Yesterday was Sri Lanka’s day of mourning over the terrorist’s bomb blasts at churches and hotels on Easter morning.

Church of God Adult Discipleship announces the availability of resources connected with the upcoming National Day of Prayer set for Thursday, May 2, all across America. This is the day each year when believers of all denominations join hands and hearts and pray together for God to bless and guide our nation back to righteous principles and practices.

Public Advocate heartily thanks the U.S. Supreme Court for taking up the issue of the wrongful expansion of Title VII rights via the reinterpretation of “discrimination on the basis of sex” to include sexual activity.

Cúcuta, Colombia, is a beautiful, quiet city, surrounded by mountains and lined with palm trees. Its joyful and passionate residents love their “small town” (with a population of approximately 800,000).

Charity Graff, executive director of Gentle Hands Inc. (GHI), a Church of God World Missions orphanage in the Philippines, shares her story.

Ohr Torah Stone’s Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) in Jerusalem wishes to express our sincerest condolences to the families of Sri Lanka who lost their loved ones in Sunday’s terrorist attacks that took the lives of more than 200 people and injured hundreds. Three Catholic churches were part of the targeted attacks while congregants were involved in prayer on one of Christianity’s sacred days. Rabbi Kenneth Brander, President of Ohr Torah Stone, said that “the holiday of Passover reminds us of the need to speak out against affliction especially when targeted against religious groups on their holy days.”

Coordinated bombings targeting multiple churches, as well as hotels, on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka highlight, once again, the growing persecution of Christians in South Asia and around the globe.

First row, left to right:
Barbara Miller, Mitch Corder, Carlos Labra, Michael Carr, Philip Bonaparte, Dennis Page
Second row, left to right:
Ron Ogle, Tim Nuckles, Chair Gerald McGinnis, Hugh Nelson, Scott Sheppard (click photo to enlarge)

Sevierville, TN–For the first time in a number of years, the Church of God Division of Care Board of Directors met on the Sevierville property of the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) to discuss ongoing ministries of the division.

When the movie The Passion of the Christ was released 15 years ago, snobbish Hollywood critics mocked it because it offered a realistic depiction of Jesus’ torture and death. I know people who couldn’t watch the R-rated violence in Mel Gibson’s movie because it was such an accurate portrayal of a brutal, first-century Roman execution.