With Afghanistan in the news, interview a daring 50-year Christian media pioneer in the Middle East — and hear his surprising take on cultural and religious shifts in the red-hot region.

Turmoil and hardships often cultivate outstanding character. Releasing in theaters Nov. 8-10, Fathom Events’ latest special, “Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years,” tells the powerful true story of Sabina (Oster) Wurmbrand and her husband, Richard. Sabina and Richard Wurmbrand are the co-founders of the nonprofit The Voice of the Martyrs – an interdenominational missions organization that serves persecuted Christians around the world.

Cleveland, TN–Dr. Timothy M. Hill, General Overseer of the Church of God, has issued a call to prayer for the month of September.

All national surveys point to the fact that 50% to 70% of students involved in the church today are walking away from an active faith in college. We can no longer afford for this to happen; they are needed to help shape their generation and catalyze students to Gospel movements on campus.

In recent decades, antipathy toward faith and an increase in religious disaffiliation have produced a culture of spiritual illiteracy and unfamiliarity.

On Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 7:00 PM EDT, Church of God World Missions is hosting a Concert of Prayer “… deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6:13). People from around the world will be going to www.facebook.com/cogwm to join in a prayer petition asking the Lord to defeat the evil of COVID, to miraculously bring salvation and restoration to Haiti, and protection for Christians in Afghanistan.

All national surveys point to the fact that 50% to 70% of students involved in the church today are walking away from an active faith in college. We can no longer afford for this to happen; they are needed to help shape their generation and catalyze students to Gospel movements on campus.

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has announced the launch of the 2021 ’Bless Your Pastor’ campaign, looking toward Pastor Appreciation Month in October. Earlier this year, the Barna Group found that 29 percent of the Protestant pastors they surveyed had given “real, serious consideration to quitting being in full-time ministry within the last year.”

Cleveland, TN–The annual Minister’s Week at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary will take place October 5-7, 2021. PTS President Dr. Michael Baker announced that this year the seminary will offer three simultaneous conferences during Minister’s Week, which will be both present on campus and online.