Faith News Network

Church of God Youth and Discipleship is committed to successfully raising up the next generation of effective, Christian leaders. The EAGLES LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE / DC-’13 Experience another step forward in their commitment to do so. During the week of July 4th, a group of almost 40 young adults, (target age 17-24) gathered in Washington, D.C. for a leadership training experience that combined lecture, history, discipleship, motivation, learning, site-seeing, experience, prayer, patriotism, the Word of God and fun into five unforgettable days.

Leaders from the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC), which represents more than 16 million evangelicals and over 40,000 U.S. churches, conducted meetings in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to discuss comprehensive immigration reform.

A 2012 report by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reveals that Christianity is growing at a rate of 1.3 percent annually in the Holy Land. Clerics, however, recently expressed a concern about the life challenges faced by the Christian population there.

A song about ascending to heaven written by a dying 18-year-old, has gotten 7.7 million YouTube hits and at one point reached No. 1 on the iTunes music charts.