Eritrea’s security forces shot at protesters, using live ammunition, in the capital Asmara on Tuesday October 31 during a protest against the government’s plans to turn all schools public. This would mean forbidding students from wearing religious items such as Christian crosses or Muslim headscarves.

Sevierville, TN–The Parkway Church of God in Sevierville will host a “Celebrate Israel” event on Monday evening, November 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Parkway church.

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, and I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation” (Ps. 91:14-16).

Mass shootings and terrorist attacks have become so common that we tend to just stop for a moment, listen to the grim statistics and then go on with our business. Some of us don’t even stop to hear the news anymore.

Frontier Kidfest, sponsored by Church of God International Youth and Discipleship, is set for April 6-8. Online registration is now open for individuals and groups for the conference at the Westin Hotel in Irving, Texas that will attract hundreds of kids.

Pure Flix.com, the leader in faith and family streaming video, is debuting this Friday “Hilton Head Island”, a 22-episode “hope opera” which chronicles the lives of a family in the high-powered world of network television.

Black belt preacher, Rev. Robert Bakke, says churches can no longer remain soft targets and must arm themselves. “This is not about gun control, rental trucks or fertilizer bombs. It is about evil, and you will never stop evil because it is in the world,” says Bakke, “But you can deter a coward by letting him know you have plenty of firepower on the premises.” Rev. Bakke, who is a black belt and firearm advocate, says Christians are supposed to overcome evil, not run into the shadows and hide from it. “I’ve never understood why so many pastors teach weakness as being the way of Christianity,” says Bakke, “Our God is almighty and all-powerful, and we are made in that all-powerful nature…it is time for the people who target churches to get a taste of that reality.”

November 6, 2017–Dr. Timothy M. Hill, General Overseer of the Church of God, received word at 11:30 a.m. EST today that Juan Ignacio Macias, son of Church of God national evangelist Ignacio Macias, is one of the victims of the massacre that took place yesterday at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Texas. Juan underwent surgery yesterday for his injuries and is slated for more surgery today. Bishop Macias was preaching in California yesterday and is in route to Texas to be with his son.

Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains are in the town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, following yesterday’s horrifying and deadly shooting rampage during a Sunday morning service at First Baptist Church. The massacre claimed the lives of at least 26 people, with several more wounded.