Rose Publishing’s “Then and Now Bible Maps” was the leading Bible atlas selected by more Christian bookstore customers in the latest year, outselling every other Bible atlas offered by all publishers.

SpiritSound Music Group, a ministry arm of the Church of God Department of Music, has launched a revamped Web site at www.spiritsoundmusic.com.

According to department officials, the new site has been under development for several months, and includes a number of new features, capabilities and styles, including downloadable products. With a complete redesign, the Web site is easier on the eyes and more organized.

By Thomas Sowell – Syndicated Columnist

Whatever history’s verdict on the Bush administration might be, it is likely to be very different from what we hear from the talking heads on television or read from the know-it-alls on editorial pages.

“If churches embracing the principle of Sola Scriptura fail to understand and address the concerns voiced in the Emerging Church conversation, we may lose an entire generation of professing believers to a movement seeking to revitalize the faith but infected with a philosophy that kills it,” says Rev. Rutledge Etheridge.

Kibera, Kenya has one of the largest slums in the world. Everyday kids are losing their parents to AIDS and being left to survive in these slums. The 2009 Youth World Evangelism Action (YWEA) project in Kenya will focus on the Kibera Kids Center Orphanage.

On Tuesday the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) will hold a press conference to update the status of religious freedom in Iraq.

An unrecognized Azerbaijani breakaway republic is flying under the radar of religious rights watchdogs. Nagorno-Karabakh’s president, President Bako Sahakyan, just signed a religion law, and it goes into effect this month.

The International Bible Society-Send The Light recently hosted the Bible Across America tour.

For the last several years Pathway Bookstore has served the Cleveland and Bradley County community at its current location. Pathway Press has struggled with the economic issues that affect everyone at this time. Due to the uncertainty of the economy, and after much deliberation, the leadership of Pathway Press, its Board of Directors and leadership of Church of God have made the difficult decision to close Pathway Bookstore, effective immediately.