Darlia McLuhan Conn was named Distinguished Alumna of the Year at recent ceremonies during Homecoming at Lee University.

“I tell the folks everywhere I go that I am a cotton chopper and preacher,” Samuel W. Latimer wrote to readers of the Church of God Evangel in 1914. Brother Latimer had recently come into the Church of God and was serving as pastor in Spring Place, Georgia. His letter continued, “I’m asking God to help me more and more to get out and work for Him.”

Operation Compassion, a bemnevolent organization with ties to the Church of God, recently participated with the 8th Judicial Drug Task Force in a national K-9 training exercise involving semi-trucks. Twenty-six drug enforcement dog/handler teams from Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana and Tennessee took part in the multi-day training event held in Cleveland, Tennessee.

“The whole stadium is filled with the spirit of God—you can feel God in this place.” As the Rev. Mohan Babu welcomed the crowd to the first night of the Hyderabad Festival with Franklin Graham, the pastor’s words proved to be prophetic. The Holy Spirit stirred the hearts of 1,240 who responded to the Gospel message at the end of the evening.

Just weeks after Paul Crouch, Jr. left the television network his parents pioneered 38 years ago, the mystery surrounding the “new opportunities” that enticed him is solved.

Like many other intercessors, Cindy Jacobs, co-founder of Generals International, was at TheCall Detroit this weekend. As the solemn assembly gathered, Jacobs released a prophetic word for the United States and Israel. The following is what the Holy Spirit spoke to Jacobs on 11-11-11:

Millions of Christians are persecuted for their beliefs every day throughout the world. That’s why the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church focuses on intercessory prayer and citizen action on behalf of persecuted communities of the Christian faith. The day, known as IDOP, is a global day of intercession for persecuted Christians worldwide.

Amid the suffering and persecution the church faces, a new movement is calling for unified, global worship to see the name of Jesus Christ lifted up throughout the earth.

A recent study conducted by the Barna Group provides explanations as to why young American Christians are leaving the church. Reasons include a general idea that the church is overprotective, and that Christianity is too exclusive.