Under the theme “Together in Spirit and in Truth for a Lasting Change”, the South American Seminary (SEMISUD) in Quito, Ecuador, will gather the national bishops and directors of the Church of God in South America on March 17-20, 2009, as called by their field director, Bishop Dr. David E. Ramírez.

Author Joe Keysor combats the growing charge that Christianity fed the Nazi purge of the Jews and Hitler’s hatred in his book “Hitler, the Holocaust, and the Bible: A Scriptural Analysis of Anti- Semitism, National Socialism, and the Churches in Nazi Germany.”

Regent University’s award-winning film school is filling the gap by offering a full tuition scholarship to the winner of its ReelDreams Film Competition. Redemptive filmmaking is growing in popularity and this provides an opportunity for good redemptive filmmakers.

Are you running on empty? Does it seem like the air has gone out of your life? Do you ever feel like you are running the race of life alone? In “The Race: From Pit Row to Victory Lane,” author and Pastor Rick Lemons, reminds us to find strength in cooperation and encouragement for the race from one another. Just as NASCAR teams work together to improve a car’s performance in Pit Row, God has provided all the ingredients to help us run the Christian race. By making frequent pit stops by way of God’s Word, Corporate Worship, Fellowship, Prayer, Accountability and Encouragement, the child of God will be better equipped for the race.

The following testimonies illustrate how a Distance Learning Center (DLC), a program of Church of God Ministerial Development/School of Ministry, affected one church.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Today, Church of God World Missions is a bridge between those God has called to “go” and those He has called to “send.” World Missions prepares workers for evangelism, church planting, leadership development and other ministries of compassion.

With the addition of our newest home here on the Samaritan’s Place campus, we are envisioning a program we are calling “Roots and Wings”. It’s purpose is to allow adoptees and/or adoptive families to return and stay a few days up to two months to really enjoy re-connecting with the Philippines. Most of the “motherland” tour programs seem so tourist-y, costly and don’t allow for adoptees or families to feel settled.

A leading internet evangelist, Bill Keller — founder of Liveprayer.com and host of the popular Liveprayer with Bill Keller TV and radio program airing only on secular stations — is now using innovative, pioneering technology to save souls via cell phone.

The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) today announced the accreditation of Oral Roberts University (ORU) of Tulsa, Okla. ECFA accreditation is based on standards of responsible stewardship, including financial accountability, transparency, sound board governance and ethical fund-raising.