New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that prohibits churches and other nonprofits from campaigning for or against political candidates.

Since 2012, the number of adults meditating more than doubled with 35 million Americans saying they have either meditated or practiced yoga at least once in the last year, according to a 2017 CDC study. In fact, it’s one of Americans’ most popular health trends. However, what has been the popularity of meditation amongst Christians who in the past feared meditation as a new age practice that called for emptying their minds or worshiping false gods?

In this final of the series of interviews with Church of God Field Directors, World Missions talked with Andrew Binda, field director of Asia/Pacific, to find out what God is doing in his area. (Excerpts of this interview originally appeared in Evangel magazine.)

On October 25, 2019, the Board of Incorporate Members of Dallas Theological Seminary named current vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Mark M. Yarbrough, as the sixth president in the institution’s 95-year history.

Open Doors has learned that authorities in India have arrested and detained American pastor, Bryan Nerren. Nerren, who is from Tennessee, apparently drew attention from security agents because he was carrying money intended to cover the expenses of two conferences and the travel expenses of a few pastors.

Cleveland, TN–Christine Caine, a well-known Australian evangelist, author, and international speaker, will be the guest minister at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary weekly chapel service on Wednesday, November 6, at 11:00 a.m. Due to expected interest, the service will convene across the street from the Seminary at the North Cleveland Church of God sanctuary, located at 335 11th Street in Cleveland, Tenn.

Kanye West is one of the top-selling musical artists of all time, but his earliest music was so raunchy that Billboard wrote an article in 2016 listing his most profanity-laced lyrics. We could not print those words here.

The untold story of the fate of ordinary Germans in East Germany during and after World War II is highlighted in a new release. Refuge and From Fear to Freedom, a re-release by Redemption Press (October 2019) combines both titles, originally published in 1987 and 1993, into one volume. The first person account by Liane I. Brown shares the struggles of her Christian East Prussian family to survive in the midst of the horrors of WW II, and God’s faithfulness to them.

Church of God World Missions recently talked with Peter Thomas, field director of Africa, to find out what God is doing in his area. (Excerpts of this interview originally appeared in Evangel magazine.)