The Church of God National Overseer of Southern Sudan, John Komi and his family had to flee to Northern Uganda due to shootings by rebels at the Missions Compound in Yei.

The 18,000-member Christian Medical Association (CMA, www.cmda.org) today hailed as a “signal of new hope for persons of faith enduring persecution and oppression” the presidential appointment of Samuel Brownback of Kansas to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Department of State. Mr. Brownback has been Governor of Kansas since 2011.

The son of a church leader shot dead in northwestern India on Saturday (July 15) has revealed that his father had received threats that if he continued to preach, he would be killed.

Church of God Youth and Discipleship is excited to host its long standing International Teen Talent competition in Cleveland, Tennessee, July 31 – August 4, 2017.

Nick Hall, the 35-year-old founder of PULSE and visionary behind Together 2016, will be named President and CEO of the Mission America Coalition, one of the nation’s most significant conveners of Christian leaders and organizations focused upon evangelism and discipleship.

A teaser trailer for THE STAR—the anticipated new film from Sony Pictures Animation—released online this morning, via USA Today. The teaser trailer will also appear in theaters Friday, July 28, with THE EMOJI MOVIE, giving a first look at the faith-and-family film telling the story of the first Christmas through the eyes of the animals who witnessed it.

Dr. Ellen B. French, the first appointed leader of women’s ministries for the Church of God, passed away on July 22, 2017, in Rome, Georgia. She was 98.

Twelve years ago, when I was preaching at a Brazilian congregation in Florida, the Lord directed my attention to a young teenager sitting in the back of the church. He was leaning his head against the wall and looking very bored. But God gave me a prophetic message for this curly-headed guy, so I asked him to stand; then I spoke to him about his spiritual calling.

Following the lead of several European companies, one Wisconsin company has inserted microchips into their employees and hopes to implant others in the future.