As God pours out His blessings, more doors continue to open for NEAT ASIA in the Philippines. Local denominations are increasingly asking to partner with the NEAT ASIA in training new church planters.

Missionaries Richard and Carolyn Becton share about the Pan de Vida missions team that visited Nicaragua to help with the ministry there. The school project in Nicaragua is well underway and the first of three buildings is now complete.

Church Community Builder (CCB), the original web-based church management solution, has announced that their customers can now offer members and donors the option to schedule automated ongoing contributions through a newly released Recurring Giving feature. Members of the church or ministry community can now schedule repeating contributions directly from a checking account or credit card on a customized basis, including weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual payments. Additionally, church leadership will be able to track these scheduled gifts throughout the year, increasing the level of predictability with which they can forecast future contributions.

Stewardship Ministries has just posted on its web site (www.cogstewardship.org) a new month-long stewardship program titled The Trust Factor. Stewardship Ministries is recommending that churches make February an emphasis on stewardship. This 4-week emphasis examines:

The Gospel of Jesus Christ will be proclaimed in thousands of homes in Singapore this weekend, December 12-14, as churches across the country launch My Hope, an evangelistic effort facilitated by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). More than 20,000 homes representing over 250 churches in Singapore will be involved in the Christian outreach.

TURKEY — This journey has been worthwhile and the Lord was able to show me what surrender truly is and how to let the Holy Spirit work without me getting in the way.

Christmas Day is just weeks away and Guideposts is busy helping Santa…Santa Cliff, that is, a remarkable man in North Carolina who makes over 50 jolly appearances each November and December.

For the first time since he was kidnapped and beaten on November 24, Gospel for Asia missionary N. Chouhan is telling his story–in his own words–about the harrowing ordeal and his miraculous escape.

By Chaplain (CPT) Danny Claypoole, Task Force Iron Shield MNC-1, Iraq

I want to thank the Church of God and the Chaplain’s Commission for all that they are doing to support military chaplains and the troops that they minister to. My troops were blessed when the Chaplains Commission sent thousands of Little Debbie Christmas Brownies to Iraq this year. It is really interesting how Soldiers get motivated to help when they are handling free brownies. This amazing ministry is supported by churches like yours that reach far beyond the walls of the church to serve their Armed Forces community. The Chaplains Commission and Dr. McNabb helped us coordinate support from the local churches which makes my initiative to care for God’s people so much more fulfilling. It has been a lot of work, but work that is rewarding. I have found through ten years of civilian ministry and going on six years of military ministry that you can talk to people till you are blue in the face, but when you show them you love them it really makes the difference. I am showing the Troops that the love of Jesus Christ is alive in me by passing the brownies and care packages to them when they need it the most.