There have been great revivals without great preaching. There have been great revivals without great singing. But there has never been a great revival without great praying.

As the Church of God prepares to commemorate Pentecost Sunday, June 4, Michael Utterback, director of Ministry to Israel offers this unique perspective on the mystery of Pentecost and its Biblical roots.

La Mirada, CA–Biola University will launch the Center for the Study of the Work and Ministry for the Holy Spirit Today in fall 2017. Funded by a $3 million donation, the academic center is a 10-year initiative that will provide resources for a biblical examination of the person and ongoing work of the Holy Spirit, including research, publications, conferences, events and services for students.

How can businesses be run to be more people-centric than profit-centric? How can business leaders reconcile their work and faith lives? That’s what Peet van Biljon and James C. Sprouse address in their book, “Profit with a Higher Purpose – a Christian Guide to Business Leadership” (CreateSpace, 2017, ISBN 13: 978-1543117677) now available at Amazon.

Cleveland, TN—The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of Church of God Movements will convene on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. at the Ministry Training Center of the Church of God of Prophecy International Offices in Cleveland, Tennessee. For the first time ever, the meeting will also be offered via live simulcast, online.

Ten-time Grammy Award winner and multi-platinum-selling artist CeCe Winans will follow her recently released number one album “Let Them Fall In Love,” with a national tour. The Fall In Love Tour presented by Medi-Share is Winans’ first solo tour in a decade.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruling on Friday affirmed a printer who objected to promoting a message for Lexington’s Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO) which conflicted with his sincerely held religious beliefs.

Often, the Church of God constituency is not aware that missionaries rarely can serve in a foreign country just as a “missionary;” countries now require that missionaries provide services and education for their people.

How would we respond today if God wanted to repeat the miracle of Pentecost in one of our carefully scripted Sunday meetings? I wonder if we would embrace the unexpected wildness of that Acts 2 moment. Or would we tell the Spirit to behave?