In a rare crackdown on a concentrated area, Iranian authorities have arrested Christians living in the country’s third largest city in what is seen as a tactic to discourage Muslims and converts to Christianity from attending official churches.

The official schedule of the annual summertime Church of God tradition of campmeeting has been released by the International Executive Committee.

Sunday evening, March 18, 2012, at 6:00 P.M., Mt. Olive Church of God in Cleveland, Tennessee, will host a musical celebration acknowledging 35th years of ministry for Dr.Tim and Paula Hill.

Among regular Bible readers, more than a third indicate they read it nearly every day and typically use one primary version of the Bible.

The U.N. Security Council has described the Arab Spring as the “most significant event of the early 21st century.”

While the federal government and the Catholic Church wrestle over health-care provided contraception and abortions, city and county governments may have found a rather unique method of backdoor taxation on nonprofits. They simply double the water bill for all churches and schools. In a court case that is being carefully watched by churches and nonprofits across the nation, an Oregon judge will soon decide if the practice is valid.

Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, demonstrates the immediacy needed in a disaster.

Engage, a magazine for Church of God leaders, has been posted on a new website, www.cogengage.org.

Joni Eareckson Tada, renown for her advocacy on behalf of the disability community, will be honored with the prestigious Wilberforce Award during the annual Wilberforce Weekend held March 30-April 1 in Lansdowne, Va. The award is named for William Wilberforce, the British parliamentarian who fought for 26 years to abolish slavery in Great Britain, finally succeeding with the passage of the Slave Trade Act in 1807.