Church of God World Missions will once again make an appeal to churches and individuals for the Christ’s Birthday Offering, an annual appeal at Christmas, asking donors to send an offering in the amount of the year (e.g., $20.19) that Church of God World Missions uses for emergency situations.

Best Christian Workplaces Institute today honored eighty-nine organizations, churches, and Christian-led businesses as “Certified Best Christian Workplaces” from January—June 2019. The new honorees are based primarily in the U.S. and Canada.

Since June 2014, Michigan’s Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services Program has served 8,168 women at 31,643 support visits. The taxpayer-funded program exists to offer women who are experiencing unexpected pregnancies pregnancy support and parenting education, from the moment they come in, up until their baby’s first birthday. To date, $3.3 million has been appropriated to serve Michigan women, an average of only $404 per pregnant woman.

The Bible has exhorted us to go into all the world, take care of the orphans, and share the Gospel with the poor. Twenty-one Americans did exactly that on a recent missions trip to Romania. Coming from Chicago, Illinois, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Cleveland, Tennessee, we all converged in Bucharest to embark on a journey with an assignment from God to serve the orphans and the needy. Our focus was the Bread of Life ministries.

The Luis Palau Association, Ollawood Productions and Rivka Entertainment Group announced today the forthcoming digital release of PALAU the Movie, a feature film based on the life of international evangelist Luis Palau. The film will be available on iTunes and Amazon on August 6, 2019, followed by DVD release on September 10, 2019. The film, which premiered to significant acclaim, was produced to honor the legacy of Luis Palau and directly support his ongoing global ministry.

A jury found that prominent singer Katy Perry improperly copied a Christian rap song by Marcus Gray, known by his stage name Flame.

On July 29-Aug. 2, Lee University will host the 2019 Church of God Teen Talent, an international competition which aims to help young people ages 13-19 discover their talents, develop that talent, and dedicate it to better serve the Lord. Over 5,000 individuals will compete in 43 categories over the course of five days, featuring competition in music, art, drama, multimedia, creative writing, and Bible.

Scotland Yard awarded $3.056 to a street preacher they wrongfully arrested for racism in February.

LGBT child recruiters, including *convicted child sex offenders, are using public libraries and public schools to normalize extreme sexual deviance to very young children to persuade them to identify as “gay” lesbian bisexual and transgender, to lower their resistance to sexual molestation by adults and to encourage abnormal experimentation among themselves. *