On August 6th, Joel Osteen presented a message of hope and God’s unfailing love from the heart of America, Chicago, Illinois. Millions of people around the world joined together to experience “America’s Night of Hope” at U.S. Cellular Field.

Halloween can be a controversial celebration for the Christian community. Should churches refrain from participating or embrace it as a way to reach out to the community. Many churches have decided that Halloween is a good opportunity to spread God’s Word.

Few Christians realize that Europe has become the “dark continent.” Over the last 60 years, the Church in the United Kingdom, as in most of Western Europe, has steadily declined.

With solemn gestures, Americans across the country marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Pentagon in Virginia, the World Trade Center in New York and the plane crash in Shanksville, Pa. and through 2,531 official Cry Out America (COA) prayer points during united, consecrated prayer gatherings in 1,450 counties across all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

Jesus called us into friendship, not just with Him but also with His followers.

Under the theme, “Without Limits,” the Church of God pastors of Mexico gathered recently in their National Pastors Seminar and set bold church planting goals for the nation. The delegates signed an agreement to initiate a minimum of 1,250 churches within the next 10 years.

This past spring, God moved in a tremendous way in all Kidfest events, with thousands in attendance and hundreds baptized with the Holy Spirit.

John Hagee welcomed Sheikh Abu-Khader Ja’abari of Hebron to his suite in Jerusalem for a meeting facilitated by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin.

In the midst of global chaos, the church around the world is being resourced for intercessory prayer. The publishers of Operation World have joined with a number of international prayer and evangelism initiatives to ramp up their resources for local churches involved in world-changing prayer.