The Church of God School of Ministry recently published an electronic book about the work of the Holy Spirit in a believer’s life in preparation for Pentecost Sunday.

Christian father, soldier, and writer Chris Benjamin is one month back from a deployment to the Horn of Africa. Benjamin never imagined authoring a book, but the events that occurred in Kenya have inspired him to complete a different kind of mission.

The passion for revival I saw in eastern Europe this week rivaled what I have seen in Africa or Asia.

On May 29, 2011, Bell Street Church of God in Hazlehurst, Georgia, celebrated a special missions night service.

While it may seem that the earthquake in Haiti 18 months ago might take a back seat to the tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis since then, but Jim and Gina Hudson, construction missionaries to Haiti, report that Church of God congregations are continuing to offer supplies and labor.

Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator, recently informed the Church of God Smoky Mountain Children’s Home that they had achieved a 4-star rating for sound fiscal management.

In a challenging new book, “The Privilege of Persecution: And Other Things the Global Church Knows that We Don’t” (Moody Publishers), Dr. Carl Moeller, president of Open Doors USA, and David Hegg, senior pastor at Grace Baptist Church (Santa Clarita, Calif.), introduce Western Christians to persecuted Christians who are truly role models for worshippers in the West.

Robert A. Schuller, bestselling author and Chairman of FamilyNet.TV, is the latest International Christian Leader to join the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, observed on the first Sunday of every October.

Evangelist Michael Adams of Isaiah Michael Ministry will be speaking at The Great American Fast July 3, 2011.