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In May the Garland Church opened Providence House in Spokane. It is nestled into West Spokane and is the newest reimagining of old church offices.

Four lawsuits have been filed against Faith Baptist Church (FBC) and Faith Baptist Academy (FA) in Spokane for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual assault and battery while on the church and the school’s premises. The plaintiffs, now adults, are the minors represented in each lawsuit, all former members of the church. 

Faith Leaders and Leaders of Conscience (FLLC) of Eastern Washington and North Idaho will lament current immigration policies and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at their next Truthful Tuesday Vigil on June 24.

Monday, several Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit to sue Washington for religious discrimination over the state’s recent passage of a law mandating clergy to report child abuse and neglect, including if discovered within the confessional.

Spokane’s Faith Baptist Church has been the subject of several instances of assault over the years, with these circumstances being discussed in detail by two survivors of abuse within the Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) movement on their podcast “Cult Confessions.” 

“Creation is something we should explore and play in,” Miller said. “God is in butterflies and rainbows and all the pretty things, and also nature can be terrifying, and that reminds us that God is God and we are not.”

The collaboration brings together SpoFI's annual Father's Day event with the closing ceremony for Gabriel's Challenge, a community initiative founded by Kitara Johnson-Jones to address Spokane's fentanyl crisis.