As a Jewish person, I can tell you that the word baptism conjures up horrible images for my people. From the early years of Catholicism, Jews were forced to be baptized as Christians. Sometimes it was under the threat of death. Other times the consequences of not being baptized was “merely” being thrown out of your home and country.

Four churches in Indonesia remain closed two months after local officials yielded to the demands of protesting Muslim hardliners.

In its continuing partnership with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA), Church of God USA Missions is encouraging local pastors and members to show the video THE CROSS with Dr. Billy Graham sometime during Passion Week, 2014.

The 12th annual North American Wolof Connection Network Conference will be held on April 24-27 at Union Church, 3 Elm Street, in the Rockville section of Vernon. The theme will be “Breaking the Bonds,” focusing on bringing freedom, hope and peace to the Wolof people of West Africa. Anyone ministering to unreached people, especially to Muslims, will benefit by attending.

My wife and I raised four daughters—without shotguns in the house!—and three of them have already married. We love our sons-in-law, and it’s obvious God handpicked each of them to match our daughters’ temperaments and personality.

The global persecution of Christians has gone from bad to worse, said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith at a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

In a gesture of sincere appreciation as Valentine’s Day approaches, Director of Church of God world Missions Dr. Tim Hill and his wife, Paula, are sending a personal love gift of $100 to each Church of God career missionary couple.

February is often referred to as the “month of love,” and in recent years it has become a time when many families and churches hold True Love Waits ceremonies where young people commit their sexual purity to God.

Winners of the annual $100,000 Epiphany Prizes for entertainment that lifts up positive, godly messages were the TV miniseries The Bible and the movie Grace Unplugged. Winners accepted their awards in Los Angeles Friday night at the 22nd annual Movieguide Awards event, which is part of a family-uplifting ministry dedicated to redeeming the values of the entertainment industry.