For ten weeks in 1964 a Pioneers for Christ summer witnessing team from what was then Lee College, “invaded” Hawaii with the gospel. Almost 10,000 homes were visited, 15,000 tracts distributed, 56 services conducted, and three daily Vacation Bible Schools held. Fifty-six people were saved and 141 new people were gained for the church.

A heartbreaking trend of dumbing down bible teaching often occurs in our churches when men and women with little to no teaching training lead small group Bible study classes. A new book, titled Capturing God’s Passion for Teaching examines the change that could take place if Bible teachers were trained to teach God’s Word.

In January 1985, Dave Christiano started writing the script to his first film, THE DAYLIGHT ZONE.

In October 2013, long-retired United Methodist Bishop Melvin Talbert invaded the North Alabama territory of Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett to perform a same-sex union, disregarding the protests of the latter and the leadership of the denomination’s Council of Bishops. The United Methodist Church’s governing Discipline teaches that sex is only for marriage between one man and one woman, and forbids same-sex union ceremonies.

Sevierville, TN–Management of Swaggerty Sausage Company, Inc. of Kodak, Tennessee, recently chose the Church of God’s Smoky Mountain Children’s Home to receive a financial blessing for the Christmas season.

Some churches conduct pageants. Some temples host dinners. And others spend weeks or months meticulously planning how to break a Guinness World Record.

The site where Jesus may have been tried, prior to his crucifixion, is now open to the public for the very first time.

If headlines are to be believed, America at the dawn of 2015 is a divided nation. From violent and lawless protests over alleged racial injustice by law enforcement and attacks on time-honored marriage to the dismissal of the rule of law in favor of judicial and executive activism and the attempted marginalization of voices that hold to objective morality, warring factors are only partially hidden behind the guise of national peace.

Beginning January 10, 2015, Church of God Prayer Ministries is calling for 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting for revival in the church and awakening in the nation.