James Webb Telescope, Churches in a Post-Roe World & Tiny Cottages

Within images released by the James Webb telescope, Christians can not only get previously unseen views of the cosmos, but resounding confirmation of God’s creative design and man’s perspective in it.

NASA is releasing the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope. It was developed utilizing infrared technology to extend and complement discoveries brought by the Hubble Space telescope. Launched on Christmas Day last year, its mission duration is to be an estimated 5-10 years.

The telescope uses 18 mirrors coated with gold that, upon reaching a point 1 million miles from Earth toward the sun, opened up very much like a flower to gather in light.

Churches and their members have essential roles to play in helping women and preborn children in a post-Roe world, Christians involved in pro-life ministry say.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has given states the authority to put into effect abortion bans for the first time in almost 50 years. Nearly half of the states already have laws prohibiting abortion either throughout pregnancy or at some stage of pregnancy, although courts have blocked enforcement of some.

In states with abortion bans, the change in the legal landscape has placed a renewed focus on pro-life work – and on the ministry of the local church, Christian pro-life advocates said.

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San Diego county’s homeless number about 8,500, according to the 2022 Point In Time Count by the San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness. El Cajon has the highest homeless statistics in the county, Pastor Rolland Slade said.

Meridian Baptist Church is partnering with the city to help supply six tiny houses to give the homeless a temporary place to stay. The units will feature 96 square feet of living space.

Slade told Baptist Press the homeless people they serve are multifaceted, sometimes suffering from various mental illnesses, and other times working fulltime jobs and unable to afford housing.

He believes this project continues to show homeless people the dignity due them as children created in the image of God.