With a view toward reaching youth beyond North America, Teen Mania—best known for its high-tech, high-energy, counter-culture youth rallies called “Acquire the Fire”—will be expanding its ministry focus to a more global ministry strategy.

Facebook reading is more popular than the Bible in the U.S. and Canada. What can you say about a nation that reads Facebook more than the Bible?

Dedication of a memorial marker honoring the first ministers of the Church of God outside the United States will highlight a weekend of events commemorating Black Ministries Celebration Week in Cleveland, Tennessee.

“Our happiest server.”

That’s how the Lincoln, Neb., Cracker Barrel hostess described Abigail Sailors to the pair of gentlemen a little after 1 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 2. The men, who had originally requested to be served by the restaurant’s grumpiest server, were informed the restaurant didn’t have any “grumpy” servers. So, the hostess offered the men the opposite instead and seated them in Sailors’ area.

Christine Caine, founder of The A21 Campaign, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking, challenged Liberty University students to “live radical, revolutionary lives,” during Monday’s convocation. Her speech garnered a standing ovation.

When I was little, I couldn’t wait to sit down in front of my television set on Thursday evenings. With my bowl of popcorn nearby, I’d munch away and laugh at the antics of iconic TV characters, such as the educated and witty Huxtable family on The Cosby Show and the lovable political leanings of everyone’s favorite Republican, Alex P. Keaton, on Family Ties. It was funny, smart and, most of all, family friendly.

Leprosy is a largely forgotten disease in the West, but it’s still greatly feared across Asia, where each year it infects and maims hundreds of thousands. Even for those fortunate enough to find treatment, the social stigma associated with this ancient disease makes life nearly impossible for its victims. Through its leprosy ministry, Gospel for Asia (GFA) reached out to these victims with the transforming love of Jesus and brings awareness to this highly-curable disease on World Leprosy Day, Jan. 26.

A soon-to-be-released book by Church of God World Missions Director Tim Hill will challenge readers to acknowledge and personalize a message from the prophet Amos that promises unusual blessing and provision from God for last days ministry. The Amos Paradigm explores the implications of Amos 9:13, which has been a ministry theme for Hill during the past 18 months.

Fresh Vine, the intuitive online church software and Stewardship Technology, the online giving solution for churches have formally joined in partnership to offer online solutions to each other’s customers. This agreement includes a seamless premium integration of their software so that church members’ online contributions at Stewardship Technology will automatically be posted to the church’s Fresh Vine data base.