Yesterday morning, President Trump, in his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast, said, “I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely without fear and retribution. I will do that. Remember.”

Thousands will gather for Azusafest celebration on Azusa Street in downtown Los Angeles. The April 7, 8 & 9 celebration will feature gospel music, international speakers and a private round-table discussion.

Sevierville, TN– It was a festive occasion, and the evening was filled with fun, awards, and good food as everyone enjoyed the Christmas banquet at Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.

The Assemblies of God Center for Holy Lands Studies (CHLS) provides a regular column to PE News that offers deep and sometimes surprising insight into the Word of God through close examination of the culture of the day, biblical sites, and archaeological records. In this article, Wave Nunnally, Ph.D., professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins at Evangel University and a regular instructor in Israel for CHLS, examines the significance of what was recently found in the Ein Gedi scroll and the technology that allows it to be read.

The Trump administration may seek to dramatically expand what defines a religious organization and offer broad protections to individuals and organizations that oppose same-sex marriage, contraception coverage and more on the basis of religion, according to a draft copy of an executive order obtained by The Investigative Fund and The Nation.

Following devastating tornadoes last week, Operation Compassion has delivered seven semi-loads of disaster supplies to Mississippi and South Georgia. These two states were hit the hardest and suffered more deaths in the wake of these storms. The area around Hattiesburg, Miss. sustained the greatest storm damage, while in South Georgia the damage was more spread out across a larger area.

Cleveland, TN–Dr. Bill George passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 after an extended hospital stay and illness.

My friend Matt Hyde lives in Boise, Idaho, a city that is 89 percent white. After he became the pastor of Discovery Church in 2013, he learned that refugees from many countries were living in Boise. They are from Bosnia, Serbia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nepal, Bhutan, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Congo, Togo and Sudan.

Cleveland, TN—The Church of God International Executive Council completed their regularly-scheduled January session last week, the first of three to take place in 2017.