Physically, Bishop Angel Nunez is in Orlando, Florida for all-important The Reconciled Church conference, part of a movement to help spark healing the racial divide not only in the church, but in all of America.
At a press conference last Friday at the National Press Club, a group of spiritual leaders spoke out against so-called same-sex marriage and pledged defiance should the U.S. Supreme Court attempt to redefine marriage in the United States. They included Deacon Keith Fournier (Editor-in-Chief of Catholic Online), Matt Staver (founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel), Focus on the Family Founder Dr. James Dobson (who spoke by video) and Janet Boynes (an ex-lesbian). Statements were read by Bishop Harry Jackson (senior pastor, Hope Christian Church, Washington, D.C.) and Rabbi Aryeh Spero (Caucuses for America).
In addition to grassroots repentance services in many communities the first ever “global call for repentance” will take place this Thursday April 30 as part of this year’s National Day of Repentance. The call will be hosted by Australian prayer leaders whose earlier global prayer call for the USA has gone viral. Using media releases and YouTube they are calling Christians in Australia and other nations to fast and pray for America beginning April 30 for seven days leading up to the National Day of Prayer on May 7.
The Church of God World Missions Board met recently in what has been described as one of the “most exciting and informative” meetings of this group of missions-minded leaders.
Child Evangelism Fellowship® (CEF®), the largest Christian mission agency to children in the world, announces its new Christmas Across America outreach with the goal of telling children who have never heard the true meaning of Christmas. The initiative launches with the goal of reaching 100,000 children with the Gospel in December 2015.
Azusafest 2015 was declared a great success and leaders on Azusa Street anticipate a global gathering next year of “TheCall Azusa” on April 9th, 2016. The widely acclaimed William J. Seymour Award was given to Lou Engle of “TheCall, Inc.” Lou Engle was the ninth recipient of the National William J. Seymour Award and is the visionary founder of TheCall, Inc.
