With solemn gestures, Americans across the country marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon in Virginia, the World Trade Center in New York and the plane crash in Shanksville, Pa. and through 2,531 official Cry Out America (COA) prayer points during united, consecrated prayer gatherings in 1,450 counties across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

Jesus called us into friendship, not just with Him but also with His followers.

Under the theme, “Without Limits,” the Church of God pastors of Mexico gathered recently in their National Pastors Seminar and set bold church planting goals for the nation. The delegates signed an agreement to initiate a minimum of 1,250 churches within the next 10 years.

This past spring, God moved in a tremendous way in all Kidfest events, with thousands in attendance and hundreds baptized with the Holy Spirit.

John Hagee welcomed Sheikh Abu-Khader Ja’abari of Hebron to his suite in Jerusalem for a meeting facilitated by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.

In the midst of global chaos, the church around the world is being resourced for intercessory prayer. The publishers of Operation World have joined with a number of international prayer and evangelism initiatives to ramp up their resources for local churches involved in world-changing prayer.

Churches on this year’s Outreach 100 lists of the Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America are pursuing many of the same growth strategies and values, including worship locations at multiple sites, breaking into smaller groups throughout the week, and serving their local communities. The lists appear in Outreach magazine’s 2011 Outreach 100 Special Issue, published Sept. 15, 2011.

Thousands of churches across the country are using social media, electronic invitations and “bounce houses” – and some are even overcoming great loss – as they gear up to draw family, friends, neighbors and co-workers to National Back To Church Sunday on Sept. 18.

By the time early church scholar St. Jerome died more than 1500 years ago, he had laboriously translated the Bible into Latin, taking more than 20 years working within the confined technology of the late 4th century.