Paul has recently asked permission to step down as national overseer of Paraguay. We are very pleased and excited to share that the new overseer will be Dr. Antonio Montiel, a long-time friend and colleague of ours for almost 14 years in Paraguay.

Lee University Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics was recently awarded a grant which provides the university an opportunity to further student and faculty research in biotechnology. The award, received from LI-COR, a bioscience research company, will supply Lee with the 4300 DNA Analysis System.

NeuLion Inc., the company driving convergence between television and the Internet, proudly announces its partnership with Sky Angel U.S. LLC to launch Sky Angel, multiple channels of Christian-centered and family-friendly programming, using the NeuLion technology platform.

Recently, Benson and Cathy flew to northern Germany for the annual Pentecost Conference, this year held in Westerstede. This beautiful city in northern Germany is very tranquil, with lots of flat farmland, lush and green.

Bestselling author and Life Coach Paula White will officially kickoff the grand opening of “The Life By Design Empowerment Center” at The Manhattan Center’s Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, Sunday, July 15th, from 5-8pm.

At a national conference on June 30th, World Vision US President Rich Stearns thanked Women of Faith for making a huge statement for children in need around the world by announcing that Women of Faith had reached the 100,000 milestone in child sponsorships. According to the latest numbers, 3 million children benefited from sponsorship worldwide in 2006, including 850,000 who are supported by people in the United States.

The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), an oversight and accreditation organization with more than 2,000 Christian nonprofit organization members, today announced the creation of a new “affiliate membership,” which will greatly benefit smaller ministries and churches.

ChristiaNet.com, the world’s largest Christian portal with twelve million monthly page loads, in a recent poll asked the question “Should prayer be allowed in public schools?” Out of 1,545 participants, 95% responded with a resounding “Yes”. The majority of those polled feel that school prayer should be allowed, but not mandatory. Bill Cooper, President of ChristiaNet.com, states, “Daily prayer is very integral to a Christian’s walk.”

Recently, the police in “B T” made a veiled threat to all new believers who would not deny Christ. Police said they could not protect new Christians from being beaten. Earlier this week unknown men badly beat a man disabled from polio. The victim allowed Christians to meet in his house.