Thirty years of almost anything is significant. And thirty years of Holy Spirit directed ministry to young people in the event called Winterfest…is certainly significant!

Church of God Prayer Ministries is sponsoring “The Praying Church Conference,” scheduled for the Church at Liberty Square, on Friday, March 16, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and concluding at 4:00 p.m.

It’s the one day of the year when pews will be fuller, services will be larger, attendance will be greater, and attention will be higher than any other day of the year. It’s Easter Sunday, 2012, the most anticipated day of the year for many churches, and the highlight of the Christian Calendar. Easter Sunday is not just another Sunday.

Christian publishing industry leader Ernest (Ernie) E. Owen, 87, died Feb. 28 in Southern California. The recipient of a 1994 Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award from the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association and a 2000 Life Impact Award from CBA, he served on publishing teams at Warner Press, Fleming H. Revell and Word Publishing, from which he retired in 1989.

A program three years in the making culminated recently in Global Advance’s first Marketplace Mission in Berlin, Germany.

Virginia Beach, VA– Empowered21 USA, in partnership with the Society for Pentecostal Studies, brought select leaders, scholars and next generation voices together at Converge21 USA at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. They convened Wednesday, February 29-Saturday, March 3, 2012 for four days of presentations, over 100 practical learning conversations and dynamic general sessions to discuss and chart the future direction of the Spirit-Empowered movement in the United States, which began over 100 years ago.

Although some of the specific details are lost to history, it is not hard to imagine the swirl of conflict in the heart of Wilmore V. Eneas when he arrived home the day his wife was healed.

Faith News recently republished an article which cast an unfavorable light of the Saddleback Church and its pastor, Rick Warren. The following is a response from Pastor Warren.

Evangelist Terry McIntosh uses the “Push” theory to raise money for Churches and his own ministry – that is by giving away from himself to bless others first. He says, “It’s a win-win for everyone, and a real God send to help people who need it.”