Faith News Network

By Charlie Butts – OneNewsNow

While in Beijing, evangelist Franklin Graham told Chinese reporters he is opposed to missionary work during the Olympic Games this summer in Beijing. Some Christian groups have announced plans to proselytize during the Games in August — but Graham, recognizing that Chinese law prohibits such actions, said he would not encourage anything illegal.

The “undisputed queen of southern gospel music,” Dottie Rambo, was tragically killed last Sun. May 11 when her tour bus ran off a highway near Mount Vernon, Mo. she was 74.

World Missions has had numerous inquiries concerning the tragic situation in Myanmar where over 22,000 have died and hundreds of thousands have lost their homes. The Church of God has churches, missions, members and an orphanage there.