By Capt. (Chaplain) Gabriel Rios, 478th Expeditionary Operations Squadron chaplain

During the weekend of March 28 – 30, 2009, Rev. Rod Parsley and World Harvest Ministries made a visit to the Appalachian Dream Center, a ministry of Operation Compassion, for the express purpose of helping the impoverished region.

Even though it’s now been 150 years since Charles Darwin sparked the creation/evolution debate, conservative Christians and scientists are still wrangling over the origin of man.

What is really happening to church attendance amidst the backdrop of a failing economy? Although churches are claiming that attendance is on the rise, a recent Gallup poll challenges the veracity of this perceived phenomenon.

Author and counselor Kathleen Sawyer reaches out to grieving children in her new book, “The Day Sad Arrived”, (WinePress, 2009), featuring Eric, a fictional character dealing with the sudden loss of a family member.

Emerging ministry leaders and students got a glimpse of the past and the future of Spirit Empowerment at the first meeting of the Next Generation Track for the Commission on Holy Spirit Empowerment in the 21st Century held on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, Calif. on March 20. This group spent time looking into the future of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement and identifying the questions that need to be addressed in order to more fully engage new generations of believers in Spirit-empowered living.

Faith Life Now, an international ministry focused on financial freedom and based in New Albany, Ohio, announces the appointment of LightQuest Media, Inc. of Tulsa as its media agency of record.

By Dennis Watkins, Legal Counsel, Church of God

In an effort to educate our constituency, we are making you aware of an issue that is under consideration in Washington, DC. Under a new Obama administration proposal, the value of itemized deductions for charitable contributions for higher wage-earners will go down. The purpose of this reduction is purportedly to pay for new healthcare initiatives, according to administration officials.

“Lee Day,” Lee University’s most intensive recruitment event, was held this past weekend April 3 and 4 on the Cleveland, Tennessee campus.