July 24, 2013–One hundred years ago today Missionary Carl M. Padgett established the Church of God on Green Turtle Cay, a small island in the Bahamas. Now the oldest continuing Church of God outside the United States, the local church was set in order on July 24, 1913. According to Bishop Johnny T. Lowe, the congregation will continue its centennial celebration tonight with a culminating service featuring Dr. Jerry J. Jeter.
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Cleveland, Tennessee–Jake Stum, Director of Programming and Development for People for Care and Learning, is one of “40 Under 40 Changemakers” featured in the latest issue of Rejuvenate magazine.
Whenever I visit my friend Lewis Lee, a pastor in Baltimore, I end up on the streets. That’s because Lewis is never content to keep his congregation cooped up inside their church. Every month he takes them downtown to feed homeless people at a park near Johns Hopkins University. On hot summer days he takes teams to the worst neighborhoods of his city to pray for people, share the gospel and distribute bottles of water.
