Felicia Barton, a worship leader at Freedom Fellowship Church of God in Virginia Beach, Virginia, has been selected to be in the top 36 of Season 8 of American Idol.

When God calls Christians to serve abroad in missions, He equips them for their calling. But who equips the parents of missionaries (POMs) for the loss of their loved one?

After waiting nearly five days in Birmingham, Alabama, the Survivors are now back on their nationwide abortion awareness campaign with their video equipment in hand. The property was illegally seized by police during the arrests of nine of the team members last Thursday. The team spent more than 14 hours in jail for simply standing on a public sidewalk holding a sign and handing out literature in front of Parker High School. Adding insult to injury, when the team was finally released Friday morning, the police stalled the release of the team’s camera equipment and video recordings of the event at Parker High School.

MyFaith.com announced today plans to launch a new video sharing site for Christians with the theme “Broadcast Jesus”. For over 10 years MyFaith.com has served believers on-line with valuable content and resources, helping Christ- followers grow in their faith. Now under new ownership, MyFaith is re-launching as a new video sharing website in early 2009. MyFaith will continue focusing on Jesus and becoming a community of believers sharing God’s love with one another and with the world.

As an attempt to assist with the goal of helping children understand and obey the Great Commission, the International Department of Youth and Christian Education is developing an emphasis called KidMission. This emphasis will eventually be a year round resource for all children’s ministry leaders to assist them with suggestions, teaching materials, ideas, updates, etc. with regards to helping children understand their purpose in response to the Great Commission of our Lord to go and make disciples.

A great number of evangelical groups, including Church of God, are coordinating efforts and working together. This “Good News” makes us want to dedicate ourselves even more to getting the Gospel out to those who have never heard!

What is said to be ‘one of the largest prayer meetings in Canadian history’, TheCRY, is set to take place in the City of St John’s on Saturday February 21st and GOD TV will be there to beam the all-day event around the world, enabling Christians in many different countries to participate.

By Dr. Bill Hamon

As we continue to press through in 2009, I encourage you to listen to what the Lord is saying to you individually and to the body corporately. This is a year to “Arise and Shine to Align for Reformation.” God began a reforming process in the church in 2008, and He continues to mold and shape us into the vessel that He needs us to be to see His kingdom manifest in the earth.

By Chaplain (Capt) Thomas R. Baize, USAF

Sheppard AFB, TX –Seven years ago God placed me in initial entry training for the United States Army. My goal of being a chaplain was complete. Little did I know that I would work in the richest harvest fields in the military; first for the Army and now for the Air Force. I came to active duty in August 2002 and was assigned as a basic training chaplain. I quickly learned that Drill Sergeants and live ammo radically increased a young man’s willingness to pray! My Battalion had been without a chaplain and the chapel service was running only about 30. With a regularly assigned chaplain presence in the barracks the chapel service quickly grew to a capacity of 270 people in attendance. Many people saw Sunday morning chapel as the only weekly escape from the Drill Sergeants, so the majority of the people in my service were not individuals that attended church on a regular basis. I correctly joked that the most common “religious preference” in my service was “backslidden”.