By: Allie Martin and Jody Brown — 3/27/2008 4:00:00 AM

In recent developments, a local elected official and a group of Buddhist monks have accused the school of being a front for the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group. The school, located in Colombo, was later attacked as Buddhist monks staged a protest at the facility. A government official in Sri Lanka has also encouraged lawmakers to consider approving anti-conversion legislation.

Ty Pennington talkes with the Gaudet family

In early February, Pathway Temple Church of God of Mobile, Alabama, was asked by ABC Television and Heritage Homes to help with the popular television show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. As many as 150 members from Pathway volunteered, says Andric Daugherty, administrative pastor at Pathway.

My husband and I are missionaries in Malaysia. The Lord has been moving in this country and in my life, using me to work with Malay women. This has been my calling and burden.

The Christian and Missionary Alliance has launched a new program that offers young adults the opportunity to experience cross- cultural missions firsthand. Praxis is a network of C&MA ministry sites with the same purpose: to develop a generation of leaders who can impact the world by living out authentic faith.

Church of God members were affected in the tragic explosion of a munitions depot in the outskirts of Tirana, Albania, last Saturday, according to Hervin Fushekati, overseer. The villages of Gerdec, Vora and Marikaj reported damage to church buildings and pastors’ homes.

Tommy was recently in Singapore for four days, ministering to the Indonesian congregation there, which worships in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. He challenged them to believe God for a vision larger than what they can accomplish alone—to believe God for miracles.

The latest Pew Religious Landscape Survey points to a trend demographers and Church leaders have observed for years – movement across and away from religious affiliations. The Nebraska-based Global Institute For Transformation believes there’s an even bigger issue that should be focused on – the spiritual fervency of the average American Christian, regardless of affiliation.

Advent Film Group (AFG), founded to rebuild culture for Christ in cinema, heeds Dr. James Dobson’s call for a new generation of Christian leaders “to carry the banner when this generation of leaders is gone,” Dobson told an audience of nearly 1,400 at the National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention. “The question is, will the younger generation heed the call? Who will defend the unborn child in the years to come?”

By Jackye Campion

As many of us know from headlines media and published statistics, there have been increases in violent crime and suicide among teens in the last few years. Abundant Life Church of God saw the need to give kids hope by spreading the gospel among teens in South San Antonio.