See “Mully” in Theaters This October

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What happens when a six-year-old boy in Kenya is abandoned by his family and left to raise himself on the streets?

The documentary “Mully” has the answer.

It’s the true story of Charles Mully, whose unlikely rise to wealth and power leaves him questioning his own existence, searching for meaning in life. Against the better judgment of family and community, Mully sets out to help orphaned children across Kenya. Charles Mully risks everything and sets in motion a series of events that is nothing short of astonishing.

This documentary is coming to theaters soon for only three days on October 3, 4, and 5.

It’s showing at eight theaters in or close to Arkansas. You can find more information at www.mullymovie.com/theatres.

Below is a list of the theaters showing “Mully.”

Breckenridge 12
1200 Breckenridge Drive
Little Rock, AR 72205 – Map

Colonel Glenn 18
18 Colonel Glenn Court
Little Rock, AR 72210 – Map

Tinseltown Benton
17314 I-30
Benton, AR 72015 – Map

Conway 12
201 Skyline Drive, Suite 25
Conway, AR 72032 – Map

Malco Ft Smith Cinema
1200 S Waldron Rd Ste 140
Fort Smith, AR 72903 – Map

Texarkana Pavilion 14
4230 St. Michael Drive
Texarkana, TX 75503 – Map

The Razorback Cinema
3956 N Steele Blvd
Fayetteville, AR 72703 – Map

Paradiso Cinema
584 S Mendenhall Rd
Memphis, TN 38117 – Map

Individuals can purchase tickets in advance through those select theaters.

If you would like to bring a group of 25 or more, you can fill out the form at www.mullymovie.com/grouptickets for more details and assistance from the group tickets team.

If the movie is not showing in your area, churches and groups can bring the movie to their city by purchasing a minimum of 100 tickets. This can be done by one group or church or as a collaborative effort between several churches or groups.

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How Scripture Opposes Racism

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Our friends at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview have released a brief commentary citing the biblical case against racism.

Eric Metaxas writes,

God’s unshakeable and irresistible goal is for people of every tongue, tribe, and nation to worship His Son, Jesus Christ. Revelation 7:9 says, “After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.”

That verse alone ought to be the death knell of racism! God is glorified when people of all races worship His Son. It is a picture of the coming heavenly kingdom that we can glimpse right now.

You can read Metaxas’ entire commentary here or listen to it below.

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Trump Administration Cuts Ineffective Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program Funding

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The Trump Administration recently ended funding for the Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.

The program began in 2010 as a way to provide federal grant money for evidence-based programs designed to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Under the program, organizations–including Planned Parenthood–were able to apply for federal funds to facilitate these teen pregnancy prevention programs.

While a few of the programs promoted abstinence, evidence-based pregnancy prevention programs often focus on contraceptives, and they have generally proven to be ineffective at best.

For example, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest received $4 million in grant money to conduct a teen pregnancy prevention program. An official evaluation concluded,

After offering the program over nine months to middle and high school students during or after school, [youth who went through the program] were as likely as youth offered a four-hour alternative program, to report causing a pregnancy or becoming pregnant, having sexual intercourse, or having recent sexual intercourse without an effective method of birth control both immediately following the conclusion of the program, as well as in an assessment occurring 12 months later. . . . Immediately after the program, . . . females reported becoming pregnant at a higher rate than females receiving the alternative program.

In other words, not only was Planned Parenthood’s multi-million-dollar program ineffective; in some cases students who went through the program actually had higher pregnancy rates than students who did not.

Official reports show similar results elsewhere around the country. Last fall, researchers evaluating the different Teen Pregnancy Prevention programs determined most showed ineffective or inconclusive results, writing,

Many of the TPP evaluations saw positive impacts on measures such as knowledge and attitudes; however, these findings did not translate into positive behavioral changes.

We need to address teen pregnancy in America, but handing out federal tax dollars to groups like Planned Parenthood simply is not the way to do it.

You can read the federal government’s official reports on the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program’s effectiveness here and here.

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