A new social media platform built especially for the Church of God was officially unveiled this week.

As I prepare to spend a week teaching the book of Jeremiah to Chinese pastors in Hong Kong, I’ve been reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of the church in America. Regrettably, the list of negatives is longer than the list of positives.

Christian institutions hoping to win a free campus in western Massachusetts might soon face competition from others who are willing to pay for it, according to terms of a year-end donation from the property’s billionaire owners.

Focus on the Family is joining 11 other organizations in the “Remembering Roe” campaign to highlight the inherent value of the preborn this January, the 40th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal.

Cleveland, TN–Dozens of people have taken 25 minute shifts to read the Bible through in seven days at the Church of God International Offices. The reading event began at 6:00 am on January 1 and is scheduled to conclude on Monday, January 7.

The death toll from a New Year’s Eve stampede during a religious vigil at an overcrowded stadium in the Angolan capital Luanda has risen to 16, state-owned daily newspaper Jornal de Angola said on Wednesday.

Christians face widespread persecution but God is on the move. Their numbers have grown from 29 people when the first church was planted in Nepal 60 years ago, to nearly 1 million today.

Our Father and our God, as we stand at the beginning of this new year we confess our need of Your presence and Your guidance as we face the future.

Cleveland, TN–The long anticipated start of the READ Bible reading initiative has now been launched and more than 100,000 people around the globe have committed together to read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation in 2013.