This Sunday, May 12, 2019, will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of Lakewood Church on Mother’s Day, 1959. Special services will be held this weekend and will feature the Osteen family, as they celebrate the lives changed throughout the last 60 years, and the people of Houston, who have helped make Lakewood a landmark in the city and a beacon of hope throughout the world.

Cleveland, TN–Recent progress and expansion in church planting and church revitalization has prompted the International Executive Committee to announce personnel adjustments which affect several vital areas of ministry within the Church of God.

This past week, I’ve been in Singapore, a nation known as “the Antioch of Asia” because of its thriving churches. Some Western ministry leaders come to Singapore to learn the secret of their church growth. Is it cell groups? Is it their administrative savvy? Is it their openness to the Holy Spirit? All those things have helped—but many people ignore the fact that women have played a prominent role in the success of churches here.

Knoxville, TN–The National Embryo Donation Center will host a celebration Saturday, June 8 to mark a special milestone. Earlier this year, Sean and Liz Baley welcomed Annaliese into the world. She was the 800th successful birth to come about as a result of the NEDC’s embryo donation and adoption program.

Members of the Church of God Doctrine and Polity (D&P) Committee have released the latest from their research on contemporary cultural topics. The paper, entitled, “The Operation of Spiritual Gifts,” was written by Dr. Jerald Daffe, Professor of New Testament at Lee University’s School of Religion and a member of the D&P Committee.

Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has secured the restoration of a Bible study for elderly residents of the Veterans Home of California. But PJI attorneys will continue to fight for full restoration of religious freedom in the Home.

Christian Living Books, Inc. today announced the release of a new book by Phyllis Thomas: Be BAD! Blessed, Anointed and Delivered Through Prayer. “I wrote this book to share how important, viable and valuable prayer is to all believers,” says Phyllis. “I know with assurance our lives would be so powerful and blessed beyond what we could even imagine.”

SpiritCare, a ministry of the Church of God Center for Ministerial Care (CMC), held a banquet at the Smoky Mountain Gathering held last week in Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Georgia’s Republican governor on Tuesday signed legislation outlawing abortion if a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat, part of a concerted effort to restrict abortion rights in states across the country.