On Oct. 7, Hamas, a Sunni Islamist terrorist organization, carried out attacks on civilians in Israel with a degree of brutality and violence that shocked the world. As details continue to emerge about the attacks, and as Israel continues retaliatory strikes on Gaza,...
The Winnebago County court system has more than 1,000 kids involved in child abuse or neglect cases. One. Thousand. “That number should shake us to our core,” says Abby Finley, who attends First Free and who volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA....
Slovakia shares 60 miles of border with Ukraine, meaning it has been a first stop for more than 200,000 refugees since the Russian invasion. As a first wave of refugees has moved through, a second wave is arriving … with little idea where to go next. These include...
Two special giving opportunities are available to help the people of Ukraine. Keep reading to learn more about who will receive the money and how they will use it to help rescue people. Giving Opportunity 1: First Baptist Church of Brovary Give to First Free...
Pastor Nubako and Claudine Selenga from the Democratic Republic of Congo visited First Free Rockford two weeks ago with news from the Tabitha Center ministry in Kinshasa. Tabitha Centers now number 255 throughout Kinsasha, a city of 15 million people and the capital...
by Jim Killam In 2013, Forbes magazine listed Rockford as one of the most miserable communities in the United States. It was the latest in a decades-long series of slams by various national media. Transform Rockford exists to change those perceptions, and to help our...
