Faith News Network

During April 8-9, 2014, the thirteen member Church of God World Missions Board and executive leadership convened a momentous board meeting in Cleveland, TN.  Joined interactively by missionaries from three continents via video technology, the meeting reaffirmed the “Missional Mandate” of Church of God World Missions, further adopting an unprecedented strategy that focuses first on Unreached People Groups (UPGs), and secondly on the enhancement of global ministerial development and education.

At the end of an exhausting day at work in a small Wisconsin town, diesel mechanic Bruce Van Natta needed to take one last look beneath the logging truck he was fixing. Little did he know it could have been the last thing he did—ever.

Faith Driven Consumer — The organization’s Faith-friendly film reviews, which use five specific criteria to measure the compatibility of entertainment products for Faith Driven Consumer audiences, finds that the new Sony/TriStar film HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, the story of a little boy’s journey to heaven and back, rates a solid faith-friendly 4 out of 5 stars.

Most believers view the resurrection of the Lord Jesus either through a historical or a prophetical lens. They tend to look backward or forward. Too often, sons and daughters of God fail to grasp the present-tense benefits that have come to us as a result of this grand, spiritual conquest that took place when the stone rolled away almost 2,000 years ago. Before we dive into those, let’s take a quick look at how we limit ourselves by adopting a purely past- or future-tense view of the resurrection.