Rev. J. Michael Utterback, director of Ministry to Israel (MTI), a department within the Care and Benevolence Division of the Church of God, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Nehemiah Award from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ).
Fundamentalist preacher John MacArthur, known for his “Grace to You” radio broadcast, didn’t show any grace last weekend when he was asked what he thought about popular Bible teacher Beth Moore. During a pastor’s conference in Sun Valley, California, held Oct. 16-18, MacArthur said he thought Moore should “go home” when he was asked on a panel what he thought of her.
Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC), which advocates on behalf of hundreds of millions of persecuted Christians worldwide, is linking arms with the Leah Foundation, other concerned believers and religious freedom advocates to call on Christians to join a Global Prayer Vigil for kidnapped Nigerian Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu.
Leah was kidnapped Feb. 19, 2018, along with 109 other girls. Five girls died during the first month. In March 2018, the Nigerian federal government interceded and all the girls remaining in captivity were released—except Leah, who refused to deny Christ and convert to Islam.
‘Just A Minute,’ the popular 60-second devotional series featuring Church of God General Overseer Tim Hill, will begin spotlighting other members of the Church of God International Executive Committee.
In launching his newest book, Amazon bestselling author Stephen Hawley Martin notes that at least one contestant for the Democrat nomination for president wants to tax Christian institutions that do not agree with him. Martin asserts that if a Progressive wins the White House in 2020 and Democrats keep the House and take the Senate, an all-out war on Christianity could break out. He cites a speech given recently at Notre Dame by Attorney General William Barr, who blasted “militant secularists” and their attacks on Judeo-Christian values. Barr is quoted as having said, “This is organized destruction. Secular forces and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia, in an unremitting assault on religion and traditional values.”
The greatest rescue story ever told comes to life on movie screens in a special nationwide event April 7, 9 and 11. Filmed in front of a live audience, Sight & Sound’s JESUS is the action-packed musical stage adventure that takes audiences on a miraculous journey alongside the most famous person ever to walk the earth and the everyday people whose lives he changed forever.
