
Tag: substance abuse

Church Growth Institute
Church Growth Institute works to provide practical resources to help pastors, churches, and individuals
“Welfare reform took people off the rolls. It might have also shortened their lives.”
Read a June 18, 2013, article from the Washington Post about the long-term impact of welfare reform.
“States want drug tests for welfare recipients. That’s a terrible idea.”
Read a June 5, 2013, commentary from The Washington Post about state welfare reform designed to require drug tests for welfare recipients.
“Obama’s End Run on Welfare Reform, Part One: Understanding Workfare”
Read a Sept. 19, 2012, article posted by the Heritage Foundation summarizing Barack Obama’s work on welfare reform.
“Have You Told All?: Inside My Time with Narconon and Scientology”
Written by Lucas A. Catton. Catton discusses his personal experience as a Scientologist and explains the inner workings of the Church’s Narconon network.
“Schools urged to drop antidrug program”
Read a Feb. 25, 2005, San Francisco Chronicle item about the state superintendent in California urging schools to drop the Narconon anti-drug education program.
Narconon Exposed
Narconon Exposed is an information page on the Church of Scientology’s Narconon program.
Kelly Shackelford
Kelly Shackelford is president and CEO of First Liberty Institute, a Texas law firm that works to preserve religious freedom and argued in support of the Bladensburg cross before the Supreme Court.