In the final leg of a six-day mission to Israel, an interfaith group of Latin American clergy visited Ziv Medical Center, donating supplies to Syrian patients wounded in the civil war and evacuated to this Israeli hospital. The mission, which is intended to foster interfaith cooperation in advance of Pope Francis’s trip to Israel next week, met with the wounded patients and offered prayers of recovery. The Latin American Clergy Mission is sponsored by the World Jewish Congress (WJC), the Latin American Jewish Congress (LAJC) and the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC).

RELIGION | NEWSWRITERS invites journalists to apply to its Lilly Scholarships in Religion Program. The scholarships give full-time journalists up to $5,000 to take any college religion courses at any accredited institution at any time.

When delegates gather for the 75th International General Assembly this summer in Orlando, Florida, technology and connectivity will be at a level never before seen at the biennial gathering of the Church of God.

Berlin, Germany, is considered one of the most godless places in the world. According to a report from The Guardian, 50 percent of the population can be identified as atheist. It’s ironic, because this city has become a magnet for Iranian Christians seeking asylum.

Tullian Tchividjian, author and senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida—and the grandson of Billy and Ruth Graham—on Tuesday announced his departure from his contributor role at the Gospel Coalition.

Nothing succeeds like success. Reportedly, this oft-repeated proverb was first put into print in 1854 by Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Church of God World Missions learned last week that Alexei Demidovich, overseer of the Church of God in Ukraine, was detained by state police authorities and held for questioning, but has been released. He is safely with his family and church.

The Eighth Annual Say Something Nice Sunday is June 01, 2014. It is a day to celebrate the people who bring joy to our lives. The goal is to turn down the harsh rhetoric and to replace it with speech that is affirming, uplifting and more Christ-like. The movement started at First Baptist Church of Charleston, the oldest Baptist congregation in the South, and has spread to most denominations including the Catholic Diocese of Charleston. This year the Baptist World Alliance will help promote the celebration.

Dalton & Tomich PLC, today unveiled a new website which examines and discusses the continually evolving area of religious land use and zoning within the context of a federal law called, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). Co-founding partner Dan Dalton of Dalton & Tomich PLC is among the country’s foremost practitioners of and experts on religious land use and zoning law.