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KCIS Newsmakers
Featuring Keith Black. A news program looking at the top stories and other issues of concern to the church locally, nationally and internationally.
Episodes
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, August 24, 2023
Abortion positions at the Republican Presidiential Debate...and Seattle-area church appeals Washington State mandate on abortion coverage in medical plans.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, August 23, 2023
South Carolina Supreme Court reverses course on abortion...more blasphemy charges against Pakistani Christians...and Chrisitians reportedly attacked during…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, August 11, 2023
Lawsuit threatened over Missouri senior center bible study...and reports of beating and arrest of Christian educator in India over alleged trafficking and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, August 10, 2023
Rescue and firefighting efforts continue on Maui...Pastor Greg Laurie asks for prayer for their church in Lahaina...and a new Lifeway Research poll of pastors…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Americian Christian nurse kidnapped in Haiti has been freed...Ohio voters reject measure on increasing voter threshold for amending state consitution...and a…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, August 8, 2023
U-S House members react to appeals trial of Christian Finnish Parliatment member...former "19 Kids and Counting star" loses appeal...and it's special election…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, August 7, 2023
Ruling on Texas abortion law appealed...Ohio vote tomorrow on state Consitution...Pope wraps up World Youth Day...and the latest on violence in India's Manipur…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, August 4, 2023
Pope Francis visits a once-troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood in Portugal's capital as part of his trip to the country for World Youth Day events...and a…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, August 3, 2023
A group of student missionaries from Texas, were safely on their way back to the U.S. today after their return from a mission trip in Niger was delayed due to…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Death penalty for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter...Oklahoma Governor signs executive order deciding defenitions of "female" and male" for state agencies...and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The U.S. State Deparment is working to free an American missionary and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti...a Pittsburgh jury has begun deliberations in the…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, July 31, 2023
American Christian nurse kidnapped in Haiti...Denmark’s foreign minister says the government will seek to make it illegal to desecrate the Quran or other holy…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, July 28, 2023
A coup in Niger and its implications...U.S. Senate passes Defense bill, setting up battle with House on abortion policy...and University of Notre Dame…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, July 27, 2023
Russia refuses to speak at UN meeting on its attacks on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, including an Orthodox Church... dozens of Christians reportedly in…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
Israeli Supreme Court to hear challenges against a new law that weakens its power...Canadian pastor moves to Kenya to escape persecution...and a settlement for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Protests continue in Israel over judicial law...and reaction to missle strike on Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Odesa.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, July 24, 2023
Israeli lawmakers have approved a plan to reshape the country’s justice system...famous Jesuit priest expelled from the Catholic regligious order...and another…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, July 21, 2023
More demonstrations over Swedish Quran protests...UN council adopts resolution on blasphemy...and guilty plea in Wyoming abortion clinic fire.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, July 20, 2023
A sentence for a Nebraska women for burning and burying the body her unborn baby after an illegal abortion...more protests in iraq over a protest in Sweden…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Israel's President addresses U.S. Congress...Nigerian Bishop gives written testimony to U.S. Congress on what he says is genocidal violence targeting Christian…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Iowa abortion law blocked...father and son pastors found guilty of being part of Capitol riot...and a local councilmember in Britain allegedly suspended by his…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, July 17, 2023
Two federal courts being asked to affirm the First Amendment rights of two bloggers/photographers...an anti-cpnversion law in one Indian state is being…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, July 14, 2023
U.S. House passes defense bill which includes amendments on abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender services...an abortion…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, July 13, 2023
Abortion comes up at NATO meeting...lawsuit over HHS abortion drug mandate goes foward...and first over-the-counter birth control pill approved.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Iowa passes 6-week abortion ban...lawsuit field against Idaho abortion law...and the impact of A.I. on bible translation.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Minnesota court rules in favor of Amish in religious freedom case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court...and reaction to the latest in Swedish Quran burning.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, July 10, 2023
A judicial order limiting Biden administration officials contacts with social media companies remains in place...Kansas judge has orders state to temporarily…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, July 6, 2023
Iowa governor calls for special legislative sesson on abortion...1 in 5 United Methodist churches in U.S. receive permission to leave the denomination...and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Nearly double the needed petitions for an Ohio constitutional amendment on abortion have been turned in...Israel has ended its West Bank raid...and a recent…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, July 3, 2023
Major Israeli Military operation in West Bank...another deadly week for Christians in Nigeria...and Pope appoints controverial Archbishop to Vatican office.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, June 30, 2023
The U-S Supreme Court has ruled on a major religious freedom / free speech case...and a large North Carolina church leaves the Souther Baptist Convention.
KCIS NewsmakersNewwsmakers, Thursday, June 29, 2023
Supreme Court decision on religious accommodation in the workplace...and a new Gallup poll on U-S religious worship attendance.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Oral arguments scheduled over HHS Pharmacy Mandate on abortion drugs...draft amendments being worked on to allow blasphemy charges under Pakistan’s…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, June 27, 2023
More Christians attacked in Nigeria...embryo models created...and Mike Kellogg passes away.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, June 26, 2023
Death penalty phase gets underway in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting...and U-S Supreme Court getting ready to release rulings in two religious rights cases.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, June 23, 2023
Top Republican presidential candidates calling for imposing federal limits on abortion...President Biden gets endorsements from 3 abortion groups...and judge…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, June 22, 2023
Oregon legislature passes amended abortion and gender-transition bill...Wyoming Judge takes up state abortion pill ban...and Christian Reformed Church in North…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, June 21, 2023
More unrest in the West Bank...judge rules on Arkansas gender transition law...and Utah school district puts BIble back on the shelf.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Supreme vacates South Carolina abortion clinic order while refusing to hear case of Christian college over Biden Administration directive...and the Vatican…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, June 9, 2023
President Biden decries state laws on transgenderism...new study suggests absent fathers and collapsed marriages might be two of the best explanations for why…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, June 8, 2023
Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson has died...parents and lawmakers protest removal of Bible from Utah school district libraries...and Pope Francis surgery…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Pope Francis undergoes survey...former Vice President Pence opens bid for President...and two Transgender-related bills signed by Missouri Governor.

KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, June 5, 2023
Church and preschool file suit over title IX...former Vice President Pence make presidential candidacy official...and Franklin Graham preaches to overflow…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, June 2, 2023
Another massacre in a Christian village in Nigeria...and Chinese authorities reportedly raid a Christian Educaion Center and arrest its workers.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, June 1, 2023
Suit filed over Idaho Transgender treatment law....Pakistani Christian sentenced to death for Blasphemy...and U.S. birth rate stayed flat in 2022.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules on two new state laws banning abortion...Nevada Governor signs abortion bill...and arrest made in death of New Jersey Christian…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Suspect in the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre went on trial today...Christian worship services reportedly stopped in progress in two Indonesian…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, May 26, 2023
Whatcom County votes to give $750,000 to a Christian charity that's building a homeless shelter...judge temporarily halts South Carolina abortion law...and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, May 25, 2023
Texas passes bill allowing public schools to hire chaplains...and American got older, faster during the last decade.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, May 24, 2023
South Carolina's governor plans to sign new abortion-ban bill...Montana new abortion laws put on hold...and Target removing certain items from its stores and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Nebraska abortion case plea...Illinois clergy sex abuse investigation released... and U.S. Surgeon General calling for “immediate action” to protect youth…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, May 22, 2023
Nebraska's Governor signs hybrid abortion-gender transition bill...Sen. Tim Scott officially announces presidential bid...Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks…

KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, May 18, 2023
Appeals court hears abortion drug case...South Carolina House votes on abortion bill...U-S Supreme Court sides with social media companies...80 dead in Nigeria…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Federal court hears arguments on abortion drug...North Carolina passes abortion law...Florida bans gender transition services for minors...and ruling on…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Update on attacks on Christians and churches in Manipur, India...new report released measureing corporate respect for free speech and religious freedom in the…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, May 15, 2023
North Carolina governor vetos abortion bill...death toll linked to Kenyan doomesday cult rises...Pakistani Chrisian accused of blasphemy released on bail...and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, May 12, 2023
Rockets fired toward Jerusalem...California settles abortion-coverage lawsuit filed by four churches...and the four adult generations in the U.S had very…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, May 11, 2023
Deadly airstrikes continue in the Middle East...Ohio voters to decide on Constitutional amendent threshold prior to an amendment vote on abortion...and a…