After winning re-election to the presidency of the United States, Barack Obama’s acceptance speech ended with the words, “Together, with your help and God’s grace, we will continue our journey forward.”

Recently, the Churches of God in both Ukraine and Russia held their annual national assemblies. The Russian conference was held in Samara in southern Russia, hosted by Interim Overseer Anatoly Kravchenko’s congregation. This was the first time that the Russian conference was held in southern Russia.

The World Council of Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME) is set to begin its yearly meeting here on Saturday, Jan. 19th. The meetings will take place over a one week period, it was announced today by Scott & Karen Seaborn and Fr. Tom Ogg, the North American Secretariat Ecclesial Team.

Wednesday saw the deadliest violence in Iraq since late November. A series of morning attacks killed at least 31 people across the country. Some reports say it’s a mark of rising tensions between Iraq’s ethnic and religious groups, which could shove the country back into chaos.

The Alabama Supreme Court has ruled that a chemical endangerment statute must protect children who have not been born yet. The strongly worded ruling is the most important affirmation of the personhood of the pre-born child since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Anti-abortion groups from 20 different countries have launched a petition to ask the European Parliament to recognize that life begins at conception.

On Monday, Jan. 21, Lee University will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with seminars on campus led by faculty members. All seminars are open to the public, including all high school and university students.

The Evangelical Immigration Table has launched the “I was a  stranger” prayer challenge to encourage Christians to spend 40 days reflecting  on scripture passages dealing with immigration and pray about what they  read.

WASHINGTON – A human rights activist with more than 25 years’  experience in ministering to persecuted Christians said Tuesday that many  Christians are “ignorant” of the extent of persecution  globally.