Jakarta, Indonesia—Empowered21 opened its Asia Regional Congress Tuesday night with 11,000 delegates inside the Sentul International Convention Center and another 2,000 watching in tents outside, making a total of 13,000 delegates from 45 nations.

With a population of 21.2 million people, Mexico City maintains the distinction of the largest city in the Western Hemisphere. A prime location for Church of God World missions’ Send the Light to the Cities emphasis, the converts and students trained at a proposed center will have a strategic stance on the people of Mexico City.

A CEO donated his personal car to a college student who walked 20 miles overnight to get to his new job.

Members of the Church of God Doctrine and Polity (D&P) Committee have released companion papers on a contemporary cultural topic. The papers are intended to be read together and are entitled, “Same Sex Marriage: A Biblical Perspective,” and ”Same Sex Marriage: What Is the Christian Response.”

The journey began with a number one hit song on both Christian and mainstream charts. Next came a biopic blockbuster major motion picture, followed up with a best-selling memoir. Now, Bart Millard, contemporary Christian band MercyMe’s front man and writer of the bestselling single in the history of Christian music “I Can Only Imagine”, offers a 40-day devotional book titled I Can Only Imagine 40-Day Devotional (ISBN: 978-1939622518; $15.99) co-written with Robert Noland.

On Sunday, Pastor Steven Andrew posted to Facebook a popular picture of George Washington praying at Valley Forge and wrote, “The USA’s National Motto is ‘In God We Trust’.” Facebook censored the first president and the national motto, showing the post to only 280 people in 19 hours (7/16/18 10:50 am PST). Andrew has a Facebook audience of 467,714 people liking his page and 456,153 following him.

The Church of God International Executive Committee has appointed Bishop Mitch Corder as the Executive Administrator of the Division of Care. Corder, who is currently serving as administrative bishop for the Church of God in Tennessee, will begin his new role next month following the completion of 16 years of tenured leadership as a state administrative bishop.

Two years after the historic Together event on the National Mall that drew hundreds of thousands to worship Jesus and pray for the country, PULSE is announcing the lineup for Together 2018: Texas Motor Speedway.

A Christian who was dismissed as a magistrate by the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice, after expressing his view that it was in a child’s best interests to be raised by a mother and a father, will tomorrow (Tuesday 17th July) challenge an NHS Trust’s decision to block his return as a non-executive director.