Return America Hosts ‘Get to Know the Candidates’ Forum in Thomasville, Blending Faith, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility
Blending Faith, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility Return America RevMarkCreech.org THOMASVILLE, N.C. (Feb. 7, 2026) — Return America hosted a “Get to Know the Candidates” forum Saturday at Finch Auditorium in Thomasville, drawing pastors, elected officials,...
Outlawing Slavery, Licensing Bondage
How Vice Profits from the Erosion of Freedom By Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org America rightly congratulates itself on having abolished slavery. With the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, the nation declared that neither slavery nor involuntary...
Even the New York Times Now Admits It: America Has a Marijuana Problem
by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org When The New York Times admits it was wrong, the nation should pay attention. For years, the Times served as one of the loudest institutional cheerleaders for marijuana legalization. In 2014, its editorial board declared federal...
Rev. Barber’s March and the Redefinition of Christian Morality
By Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America In February, a highly publicized march will begin in Wilson, North Carolina, and head toward Raleigh, culminating in rallies and demonstrations timed to coincide with the start of early voting. Led by...
Are You Backsliding? Warning Signs We’d Rather Ignore
By Rev. Mark Creech, D.H.L. RevMarkCreech.org The Bible does not define backsliding with a single dictionary-style verse. Instead, it defines it through repeated descriptions, images, and spiritual outcomes - most clearly in the Old Testament, and then illustrated...
What Mary Slessor Knew About Compassion That We Have Forgotten
Why Empathy Must Be Governed by Truth to Heal a Nation by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech.org Empathy is widely celebrated in our public life. We are told it should guide our politics, shape our policies, and soften our judgments. To lack empathy is considered a moral...
When State Lines Decide Life and Death
How Abortion Policy in Neighboring States is Reshaping North Carolina By Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it did not outlaw abortion nationwide. Instead, it returned the...
Peace: What Marching Buddhist Monks Get Wrong
by Rev. Mark Creech RevMarkCreech In recent weeks, North Carolinians have watched an unusual sight unfold along our highways and through our towns: Buddhist monks walking in silence, clad in saffron robes, marching for peace. Their discipline is striking. Their...
Holy Terror: Protesters Desecrate Church in Anti-ICE Rampage
by Dr. Sam Currin RevMarkCreech.org In the latest episode of progressive barbarism masquerading as moral virtue, a mob of anti-ICE leftist rioters recently stormed Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota—right in the middle of Sunday worship. They disrupted the service,...
Why North Carolina Still Protects Marriage
by Dr. Mark Creech Director of Government Relations Return America RevMarkCreech.org Earlier this month, national media outlets - from CBS News to The New York Times - descended on an unusual legal story originating not in Washington, D.C., but in North Carolina....