Author of “Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment,” Gerri Edwards, has identified five integral steps to not only making it to the other side of great loss and grief but to come out praising God. As a serial survivor, she has overcome seemingly insurmountable odds and emerged as a vibrant voice in Christian culture.

Singer and songwriter R. Kelly has been an American music sensation since the early 1990s. He’s sold 30 million albums, and he’s worth $150 million. But now, millions of his fans are suddenly purging his music from their playlists and asking radio stations to “mute R. Kelly.”

“Go Beyond” is the theme of the 25th annual FOCUS Church of God Children’s Ministries Leadership Training Conference to be held February 28-March 2 at the Marriott Hotel in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Religious Freedom Day was celebrated earlier this week. It was a day to celebrate the ability to live out the Christian faith and freely share the Gospel. On this day of celebration, Christians are encouraged to recognize that religious freedom protections are being challenged across the country. Fellow churches are experiencing legal challenges relating to the use of their facilities, employment regulations, gender identity and sexual orientation laws, and more.

The Send is an epic, day-long stadium event that will draw more than 60,000 people to Camping Stadium in Orlando, FL on February 23, 2019. The heart behind this tipping-point gathering is to help spark the greatest era of evangelism and missions in history. Now is the time to catalyze action – to inspire everyday Christ-followers to share the Gospel in their everyday lives. If every believer in America lead just one person to Jesus this year, the Church would grow by more than 100-million people.

Cleveland, TN–Lee University saw its placement rise once again in the popular U.S. News & World Report “Best Online Bachelor’s Programs” ranking.

Numerous studies show that marriage is the number one solution to poverty and helps children and families thrive. National Marriage Week (February 7-14) is an ideal time to highlight the importance of marriage for individuals, families, and our nation as a whole.

The eleventh annual Marist Poll on American attitudes toward abortion finds that overwhelming majorities support substantial restrictions on abortion, and would like to see Roe v. Wade reinterpreted to allow restrictions.

The Winter 2019 issue of Church of God Engage has been released and is available digitally at www.cogengage.org.