NASHVILLE, TN /Christian Newswire/ — True Love Waits, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has released a gender-appropriate flipbook called Complete: A Life of Purity. The release coincides with Valentine’s Day, a time in which a large number of True Love Waits abstinence-until-marriage commitment ceremonies are held in churches and other places around the world.

MARION, Ind.  /Christian Newswire/ — Because missions is no longer just going to a far away place, World Gospel Mission is opening a conversation about taking missions online. With the advent of virtual online worlds, “doing missions” can mean sitting down at your computer. According to Todd Eckhardt, director of World Connection for missionary organization World Gospel Mission, “The number of ‘residents’ registered on Second Life alone would constitute the 25th largest unreached people group in the world–the real one that is.”

NEW YORK CITY — We conduct outreaches, equip churches, empower leaders and serve the body of Christ to become a force of change in the inner city. We do all of these things because of one soul.

The OVERFLOWING – WALKING IN THE SUPERNATURAL leadership kit, recently advertised in CHARISMA magazine, is being widely received by pastors, Sunday school teachers, laymen and professionals. The resource kit produced by The T.L. Ministry Center offers the following:

Church Community Builder (CCB) ( www.churchcommunitybuilder.com), the original web-based church management solution (ChMS), continues to improve their product offering to churches by incorporating social networking capabilities

SOUTH AFRICA — In reflecting on the status of chaplaincy ministry in South Africa, Church of God Chaplain Burt noted that 2009 started with a bang; our national chaplaincy hosted the first ever world chaplains general conference in Cape Town the first week of February.

On Jan. 16, more than a dozen Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers forcibly escorted Pastor “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan from a Beijing pastor’s home and put him on a bus to Henan province.

HARRISBURG, Penn., Feb. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, a national association of 600 priests and deacons publicly reaffirm our obedience and respect for the Holy Father. We furthermore declare our unequivocal support for Pope Benedict XVI as the Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff. We pledge our continued prayers for His Holiness especially in light of the recent slander being leveled against the current Successor of Saint Peter for his pastoral decision to rescind the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. Those who distort the facts would have us believe that the individual prejudices of one man represent an entire group.

Dr. Pat M. Boone, author, minister and songwriter, has produced a third inspirational song which she is making available for free download or listening at her website, www.IPraiseYourName.com.