Cleveland, TN–The International Offices of the Church of God will be joining with congregations around the globe as they participate in a complete read-through of the Bible during the first week of 2013.

The proportion of Protestants in Northern Ireland has fallen below 50 percent for the first time, census figures showed on Tuesday, raising the prospect that the growing numbers of Catholics could upset a fragile political balance.

Christian higher education finds itself in a spiritual fight because of an America that’s becoming increasingly secular. These schools face hostility, apathy and tough economic times, but Christian educators are optimistic about the future.

The lights are out on the Jesus statue, and it and a 700-acre campus are up for sale.

Men and Women of Action, a benevolent organization of the Church of God, reports on three recent projects.

The Supreme Court announced that it will take up two marriage laws, the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (U.S. v. Windsor) and California’s Proposition 8 (Hollingsworth v. Perry), a state marriage amendment. The High Court will decide both cases by the end of the term in June 2013.

Chance. Coincidence. Happenstance. Those words don’t exist in the vocabulary of Billy Graham Rapid Response Team chaplains.

Recently Verna Linzey, a “daughter” of the Azusa Street Revival, was ministering in the Los Angeles Mission in Torrance when revival unexpectedly broke out with ecstatic utterances, prophecy, shaking and salvations, and this has continued at that mission.

A Church of God initiative to read the Bible through in 2013 has now reached over 100,000 people signed up to participate in the program called READ. As of December 6, the number was 104,985 and growing with individuals signed up from around the globe.