For many years, Operation Compassion has worked with several partners in securing and delivering solid wood furniture to families in need. With the number of local disasters on the rise and international needs for children at an all-time high, the need for furniture has never been in greater need.

An Allentown, Pennsylvania holographer has applied to the Guinness World Record organization for what he proposes to be the world’s smallest Lord’s Prayer. Its size is the width of a single human hair, or 100 microns in diameter. The resulting microscopic prayer was created with a beam of light from a laboratory laser.

The International Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem welcomes the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, current president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, as a partnering leader in the annual global prayer movement for Jerusalem.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.– Truth For a New Generation, a nationally hailed apologetics conference, with heavy hitters Eric Metaxas, Josh McDowell and Lee Strobel, will take place in Charlotte, N.C. this week, September 27-28, 2013.

In a gathering of the World Missions leadership team and staff today, Director Tim Hill enthusiastically announced that gifts to Marcelly’s Dream projects have surpassed the $700,000 mark and continue to come in.

Pastor Mark Driscoll is encouraging Christians to evangelize in these days when “the church is dying.”

Christian music legends Amy Grant and Kirk Franklin have been announced as the hosts for the 44th Annual GMA Dove Awards.

On National Life Chain Sunday 2013 — October 6, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM in each time zone across America and Canada — sidewalks in 1500 cities and towns will again proclaim Life Chain’s irrefutable messages, among them Abortion Kills Children, Adoption: The Loving Option, Jesus Forgives and Heals, and Abortion Hurts Women.

September 24, 2013–Cleveland, TN–The International Council of the Church of God, meeting in session at the Church of God International Offices, concluded their biennial gathering today with a joint session with the International Executive Council, comprised of the Council of Eighteen and the Executive Committee.