The Awakening Conference starts Friday, Aug. 15th at 7 pm and runs through Sunday, Aug. 17th at 12 noon at Calvary Life Family Worship Center in Cheshire, Connecticut. Co-sponsors of the event are Kingdom Congressional International Alliance (KCIA), Gig Harbor, WA and Calvary Life. Saturday sessions begin at 9:00 am and end at 10:30 pm. Co-hosts of the event are Dr. John Muratori, senior pastor of Calvary Life, and Dr. Bruce Cook, CEO of KCIA.
Two decades ago, a nationwide phenomenon swept the country. Hundreds of thousands of young people took a stand for abstinence due to their Christian faith during the familiar True Love Waits movement. Now, critically acclaimed authors/speakers Clayton and Sharie King seek to reignite the movement with their book, the True Love Project, and two devotionals – 40 Days of Purity for Girls and 40 Days of Purity for Guys. Available September 1, the books biblically define love, sex, and romance. The books also explain why the Bible asks men and women to remain pure and highlight the promises of hope and restoration in God for those who have not.
At the recent 75th Church of God International General Assembly, General Overseer Mark Williams delivered a powerful “State of the Church” report to members of the General Council. The following is a presentation of the report as printed in the Assembly publication, GAToday on Wednesday, July 30, 2014:
There’s a teaching rule circulating in the book publishing industry: “Search Amazon to see if your proposed title has already been used.” Shane Wall, a pastor in the college town of Orangeburg, SC, did just that. To his surprise and admitted delight, he’d be the first to ever publish a Bible-based book entitled, ‘Understanding.’
Relationships are the most influential part of our lives as human beings. They have the power to bring us life and joy or the power to completely tear us down. As a professional counselor, every day I see the importance of getting relationships right, because so much of who we are stems out of our relationships.
People in Sierra Leone and Liberia filled churches on Sunday to seek deliverance from an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, defying official warnings to avoid public gatherings to contain an epidemic that has killed nearly 1,000 people in West Africa.
