K-love News Podcast

Billie Wright talks with David Heflin, a pastor living with chronic pain. They discuss his ministry, Broken & Mended that connects the church with those living with chronic pain or illness.

Your idea for a great small business needs a good plan. If you already opened your shop you may be stumped on how to grow. SCORE mentors offer free, one-on-one advice for turning a profit. “What we have seen is that when someone meets with a mentor for 3 hours or more, they are 5x more likely to increase their revenue and stay in business.” K-LOVE's Billie Wright reports. [Educational Media Foundation - All Rights Reserved]

When Teresa Baur noticed families asking for diaper support, she knew she had to step in to help. Listen to K-LOVE's Rafael Sierra's report.

KLOVE's Monika Kelly speaks with BJ and Robin McCoy who are selling everything that they own to move their family to Guatemala to serve in a Christian school for missionary families. They're trusting God bigtime--they have never been to Guatemala. Hear how their faith is carrying them.

Monika Kelly speaks to BJ and Robin McCoy as they sell everything they own and follow the call of God on their lives--to move their entire family to Guatemala to become educators at a Christian Academy serving children of missionaries (and some local children as well). Listen to hear how the McCoys trust God in this big move.

Convoy has been very busy so far this year. Devastating tornado outbreaks slammed several U.S. states. “Convoy is now working long-term to get people what they need -- appliances, furniture, roofs -- whatever it is.” The ministry sent aid and comfort when twin earthquakes in Turkey and Syria drove 2.6 million people into tents near the rubble of their homes. Convoy continues to care for war refugees in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighboring countries. Convoy is also committed to an ongoing effort to fight global famine. The Children's Feeding program provides meals in 33 countries for more than 500k+ hungry kids. K-LOVE's Marya Morgan reports. [Educational Media Foundation - 2023 All Rights Reserved]

David Droll leads Hope Beyond Bridges, feeding and ministering to people living in the streets. Listen to K-LOVE's Rafael Sierra's report.

Billie Wright talks with Sherry Lankston, who lives in Seattle, about why she felt led to drive 2,600 miles to adopt Harvey the Husky, who had been in a shelter in San Diego for six months.

“Prevention is what we really want, right?” says Geri Henchy, Director of Nutrition Policy at the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC). “We want kids to be in environments that are not obesogenic; where they’re gonna get healthy meals, where there isn’t a lot of junk food, where they have activities -- that’s really gonna make a difference for kids.” K-LOVE's Billie Wright reports. [All Rights Reserved - Educational Media Foundation 2023]

Without family and often lacking lifeskills, former foster kids become homeless adults by the thousands, turning to drugs and crime on the streets just to survive. Dream Makers links aged-out foster kids with practical assistance by connecting them with the generosity of strangers. K-LOVE's Lexy Smith reports. [All Rights Reserved - Educational Media Foundation 2023]

By Richard Hunt “South Padre Island is always one of the top-5 ranked destination beaches for Spring Break,” explains Joe Osteen, one of the coordinators of this year’s Beach Reach project. The students from around the country gather to “blow off steam, to party, to go to the clubs to meet new people - and from a Christian perspective, to often make decisions and do things that are destructive.” That can involve abuse of alcohol and risky intimate casual relationships.

Joe Burkhead is giving people with mobility issues the freedom to get around more freely. Listen to K-LOVE's Rafael Sierra's report.

Monika Kelly speaks to Kaitlin and her mom, Patrice about the incredible role that Special Olympics has had in Kaitlin's life. Kaitlin recently participated in the Polar Plunge to raise awareness for the Special Olympics in Virginia. Kaitlin is also very passionate about God.

Billie Wright talks with John Heading with the Ohio Southern Baptist Disaster Relief about how they jumped in to clean up homes after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

By Richard Hunt “My main goal,” explains Marc, “is to spread awareness that…there is hope during an unexpected pregnancy. That can be a pretty stressful time.”

By Richard Hunt The Belgian government created a campaign to prevent suicides. It features the character Warme William, a big blue friendly-looking bear. His purpose? To alleviate stress and worry - and point people to mental health help. “Something bothering you? Talk about it. Warme William listens.” But he doesn’t. Cute, but mute. But there are two real people ready to listen, empathize, and offer a troubled person life-changing hope and prayer. Don and Pam Lynch are Americans, IMB missionaries in Ghent, Belgium. They have rigged up an electric bike to become a coffee cart. They roll into a park and serve up free cappuccino “so that we can offer conversations” that can eventually point to a reason for hope, a relationship with Jesus Christ.

By Richard Hunt Jason Williams, publisher of the Oregon Faith Report, traveled 2,482 miles to see for himself what was taking place at Asbury University. “I could tell from the testimony of the people who were speaking that a lot of people were overcoming anxiety and fear and extreme isolation.” It was then that Williams fully comprehended how the fallout from the COVID-19 Pandemic “really damaged the younger generation more than I ever possibly imagined.” Citing an example, “One guy was saying that he lived in such extreme loneliness that he ‘built a brick wall to the sky full of alcohol and drugs,’ but the moment he walked into that revival meeting with other students, that wall crashed, and he felt connection.”

By Richard Hunt Roberto Allen is the head boys’ varsity basketball coach at Withrow University High School in Cincinnati. His Tigers team has had a very good year, and he’s proud of his players’ accomplishments. But much of his work, his heart work, takes place off the basketball court. “I go the extra mile for my kids because somebody did it for me.” “I get calls sometimes when my boys can’t sleep at night because their anxiety is on a high due to a loved one dying, or a close friend being shot.”

By Richard Hunt “Children do what they do for a reason…” explains Keisha Lee, the Chief Juvenile Probation Officer. “I even had one child to say, ‘well, my father saw me in the store… and walked right past me.’” Things like that can lead to finding approval from ‘friends’ who are into bad stuff. Just as she gives guidance to kids, Keisha seeks guidance from God to keep herself going. “I know that myself, alone, I can’t do a lot of the things that I do. So, I go to God and I ask Him for strength and I ask Him for peace..”

By Richard Hunt Convoy spokesman Ethan Forhetz shares what the relief ministry is actively doing to provide as much food and necessities as possible during this time of extraordinary need.