The first of 12 water purification systems provided by Water Missions International (WMI) is installed and providing access to safe water for thousands of cyclone survivors in Myanmar.

Bishop Billy J. O’Neal

We regret to inform you that Bishop Billy J. O’Neal passed away last night in a New York hospital. No funeral arrangements are available at this time. As soon as the Department of Communications receives information, we will forward it to you.

GOD TV founders Rory and Wendy Alec are calling on Christians throughout the USA to support ‘TheCall’, a series of prayer gatherings for America, and to tune in for a special broadcast next week to intercede for the upcoming mega event in the nation’s capital.

By Dr. Jerry McNabb, Assistant Director, Chaplains Commission

Sheriff J.J. Jones (far left) and Chief Deputy Spangler (far right) look on as Chaplain Cox (third from right) receives his award

Chaplain Jerry Cox, Law Enforcement Chaplain, Director of the Tennessee Church of God Chaplains Association and Senior Pastor at the Powell Church of God, Powell, Tennessee, is the first Church of God chaplain to receive the prestigious “President’s Call to Service Award” from the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.

By Allie Martin, OneNewsNow

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) of the Southern Baptist Convention has unveiled a new website in an effort to help Christians live out their values in a secular nation.

Monday, 07 July 2008

For many years, clothing has been taken to the General Assembly to be given to the wives of missionaries. Missionary Lorraine Alton and Sarah Moree, wife of former administrative assistant Chris Moree, first began taking clothes and giving them out of their hotel rooms. These ladies and others, such as Alma Kelley and Waneda Brownlow, would meet prior to the General Assembly and wash, iron and repair donated clothing.

Recently, Calvary Victory International Ministries of Cividino-Bergamo, Italy joined the International Church of God. National Overseer of Italy, Bishop Domenico Barra, Missionary Dennis Tanner, Bishop Edwin Amoah of Ebenezer Gospel Ministries in Rotterdam, Holland and Pastor Stephen Yaw from Amsterdam, Holland, were present at the ceremony.

By Peter Horrobin

In the 16th century some sectors of the Roman Catholic Church fell into the trap of selling “indulgences,” saying there would be relief in purgatory from the consequences of sins already forgiven. The Catholic Church became rich and powerful, but the people were financially and spiritually raped through this abuse.

A graduate program to assist nuns worldwide in integrating their spiritual formation with professional development in leadership and management has been developed by Duquesne University’s School of Leadership and Professional Advancement, in collaboration with the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Rome.