The following is a first-hand report on the Lausanne Global Leadership Forum held June 17 – 21, 2013 in Bangalore, India.

A group of East Africa Church of God leaders (overseers, wives, regional superintendent, Christian education director) recently met in Kampala, Uganda, for an intensive workshop concerning the pressing need for the development of effective children’s ministries in the region. The group created a four-point resolution outlining their commitment to reaching and discipling the children of East Africa.

Yesterday we celebrated the founding of our nation, which started with our Declaration of Independence from England. Because of this, I thought it necessary to publish one of my seminars on this topic.

As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a new survey shows religious Americans are more patriotic than the non-religious.

Great Britain–While on a public sidewalk in front of the Centre Court Complex during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, an American preacher was arrested, fingerprinted, had DNA samples taken and then interrogated, after a woman out shopping called the police to complain that she was offended by what was being said.

The Heartland Region (Oklahoma and Kansas) of the Church of God recently announced their intentions to relocate regional offices to Edmond, Oklahoma.

It doesn’t bother me anymore to hear a phone ringing during a church service. It’s part of life in the 21st century. But I’ll admit I was shocked last month when I heard a ringtone while I was preaching—and a woman seated in the third row pulled her phone out of her purse and began a lengthy conversation as if she were in the waiting room of a beauty parlor.

More than 2,000 members of the Crystal Cathedral gathered for a final service in their famed glass house this weekend.

NBC is praying that its pick up of popular cable miniseries The Bible will improve its ratings, a move that analysts have pegged as a low-risk gamble for the struggling U.S. television network.