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The Fall 2019 issue of Church of God Engage has been released and available digitally at www.cogengage.org

General Overseer Tim Hill (center, blue shirt) is joined by Assistant General Overseer David Ramirez, Secretary General John Childers and Bahamian church leaders (click photo to enlarge)

As reports continue to stream in on the level of destruction and loss in the Bahamas due to Hurricane Dorian, Church of God leaders and relief agencies are continuing to ramp up efforts to assist as the situation evolves.

Once again, I was recently heartbroken at the news of another minister losing his life due to depression.

His name was Jarrid Wilson and he was an associate minister at the well-known Saddleback Church in California. While he was not a Church of God minister, he was still a precious brother in Christ who left behind a beautiful family. I am deeply sorry for the loss that his family and friends have suffered.

Manila, Philippines – Church of God Dasmariñas, Cavite (COG Dasma) celebrated its 29th anniversary on August 25, 2019 with 19,228 in total attendance.

Cleveland, TN–Lee University has been ranked once again in the upper echelon of Southern universities in the 2020 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges.

Sevierville, Tenn.–It all started on a beautiful Mother’s Day in the state of Texas. The Keller Church of God had previously asked the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) about helping with a project. At that time, Pastor James Binion (now Administrative Bishop of New Mexico) shared with the church a special need involving the Texas Rose Cottage #1.

The Church of God Youth and Discipleship Department has announced the 2020 Youth World Evangelism Action (YWEA) project which focuses on the continent of Africa.

Cleveland, TN–A reunion gathering of more than 100 alumni from the Voices of Lee of Lee University will celebrate 25 years of the premier vocal ensemble this Saturday, September 14. The event will be held at 7:00 p.m. EST at Conn Center on the Lee University campus.

As the final Global Ministry Forum events approach, one to be held next week will be broadcast livestream.

The birthplace of Church of God World Missions’ ministry was the Bahamas in 1910 and they currently have 73 churches, over 6,000 members, and 184 pastors.