A federal court in Peoria, Illinois, last week awarded more than $120,000 each to two Muslim truck drivers who were fired from their jobs for refusing to transport alcohol. The truckers, who worked for a general “over-the-road” carrier, said driving beer shipments would violate their beliefs, and the employer, Star Transport Inc., admitted its managers were not trained in how to handle requests for religious accommodation, as federal law requires.