Located just west of Gallup, NM is the First American Distribution Center. This is a major source of assistance to the Navajo Reservation and other Indian Nations nearby. For several years, Mike Hartwell has been the coordinator splitting his time between New Mexico and West Virginia where he is also the coordinator of the Appalachian Dream Center. This past winter was harsh on the high desert plateau and supplies previously sent by Operation Compassion have been depleted.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) executed as many as 190 captives earlier this month, according to Human Rights Watch. Their report is based on an analysis of satellite imagery and graphic photos released by ISIS terrorists.

As Social Media Day is celebrated around the world during the week of June 30, Reach Beyond (www.reachbeyond.org) and Global Mapping International (GMI) (www.gmi.org) are partnering together to encourage Christians to share their faith online and equipping them with vital, practical tools to do that.

America’s foremost grassroots pro-life activist organization is applauding today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McCullen v. Coakley. The nation’s high court struck down the restrictive Massachusetts abortion clinic buffer zone law, allowing pro-life sidewalk counselors to resume sharing life-saving alternatives with abortion bound women.

“A renewed sense of urgency must be captured by the church if it is to fulfill its World Missions calling,” according to Church of God World Missions Director Tim Hill. This is the preeminent theme of the Thursday evening World Missions service in the Church of God General Assembly set for Orlando July 29-August 1.

As Social Media Day is celebrated around the world during the week of June 30, Reach Beyond (www.reachbeyond.org) and Global Mapping International (GMI) (www.gmi.org) are partnering together to encourage Christians to share their faith online and equipping them with vital, practical tools to do that.

More than 30 leaders from across India and Nepal made history this week by meeting to launch the 13th Empowered21 regional cabinet. E21 India marks another milestone in the strength of the Spirit-empowered movement, which numbers more than 600 million people globally. Empowered21 serves every inhabited continent through a dynamic relational network.

As the apostolic movement continues making inroads in local churches across America, a new council has formed to pray and strategize about how God can use the combined efforts of apostolic leadership to advance the kingdom in the United States.

Lee University’s plan for establishing a School of Nursing got a big boost recently when its two accrediting agencies gave approval for a fall 2014 start date.