Church of God in Tampa Named #7 Fastest-Growing Church

citylife church in Tampa, Florida, a Church of God congregation pastored by Tony and Kaci Stewart, was featured in the September issue of Outreach magazine’s “Top 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America for 2013.”

Best-Selling Novelist to Speak at Religion Newswriters Awards Banquet

Co-author of the best-selling Left Behind series, award-winning novelist Jerry B. Jenkins will be speaking at the Religion Newswriters Association’s 2013 Awards Banquet, to be held Sept. 28, 2013 at the Sheraton Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, at the conclusion of the 64th Annual Conference of the Religion Newswriters Association.

Suicide Bombers Kill 78 Christians Outside Pakistani Church

A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old Anglican church in Pakistan after Sunday Mass, killing at least 78 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in the predominantly Muslim country.

Persecuted Pastor Leads 30 to Christ in Iran Prison

The wife of the American pastor imprisoned in Iran for his Christian faith says her husband remains bold for Jesus Christ in prison. Saeed Abedini’s wife, Naghmeh, recently spoke to students at Liberty University about her family’s plight.