Pastor David Yonggi Cho, 78, founder of the world’s largest Pentecostal church, has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling $12 million in church monies.

During my time at the revival at Brownsville, it was not uncommon to find me out at a remote part of Pensacola Beach with a longboard, looking to catch a few waves between school and services. If you live on the West Coast, I know the Gulf isn’t Mavericks. On a good day, you might ride a 3- to 4-foot wave.

Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, provided many of its non-profit partners with blankets for distribution during the winter months. When Operation Compassion received the blankets, no one knew the 2013-14 winter would set records across the midwest, eastern and southern United States. Many areas have set records for low temperature and snowfall making it extremely difficult for the homeless and underserved populations to survive.

The issue of mental health and Christians is finally getting some attention. Among the Christians who have challenges, many pastors struggle with depression.

Rolled Away Productions announces the release of their debut DVD, Interactive Family Bible Time, in which authentic child drawings are animated to the stories of the Bible.

Son of God is a captivating theatrical version of the Jesus portion of the History Channel’s The Bible miniseries produced by Roma Downey of Touched by an Angel and her husband, Mark Burnett, executive producer of the Survivor and Shark Tank television shows. Downey and Burnett are two extremely talented, committed Christians in Hollywood who have achieved a tremendous level of success in the entertainment industry.

An exciting new event is scheduled the day before the opening of the 75th Church of God International General Assembly this summer in Orlando, Florida.

According to the Hollywood Reporter “Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe has been lobbying to get Pope Francis to agree to watch his new biblical adventure story Noah.” But according to Los Angeles-based filmmaker, Ray Comfort, the movie is anything but a “biblical adventure.” Comfort, whose award-winning movies have been seen by millions, has produced his own version of “Noah” and which is being released on the same day as the Hollywood version.

During Thursday night’s live Web stream hosted by the president/CEO of Answers in Genesis (AiG), Ken Ham, AiG announced that enough money has been raised for the Ark Encounter bond offering to allow the release of the funds to start construction of the ark project in Williamstown, Ky.