It’s 7:30 on a Saturday night. Bev sits down at her computer to begin a routine that she will repeat several times this week. Within minutes, the first dialog box appears. The young woman’s name is Nancy, and she needs help. At just 18 years old, her body bears the scars of her compulsion to self-harm. She sees no hope for her life. In fact, she has gathered enough pills to end it all, never imagining that this will be the day that she finds a brand new life in Christ through her online interaction with a kind stranger.

The all-female planning committee for the USA Missions-sponsored Women in Ministry Conference has chosen the theme, “Affirming ONE another,” in keeping with the conference mission statement, and the biennial theme of General Overseer Mark L. Williams.

The conference is scheduled for August 20-22, 2015 at the North Cleveland Church of God (Dixon Chapel), and will feature two nights and two half days of inspiration, information, worship, and interaction for women who are engaged in any aspect of ministry—pastors, pastor’s wives, Christian education ministers, music ministers, counselors, youth and children’s ministers, and others.

As pressure on Christians in the Middle East continues to mount, the Palestinian Bible Society has been encouraging and equipping churches to reach out with love to their communities in this 99% Muslim territory. This Ramadan – a sacred month of fasting for Muslims, which started on June 17 – it began two new initiatives to serve their Muslim neighbors in a very practical way.

Carolyn Spellman, a Christian author and co-pastor of BOLD Church® (www.boldchurch.org), is proud to announce the release of her latest book, The Best Practices of Faith: Faith That Moves You Forward.

Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that state governments across the nation must issue and recognize same-sex marriages, some Christian colleges have begun to capitulate to the mounting pressure and change their policies regarding homosexuality.

Earlier this year Church of God Communications released a new downloadable “app” for smartphones which offers several innovative features for churches, pastors, and laypersons.

Based on John Hagee’s New York Times best-selling book and a hit with moviegoers nationwide, the gripping docu-drama FOUR BLOOD MOONS launches on DVD with strong sales. With 32,673 DVDs sold, FOUR BLOOD MOONS was the top-selling DVD at CBA retailers in its first two weeks.

Worship and media technologies have always been linked, and throughout the centuries, Christians have been at the forefront of new media development. At the NWLC in San Jose, California, the gateway to Silicon Valley, Worship Leader Media will convene the foremost thinkers and innovators in church worship technologies for a conversation on new media and the future of worship.

Rev. Bill Keller, the world’s leading Internet Evangelist and the founder of Liveprayer.com with over 2.5 million subscribers worldwide reading the daily devotional he has written every morning for 16 years on the issues of the day from a Biblical worldview, has put together a petition drive demanding NBCUniversal apologize to “born-again Bible-believing Christians” for mocking and demeaning their faith beliefs.