Category: Church and Ministry
Research released from the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) this week shows that the majority of evangelical pastors in the United States serve in small churches with significant personal financial challenges. Pastors also report that they are not familiar with resources to help them and do not confide in anyone outside their household about financial stress.
Category: Lifestyle & Culture
Tennessee’s Republican governor on Wednesday signed a law allowing mental health counselors to refuse service to patients on “sincerely held principles,” the latest in a string of U.S. state measures criticized as discriminatory against the gay community.
Category: Church of God News
Church of God World Missions Director Dr. Tim Hill contacted Richar Mendoza, the national administrative bishop of Ecuador, by phone to assure him he and World Missions were standing ready to assist in the earthquake disaster that recently devastated the coastal area.
Category: People in the News
PASADENA, Calif., —Fuller Theological Seminary, the world’s largest multi-denominational institution for theological graduate education, today announces the launch of FULLER studio, an innovative and interactive e-resource sharing exclusive content at no cost for individuals in pursuit of deeply formed spiritual lives.
Category: Lifestyle & Culture
Aaron and Melissa Klein, former owners of the bakery called Sweet Cakes by Melissa, were asked by a lesbian to make a cake for her same-sex wedding in 2013.
Category: Opinion & Commentary
America is in serious trouble. From sea to shining sea we are witnessing the devolution of a nation.
Category: Church of God News
April 26, 2016–Cleveland, TN—The Church of God International Executive Council is meeting for their regularly-scheduled April session starting at 9:00 this morning at the Leadership and Communications Center.
Category: Events and Happenings
The 27th annual U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon began at 6:00 PM on Sunday, May 1st. For 90 continuous hours, beginning with the reading of Genesis 1:1, every word of the Bible will be read aloud and without commentary, culminating at noon on Thursday, May 5, with the reading of the final chapters of the book of Revelation. During these five days, hundreds of Bible believers will travel to the West Front of the U.S. Capitol to read a portion of the Bible, to listen and to pray. The U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon began in 1990. The event serves to honor the Bible, celebrate religious freedom and unite the diverse branches of Christianity around the Bible. There will be 100 English and foreign language versions of the Bible available to be read.
Category: Events and Happenings
(Jerusalem – April 20, 2016) Thirty Christian priests, pastors and leaders of organizations from across the world are coming to attend a week long intensive seminar at Yad Vashem. The seminar is organized jointly by The International School for Holocaust Studies’ of Yad Vashem and the Christian Friends of Yad Vashem with the financial support of The Museum of The Bible in Washington D.C. as well as the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, USA Branch. The Seminar, titled “The Holocaust, Antisemitism, and Israel” runs from May 1, 2016 –May 10, 2016 at the Yad Vashem Campus in Jerusalem.