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The World Congress of Families (WCF) today released “A Call for Civil Dialogue and Constructive Engagement,” a twenty-eight page report that corrects, in detail, a barrage of negative and unwarranted attacks on the WCF initiated primarily by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), particularly after the announcement of WCF’s first-ever congress in the United States in Salt Lake City, October 27-30, 2015.

WP Films today released the first teaser for their highly anticipated follow up to the bold documentary, Holy Ghost. Watch the first teaser. The new movie, titled HOLY GHOST REBORN, is definitely a sequel, but is also an entirely different experience from the first film.

It’s 7:30 on a Saturday night. Bev sits down at her computer to begin a routine that she will repeat several times this week. Within minutes, the first dialog box appears. The young woman’s name is Nancy, and she needs help. At just 18 years old, her body bears the scars of her compulsion to self-harm. She sees no hope for her life. In fact, she has gathered enough pills to end it all, never imagining that this will be the day that she finds a brand new life in Christ through her online interaction with a kind stranger.

The all-female planning committee for the USA Missions-sponsored Women in Ministry Conference has chosen the theme, “Affirming ONE another,” in keeping with the conference mission statement, and the biennial theme of General Overseer Mark L. Williams.

The conference is scheduled for August 20-22, 2015 at the North Cleveland Church of God (Dixon Chapel), and will feature two nights and two half days of inspiration, information, worship, and interaction for women who are engaged in any aspect of ministry—pastors, pastor’s wives, Christian education ministers, music ministers, counselors, youth and children’s ministers, and others.

As pressure on Christians in the Middle East continues to mount, the Palestinian Bible Society has been encouraging and equipping churches to reach out with love to their communities in this 99% Muslim territory. This Ramadan – a sacred month of fasting for Muslims, which started on June 17 – it began two new initiatives to serve their Muslim neighbors in a very practical way.

Carolyn Spellman, a Christian author and co-pastor of BOLD Church® (www.boldchurch.org), is proud to announce the release of her latest book, The Best Practices of Faith: Faith That Moves You Forward.