CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The International World Missions leadership team is sponsoring three Local Missions Representative (LMR) Seminars in the state of Texas the first week of March. The LMR seminar is a meeting with our local church missions representatives and other missions-minded individuals, in which missions leaders explain the many ministries of World Missions and how the department functions.

Sky Angel, a national provider of faith-based and family-friendly television and radio programming, is pleased to announce their participation as an exhibitor at the 2009 NRB Convention and Exposition scheduled for February 7-10, 2009 at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn.

The International Department of Youth and Christian Education, along with Pathway Press, announces the 2008 winner of the annual Teacher of the Year award. This year’s winner is Shirley Sapp, Bay Harbour Church of God in Brunswick,Georgia.

Christianity Today International (CTI) announced today that it is redirecting its teen publishing efforts away from Ignite Your Faith magazine (formerly Campus Life) and fully to its Campus Life College Guides and website ( www.ChristianCollegeGuide.net). According to CTI editor-in-chief and CEO Harold Smith, “This was much more than a strategic publishing move; we want to clearly signal CTI’s continuing commitment to Christian higher education and to the development of tomorrow’s pastors, church leaders, and culture- makers.

The 2009 Business Women’s Symposium will “release and empower women to understand how their unique created purpose enables them to powerfully impact their workplace relationships by connecting them with their own passion and spirituality.” We believe this is the first conference to provide a specific comprehensive focus for Christian women in business that moves beyond “typical” women’s issues.

Barack Obama will attend a private prayer service on the morning of his inauguration at the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, according to the Washington Post.

By Charlie Butts and Jody Brown – OneNewsNow

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stirred up a hornet’s nest by promoting the idea of spending of millions of dollars on birth control and abortion as part of the economic stimulus package.

By Steve Strang

Last week was a historic week in the life of our nation: We inaugurated the first African-American president. In doing so, we took a huge step forward in improving race relations and reaffirmed that the American dream is possible for all Americans.

BULGARIA — In the beginning of October we started the new school year. This year we are not offering a full time residential program. We have created a distance type of program for Christians and functioning ministers who will be coming for lectures on Saturdays.