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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, Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Missouri legislature votes on gender bills...Vermont Governor signs gender and abortion bills...Britian confirms births of U.K.'s first babies combining DNA…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Trump verdict is in...head of pro-life group meets with the former President...and two Chibok school girls rescued.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, May 8, 2023
Prayer response to Texas shooting...and 44 churches reporedly attacked in northeast india.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, May 5, 2023
North Carolina legislature tightens abortion law...India’s Supreme Court will examine critical religious matters next week...and Lord Andrew Lloyd-Webber hopes…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, May 4, 2023
The U.S. National Day of Prayer being observed today...votes on bills on abortion and transgender issues delayed in Oregon...and the U.S. Commission on…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Pope Francis greets foregin envoy from the Russian Orthodox Church...Canadian pastor found guilty in Covid protests...and U.S. regulators say Facebook has…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, May 2, 2023
The Southern Baptist Convention fails to select a new Exectuive Committee President...The Presbyterian Church (USA) continues a drop in members and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, May 1, 2023
The Biden administration warning hospitals they violate federal law by denying emergency abortions...Missouri limits on transgender-care put on hold...and top…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, April 28, 2023
Abortion ban votes fall short in two states...Vermont votes on abortion pill...Pope visits Hungary...and religious persecution in Nigeria brought up in…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, April 27, 2023
Democratic governors in Washington and Minnesota signed into law today legal protections for people who travel to those states seeking abortion and gender…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, April 26, 2023
Escaped inmate suspected in death of MIssissippi pastor...Montana legislators meet to possibly censure or expel transgender lawmaker...North Dakota limits…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, April 25, 2023
North Dakota bans abortion at 6 weeks...contention in the Montana legislature...and deadly attacks on Nigerian Christians..
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, April 24, 2023
A new study shows the COVID pandemic has shaken the very foundations of faith in the United States...Donald Trump speaks out on abortion...and Kenya's…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, April 21, 2023
Abortion pill update...abortion clinic opens in Wyoming...and Pride parade cancelled in Florida.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, April 20, 2023
U.S. Supreme delays decsion on abortion pill...U.S. House passes bill on transgender athletes...and North Dakota restricts gender-transition treatments for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, April 19, 2023
U-S Supreme Court poised to rule on abortion pill restrictions...High Court hears case on religious accommodation in the workplace...and Florida approves ban…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Abortion and Religion at the U-S Supreme Court...another attack on Christians in Nigeria...and Dr. Charles Stanley passes away.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, April 17, 2023
Orhodox Easter in Ukraine and Russia..Founder of Operation Mobilization passes away...and new study on effect of mega-churches on worship music.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, April 14, 2023
The U-S Supreme Court being asked to step into legal fight over an abortion drug...Florida's governor signs 6-week abortion ban into law...and NHL team reaches…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, April 13, 2023
A federal appeals court has ruled an abortion drug can still be used, but with restrictions...acts of church vandalism are up...and a report says Catholicism…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, April 12, 2023
U.S. Department of Health proposes rule to prohibit use or disclosure of protected health information to investigate, or prosecute patients, providers, and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, April 11, 2023
U-S House subpoena's FBI Director over memo on white supremacists’ interaction with local Catholic churches...thousands of Israelis led by at least seven…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, April 10, 2023
U-s Justice Department appeals Texas judge ruling on abortion pill...Pope's Easter message...and Orthodox Palm Sunday service held in Ukraine's most revered…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, April 6, 2023
Idaho's governor signs bill making it a crime to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent...Michigan's governor signs legislation repealing…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Violence at a Jerusalem mosque...Washington State buys abortion pills...and bills banning gender-transition treatments for minors signed in Idaho and Indiana.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Lawsuit filed against Oregon officials for denying a woman's application to adopt siblings from foster care due to her religious beliefs...the Commissioner of…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, April 3, 2023
Palm Suniday reaction to Nashville school shooting...more Christians killed in Nigeria...and exiled members of Chinese Christian church in custody in Thailand.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 24, 2023
U-S House pass parents’ rights” bill...Utah taking aim at social media access for minors...and Israeli P-M says government will not pass a bill that would…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 23, 2023
Abortion is legal again in Wyoming for now...Hawaii expands access to abortion...the Nebraska Legislature has advanced a bill that would ban gender-transition…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Kansas House approves “Born Alive” abortion bill...Oklahoma Supreme Court overturns portion of the state's abortion ban...and Arkansas governor signs public…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Wyoming institutes the nation's first explicit ban on abortion pills...an Oregon bill that would greatly expand access to abortion and gender-transition…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 20, 2023
American aid worker kidnapped in 2016 released in Niger...Russia condemned by European Court of Human Rights for violating the right to religious freedom and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 17, 2023
Transgender school bathroom bill sent to Iowa governor...six-week abortion ban bill moves foward in Florida...and American missionary pilot released from…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 16, 2023
North Dakota Supreme Court upholds temporary block state's abortion ban...deaths of pregnant women in the U.S. fell in 2022...and a new survey on sharing…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Arkansas effectively reinstates locked ban on gender-transition treatment for children...YWAM founder Loren Cunningham undergoing treatment for Stage 4…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 13, 2023
Former Bremerton football coach reinstated...Virginia school system removing test question equating liberals and conservatives with specific racial and gender…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 10, 2023
Shooting at Jehovah Witness building in Germany...an Australian commission investigating Hillsong Church...and ChinaAid releases report on monitoring of…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 9, 2023
Apparant shift by some GOP-led states in Medicaid support...federal court reinstates Florida law strippng taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood...and a…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 8, 2023
U-S Senate trying again to codify a federal right to an abortion...another lawsuit filed against Texas abortion law...and more United Methodist churches…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, March 7, 2023
New York agrees to pay $250,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after trying to shut down Syracuse-based adoption agency for its religious policies...a network of…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, March 6, 2023
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Florida police department prayer vigil case...Utah Governor plans to sign a measure that would effectively ban…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, March 3, 2023
Yakima Union Gospel Mission files suit against Washington State...Calgary pastor arrested after protesting library story hour...and Walgreens won't sell…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, March 2, 2023
Twitter has unveiled a new policy prohibiting violent speech...impact of Nigeria election...and a new study says a church hybrid model is the new normal.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Washington State Senate passes bills on LGBTQ curricula, cost-sharing for abortion, and requiring clergy to report, with exceptions, abuse…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Supreme Court asked to review lower court decision denying a religious freedom lawsuit against the Biden administration...:Jesus Revolution" makes strong…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 27, 2023
More trouble in the West Bank...Florida Govenor signs bill controlling Disney district...and Ugandan Police arrest two people in connection with the kidnapping…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, February 24, 2023
Tennesse house votes overwhelmingly to ban gender transition treatments for minors...and today marks the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 23, 2023
Freedom of Religion suits filed in California and Florda...and information on a "Faithfulness Tax" in Russia.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Seattle City Council adds caste to the city’s anti-discrimination laws...and the Southern Baptist Convention ousts its second-largest church.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Update on L-A Bishop murder...missionary pilot refused bail in Mozambique...and Hong Kong revokes visa of Chinese scientist who claimed in 2018 he made the…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 20, 2023
Arrest in shooting death of Los Angeles bishop...President's Biden & Zelensky visit church in Kyiv...and and public worship and prayer services moving off…

KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 16, 2023
Kentucky Supreme Court keeps near-total abortion ban in place for now...federal appeals court to rehear Conneticut transgender athlete case...ande Damar Hamlin…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Bill criminalizing sex-change surgeries and medication for minors passes Idaho House...Vermont House committee votes to allow nonresidents to seek medically…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 14, 2023
California lawmakers to attempt to repeal 15-year-old marriage law...South Dakota Governor signs bill banning sex change operations and medication for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Monday, February 13, 2023
Pope responds to sentencing of Nicaraguan Bishop...explosive report on abuse in Portugese Catholic Church...and a new survey on antisemitism in the U.S.
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Friday, February 10, 2023
An abortion pill could be pulled off the market by a legal case in Texas...South Dakota lawmakers vote on transgender transition surgies and medication for…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Thursday, February 9, 2023
Christian response to the Turkey Syria earthquake...study compares supportive services to pregnant women in both pregnancy centers and abortion…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Wednesday, February 8, 2023
President Biden pushes to codify Roe in State of the Union address...and Christian relief organizations on the front lines of earthquake relief in Turkey and…
KCIS NewsmakersNewsmakers, Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Prayer for aid for Turkey...vacinne mandate appeal to be heard this week in New York...and a ruling in a worship protest in Moscow, Idaho.