Next month Victory Christian Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the city’s largest churches, will raise up a new leader. Paul Daugherty—who will turn 29 three days after he becomes the church’s senior pastor—is the youngest child of founding pastors Sharon and the late Billy Joe Daugherty.

Clint Eastwood’s son and rising Hollywood star Scott Eastwood (Gran Torino, Flags of Our Fathers), Rachel Hendrix (October Baby) and Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels), star in the Christian film The Perfect Wave, which opened in U.S. theaters on Friday.

Ministries Today has released an article in their latest issue highlighting five churches experiencing growth and ministry. One of the five focused upon is Redemption Point Church in Ooltewah, Tennessee. In a sidebar article, two more Church of God congregations are featured: Abundant Life in San Antonio, and New Hope Church of God in Trenton. The following is the article as it appears on charismanews.com:

A 15-year-old girl who survived a shooting rampage that took the lives of her parents and all four of her siblings, spoke to a crowd Saturday, saying happiness can be found in the darkest of times. Her grandfather said she recalled feeling “as though angels were with her, putting her hands over her mouth and whispering her to be quiet.”

Stanley Monroe Horton, 98, of Springfield, Missouri, died on Saturday, July 12, 2014, at Maranatha Village in Springfield.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signed a proclamation calling for prayer around the country to begin on Monday.

Somewhere in the world a disaster strikes! Often the survivors of these disasters are unprepared and unable to handle the immediate crisis. Survivors become dependent upon resources being mobilized by government agencies and non-profit charities. For families, it can become a life or death struggle trying to find food, water and shelter, the basic necessities of life.

An unknown actor was casted to play the lead in the much-anticipated movie, “David and Goliath.”

As the author of a book titled Fight Like a Girl, I saw my Facebook page inundated with posts of #LikeAGirl after this video released last week. To be honest, these posts came in the middle of a very busy weekend when I spoke to 13,000 youth before flying to another city for multiple worship services. I hadn’t viewed the video until my son, Alec, texted me the link with the message, “Check out this awesome video. You’ll love it.” And he was right.