Minno-a new, Nashville-based children’s digital media company-officially launches today and is offering Christian parents an alternative that is both entertaining and affirming. Featuring an ad-free, subscription digital platform with curated entertainment and educational choices the whole family will love-including the world’s largest collection of Classic VeggieTales-a publishing arm in partnership with Hachette Nashville with offerings such as the #1 Amazon bestseller The Laugh and Learn Bible for Kids, and Minno Life, a parenting blog with expert resources and voices for Christian parents, Minno aims to be a one-stop solution for parents and kids.

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) is excited to announce a partnership with Faith Comes by Hearing (FCBH). FCBH has recorded the full Bible or parts of it in over 1,300 languages (and counting) so that readers and non-readers can hear the Bible for themselves using an app or other device. CEF has hundreds of thousands of international workers who can act as distributors, getting the app or devices to people.

A committee has been formed and artists have been secured for the popular Church of God Smoky Mountain Gathering event set for April 28-30, 2020.

Reach and inspire worship audiences like Kanye West and Joel Osteen. Worship Summit Live will be held Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, to offer a full day of education to those engaged in technologies for houses of worship. The completely virtual summit will bring together church production experts who will lead instruction on the best communications and audio visual tools for houses of worship to better connect with the communities they serve.

Charisma House and the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) announce an exciting new development in their strategic distribution partnership with Superbook, CBN’s animated videos that bring the Bible to life for children. Starting this fall, Charisma House will publish companion storybooks using the same beautiful artwork from the popular animation series. The Superbook storybooks will engage younger children while teaching timeless moral truths and life lessons through the captivating, Bible-based adventures of two time-traveling children and their robot friend.

Pastor Jivko Jacobs, born in Bulgaria, but living and ministering for 20 years in Freudenstadt, Germany, reflects on the time since he was appointed Regional Superintendent for the Church of God Central Europe West at the General Assembly 2018.

Since 2010, Bless Friday® has provided an alternative to hectic Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Churches and Christians in Houston, The Woodlands, Katy, Trinity, and Cotulla Texas and Seattle, Washington are preparing service projects that honor Christ at Christmas on Friday, November 29 and also on Saturday the 30th. These churches encourage families and individuals to celebrate Bless Friday® as an alternative to Black Friday.

Eavan Gilhuly, an 18-year-old recent graduate of Desert Christian Academy in Bermuda Dunes, has written an inspirational and heartfelt devotional, a publication that provides a specific spiritual reading for each calendar day. Gilhuly says the book, entitled Recognize, was written as a tribute to her graduating class of 2019, and she presented it to them at a retreat last spring.

Cleveland, TN–Following Dr. Paul Conn’s announcement that he will be stepping down as Lee University president next year, the search for his successor is getting underway.