Drug Wars

Churches partner with business and city leaders in Portland’s downtown core.

Christians call for peace and prayer after the killing of drug kingpin El Mencho led to violence across the country.

Even in San Francisco, some change is possible: The Tenderloin neighborhood is improving.

Meanwhile, the diaspora celebrates the strongman’s ouster.

The Bulletin discusses the attack on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, predatory lending, and the destruction of items from cancelled USAID projects.

Rural churches face the threat of violence, extortion, kidnappings, and forced displacement.

Disillusioned by my life of crime and excess, I walked into a prison chapel. I came out a new man.

The country’s church-run addiction centers are so effective that communist officials are taking notice.

After an attempt to decriminalize drugs made the addiction crisis in Oregon even worse, local Christians are pleading with the sick—and the state—to let them help.

Christian leaders can no longer defer the widespread addiction crisis to schools and prisons.