A former pastor is now helping women with a free auto repair service in Conroe, Texas.

PC, “Pastor Chris,” Williams runs God’s Garage in the Texas city, helping single women, widows and military wives.

“My dad went to tech school to become a mechanic before he became a pastor, and I followed him into the pastor side of things, but didn’t know much about cars,” he said. “My dad taught me the basics of car care, and I grew up watching him help people stuck on the side of the road.”

As an adult, however, Williams said he struggled financially and had many car problems beyond his skill set.

“I prayed to God many times that my car would start in the morning so I could get to work. No money for parts, much less labor!” he said. “I told God that if I could make a difference for people in my situation, I would gladly help them.”

He said he was working as a youth pastor in Montgomery, Texas and driving home when he saw a woman and her child walking in the rain. He recognized them as part of the church where he worked.

 “They told me that their car had been in the shop for months and they couldn’t afford to get it out,” Williams said. “Right then, I decided that I needed to figure out a way to get my dream of opening a free garage off the ground.”

He said some car dealerships and auto repair shops can be known for taking…

The Illinois House passed an abortion expansion bill Wednesday that calls abortion a “fundamental right,” states the fetus “does not have independent rights” and makes abortion a part of health care.  

Live Action, the national pro-life group founded by Lila Rose, said the bill was “inherently worse” than the New York abortion expansion bill that was signed into law.

Titled the “Reproductive Health Act” (SB 25), the Illinois bill passed by a vote of 64-50, with six Democrats opposing it. 

Republican state Rep. Avery Bourne, who is pregnant, pleaded with her colleagues to oppose it. 

“We are talking about the most expansive bill we have seen in this state,” Bourne said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. She was surrounded by her female GOP colleagues. “We already know that we’ve got women coming to Illinois to have abortions because we are so expansive on this issue. That will continue. This bill is not about keeping abortion legal in Illinois. This is about a massive expansion that will impact viable babies. And that is wrong.”

But supporters said it was needed. 

“To our neighbors in Illinois who hear the news around the country and worry that this war on women is coming to Illinois, I say, not on my watch,” Democratic Rep. Kelly Cassidy said. “To the people in Missouri and Alabama and Georgia and Kentucky…

An Archbishop serving in Iraqi Kurdistan took British church leaders to task for “political correctness” in failing to speak out against Muslim extremism that has driven Christianity “close to extinction” in his nation.

“Friends, we may be facing our end in the land of our ancestors, ”The Most Rev. Bashar Warda, Archbishop of Irbil, said in an address in London. “We acknowledge this. In our end, the entire world faces a moment of truth.

“Will a peaceful and innocent people be allowed to be persecuted and eliminated because of their faith? And, for the sake of not wanting to speak the truth to the persecutors, will the world be complicit in our elimination?”

During his speech, Warda noted that Iraq’s Christian population is down to just 250,000 from 1.5 million—an 83 percent drop—at the time of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the BBC reported.

Warda also warned that those still living in the region are subject to escalating persecution.

“Christianity in Iraq, one of the oldest churches, if not the oldest church in the world, is perilously close to extinction,” he said. “Those of us who remain must be ready to face martyrdom.”

Earlier this year, coalition forces rooted the last remaining terrorist stronghold from Iraq, effectively dismantling the Islamic State, but in its wake remain neighborhood after neighborhood of…

A bill that would ban abortion after a heartbeat is detected passed the Louisiana House Wednesday with support from the state’s Democratic governor, who says he will buck his party’s official position and sign it into law.

The bill, SB 184, passed the House 79-23, less than a month after it sailed through the Senate, 31-5. 

Unlike other states where abortion restrictions divide Republicans and Democrats, Louisiana’s bill has bipartisan support. A Democrat, state Sen. John Milkovich, is the sponsor. The Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards, was elected on a pro-life platform. 

“In 2015, I ran for governor as a pro-life candidate after serving as a pro-life legislator for eight years,” Edwards said in a statement. “As governor, I have been true to my word and my beliefs on this issue. But it is also my sincere belief that being pro-life means more than just being pro-birth.”

The bill would make it unlawful to “knowingly perform an abortion with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being when a fetal heartbeat has been detected.” It makes exceptions for the life or the mother and to “prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.” 

My statement on the passage of SB 184 following final passage by the Louisiana Legislature. #lalege

Chemotherapy is working for the 78-year old Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, who was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer three months ago. In a cover story with People Magazine, he revealed he is now in near-remission. 

“It’s kind of mind-boggling,” Trebek shared. “The doctors said they hadn’t seen this kind of positive results in their memory…some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than 50 percent.”

According to Trebek, 50,000 other Americans are diagnosed with this cancer a week and the survival rate is at a dismal 9 percent.

“With your prayers, I hope to beat the low survival statistic rates of this disease,” Trebek shared in a video announcing his cancer. “So help me. Keep the faith and we will win. We’ll get it done.” 

Trebek has been transparent in his cancer journey. Talking with Robin Roberts, a breast cancer survivor, on Good Morning America a month into his treatment, he expressed his gratitude for fans and their support. “People all over America have been sharing their good thoughts, their advice, their prayers. And I feel it is making a difference in my well-being,” he said. 

“I’ve had so many contacts from people who have survived cancer for 10 years, 12 years, 14 years,” he continued. “I am now a 30-day survivor…I’m going to catch up to those other people.” 

But he…

Vandals destroyed a small Christian school over the Memorial Day weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. totaling $50,000 worth of damage. 

Most of the Showers of Blessings Christian Academy was in some way damaged. Desks and bookcases were overturned in every one of the 10 classrooms. Graffiti containing obscene language and gang profanity was painted on the walls. Laptops, projectors, surveillance cameras and toilets were broken. Teacher’s files and student’s homework was trashed. Both the school and their bus’ windows were shattered. The vandals even poured milk and threw food out of the refrigerator onto the floor. 

“A lot of the parents were shocked,” School Director Britnay Ewald told Sun Sentinel. “They were asking what they could do to help…It was pretty heart-breaking for us.” 

“They just destroyed the property,” teacher Chris Ewald said. “It’s a lot of hate for no reason. We’re a faith-based school. We’re a church. We put God first. We love everybody, so for somebody to do this to us – it hurts.”

Administrators canceled classes the next day for the 136 affected students in order to clean up the mess. Police spent several hours, until 4 a.m. on Tuesday, gathering evidence. 

Church members who drove by the school over the weekend first noticed the destruction when they saw the windows missing. 

“We built this for our community, our…