Frontier Kidfest will be the opening Kidfest event in the Kidfest season 2016 on April 8-10 at the Westin Hotel in Irving, Texas, the Frontier Kidfest will attract hundreds.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the January employment situation report. Unemployment dropped from 5.0 percent in December to 4.9 percent in January. The month-to-month change in private employment fell to 158,000 from 251,000 in December. Similarly, the month-to-month change in total non-farm employment fell to 151,000 workers (a drop of 111,000 jobs). The report was viewed as disappointing by most.

The first thing I noticed about my Ugandan friend Nelson Barigye was his smile. When Nelson greets you, it’s as if he switches on a 60-watt light bulb. His smile is so bright that during a visit to England a few years ago, a woman told him: “You smile like God.”

When David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress released undercover videos documenting Planned Parenthood’s callous exploitation of the bodies of aborted babies, people were horrified. The Pro-Life Action League invites those who respect human life to turn that shock—even anger—into prayer for those at the center of the scandal.

When delegates of the 76th International General Assembly of the Church of God gather in Nashville, Tennessee this July, there will be features unique to this venue that are poised make the gathering one of the most enjoyable and productive in recent years.

In less than a year, more than 1,000 churches in the U.S. have decided to BELIEVE. This book-turned-church-wide experience has engaged congregations in every state and in every denomination to better understand the Bible’s key beliefs, practices and virtues. BELIEVE takes all 66 books of the Bible and breaks them down into 30 big ideas, for all ages to easily understand and apply their faith.

Christians searching for an inspired selection for a book discussion group or for their own Holy Week reading may want to consider two acclaimed novels by author Barry Connolly.

Evangelist Daniel Kolenda of Christ for all Nations (CfaN), together with Peter van den Berg, recently completed a four-day crusade in Bouaké, Ivory Coast. On the first day of the crusade, Evangelist Kolenda commented that he had already “fallen in love with Bouaké.”

In an on-going effort to provide resources to combat societal ills, the Church of God Division of Education will be offering a webinar entitled, “Sexualization and Sanctification: Fostering Faith in the 21st Century.”