During the 76th Church of God International General Assembly held last month in Nashville, Bishop David S. Ramirez became the first Latino elected to the International Executive Committee as Third Assistant General Overseer.

Delegates from 86 nations gathered in Malang, Indonesia, in August, for the third triennial Congress of Nations sponsored by Evangelism Explosion International, a global outreach that trains people to share their faith in Jesus Christ.

Church of God in Christ (COGIC) churches devastated by the recent flooding in Louisiana will receive assistance from COGIC Charities.

ASHLAND, Ky. — Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis has won the fight for religious freedom after a federal judge issued an order dismissing all three 2015 marriage license lawsuits against her. U.S. Judge David Bunning dismissed in their entirety, Miller v. Davis, Ermold v. Davis and Yates v. Davis, which brings to an end the trial proceedings against her arising from the 2015 Obergefell decision.

Pardon Ndhlovu, a native of Zimbabwe and active member at the Stevens Creek Church of God in Augusta, Georgia, will be competing in the Olympic men’s marathon set to take place this Sunday, August 21. It will be the final day of competition for the Olympic Games, which have been on-going for over two weeks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Church of God General Overseer Tim Hill travelled with a delegation to flood-ravaged Louisiana to assess first-hand the critical needs of churches, pastors, and their congregations.

On August 23, decades of historical and cultural research on the ancient world will reach the Christian trade market in Zondervan’s NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible. Notes and resources handpicked by respected biblical backgrounds scholars John H. Walton (Old Testament) and Craig S. Keener (New Testament) now complement the New International Version of the Bible, the world’s most read and most trusted modern-English Bible translation. Newcomers to Bible study and veteran students of the Bible alike will find surprising insights into ancient culture on every page of the NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible.

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” The answer to that question, posed centuries ago by the Apostle Paul in Romans 8, would seem obvious: No one!

Since last weekend flooding increased in southern Louisiana to near record levels as thousands were displaced from their homes and businesses were destroyed or severely damaged. As rain continued to fall at record rates more than 7,000 emergency rescues of stranded homeowners and drivers were performed by first responders.