On April 23, nationally coordinated protests will be held at over 200 Planned Parenthood centers throughout the United States, drawing voters’ attention to the ugly side of the nation’s largest abortion chain. These protests are being organized by the #ProtestPP coalition, formed in response to the undercover videos released last year showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the harvesting and selling of body parts from aborted children.

Dr. Larry G. Hess was recently recognized for 25 years of service as a Church of God member of the National Association of Evangelicals Board of Directors at a NAE Board Meeting in Washington D.C.

One of my favorite movies of all time is The Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. From that comes one of my favorite quotes, near the end of the film:
Andy Dufresne: “And remember, hope is a good thing. Maybe even the best of things, and good things never die.”

Just months after an historic evangelistic campaign in New York City, evangelist Luis Palau reached millions of people once again with the Gospel through Continente, a televised call-in program April 4-8 in which viewers asked questions and received biblically-based advice on spiritual matters.

The Evangelical Press Association’s annual convention was recently held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on April 6-8, 2016 and was capped off with the naming of the 2016 Awards of Excellence and Higher Goals Awards. The ministry of Christianity Today took home 45 total awards.

All Church of God pastors, parents, and church leaders are encouraged to participate in a special webinar, titled, “Parenting in a Sexualized Culture,” which will be presented on Thursday, April 21, at 12:00 p.m., and again on Tuesday, April 26, at 9:00 p.m. The webinar is sponsored by the Religious Alliance Against Pornography (RAAP), in cooperation with the Church of God and other RAAP members.

There was a time (c. AD 1408) when censorship was so oppressive that to possess a copy of the Bible in England was a crime punishable by death. The Bible was a lost book to the people then, much as it is today; but in their day it was a question of access, not of apathy. For the first time in its 26-year reportorial existence The Holy Bible has made the top-ten list (#6) of American’s most frequently challenged books, joining the ranks of other titles such as “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Two Boys Kissing.” With the Bible’s apparent fall from grace are we transforming into a censor-centric American dystopia? The Bible is hotly contested … or is it? Hardly.

Tulsa, Okla. — Empowered21 is excited to announce that Planetshakers will be a featured worship band for the E21 European Congress Celebration of Pentecost, May 11-13, hosted at Ruach City Church, historically known as the Gaumont State Theatre.

Stars Karen Abercrombie and TC Stallings from Fall 2015’s surprise box office number 1 hit “War Room” reunite in a new project titled “God’s Compass,” releasing on DVD May 3, 2016.