Dr. Bryan Cutshall announces a conference in Cleveland, Tennessee at the T. L. Lowery Ministry Center on September 27th, 2008 entitled “Leading While Bleeding.” All Pastors and Ministry leaders in any area of ministry are encouraged to attend this conference.

By Stephen Strang, publisher, Charisma

On August 16, the same day that Michael Phelps set a world record at the Olympics by winning his eighth gold medal, Sen. John McCain went for gold at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., while Pastor Rick Warren set his own world record.

Jamaican Chaplaincy training group

On June 23-27, 2008, Bethel Bible College hosted its first Chaplaincy training program in the history of the New Testament Church of God in Jamaica, with an overwhelming response of sixty seven delegates (67).

Pastor Harold Bare and Laila needed time away. Good things are happening, but distance affords reflection, rest, prayer, and perspective. Not having been to the Northwest of the United States they chose this location. In speaking with Bishop Baker of Virginia they shared their desire to meet and encourage some pastors as they traveled.

“Walking in the Spirit…Together” was the theme for the highly anticipated Thursday night World Missions service. The service kicked off with national workers and missionaries carrying the flags of the world in the Parade of Nations. Special music and inspirational videos were incorporated into the service to generate an appeal for career missionaries.

The Don Moen Company has announced the acquisition of MediaComplete, publisher of MediaShout, the market leader in media presentation software for the Church.

Once again thousands of our Church of God young people will begin the fall semester at secular campuses all across the nation. They will be challenged academically, emotionally, and spiritually. Many of them will fall to temptation and peer pressure. Many others will be strong witnesses for Christ. We must pray for them all.

By Grant McClung

Meet Michael, Miguel, and Mustafa – three men from three different “worlds.” Each one has arrived at his appointed destiny before God’s judgment seat (Matthew 25.32; Romans 14.10; Hebrews 9.27). Each one is rehearsing his personal moment of reckoning.

Urging Christians and Jews to “embrace their common ancestry,” a pro-Israel group organized a march in downtown St. Louis Sunday, during which nearly 1,000 people walked several blocks to the Mississippi River to pray for an hour under the city’s famous Gateway Arch monument.