globalConnect, a brief video newsmagazine, will launch on the Church of God World Missions website, www.cogwm.org, this week. Viewers are invited to visit the site and sample the new, free publication.

Gospel for Asia (www.gfa.org) plans to drill 5,000 water wells across India and South Asia over the course of this next year for those struggling to find clean water. GFA is highlighting its “Jesus Wells” ministry as World Water Day approaches on March 21.

To help as many as possible church leaders “rethink” evangelism, Exponential has announced plans for a high-quality live webcast from the upcoming Exponential East 2014 conference in Orlando. The webcast is free to anyone who registers for it.

The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship (TFFPS) has conferred its 2014 awards for excellence in Pentecostal scholarship. TFFPS president, Robert Graves, announced the awards during the 2014 Conference of the Society for Pentecostal Studies convening at Evangel University, March 6–8. One book award and two article awards were conferred.

Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent agency with roots in the Church of God, recently announced a successful drive to clothe and place shoes upon the feet of some of the world’s most vulnerable children.

EchoLight Studios, led by CEO Rick Santorum, has partnered for the first time with the Hallmark Channel to premiere its newest film, “The Redemption of Henry Myers.” Debuting on the Hallmark Channel March 23, 9 p.m. EDT/8 p.m. CDT, the movie challenges viewers with the question, “Can a person really change his ways?”

The deadly explosion that leveled two New York City apartment buildings in East Harlem last week left a decades-old Bible unscathed. Workers found the treasured antique in the rubble.

Turning part of the message over to church members is the concept behind a new worship model called WikiWorship. Yes, that’s wiki as in Wikipedia.

With several thousands of Fire Bibles already in the hands of orphans in nine countries, as well as junior youth camps throughout the United States, the Marcelly’s Dream Project, a ministry of Church of God World Missions, is now focusing on Latin America for spring 2014.