The Church of God Chaplains Commission is delighted to announce the recent promotion of Army Chaplain Everett Franklin to the rank of Major.

The Lee University Video Production Center will broadcast Commissioning and Commencement ceremonies this weekend live over the internet through web streaming.

The new capabilities to stream live events as well as archive video on demand are part of an agreement with Multicast Media streaming service. The Lee video streaming website address is www.leeuniversity.edu/video. Viewers can choose to watch in 100k or 500k streams, depending on their Internet connection speed.

Lee’s commencment weekend begins on Friday, May 8 at 6:30 with a student baccalaureate commissioning service. Here, students will receive personalized Bibles and will hear testimonials form fellow graduates.

On Saturday morning, May 9, commencement services will take place from the Cleveland, Tennessee camopus. Speaker for the event is Dr. Nancy B. Moody, a leader in nursing education in the State of Tennessee and the Southeast. Dr. Moody is the President of Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn., the oldest private institution in Tennessee. She came to Tusculum College after a distinguished tenure as President of Lincoln Memorial University, located in Harrogate, Tenn.

During her more than seven-year tenure as President of Lincoln Memorial University, the enrollment increased by 90 percent and the endowment increased by 58 percent. The University built five new residence halls, a 105,000 square-foot medical school, a 30,000 square-foot education building, and converted a motel into an apartment building for graduate students. The University added four off-campus locations and numerous academic programs including a college of osteopathic medicine, graduate program in nursing including a nurse anesthetist program, a physician’s assistant program and programs in music and criminal justice.

LMU has been successfully reviewed by numerous specialized accreditation bodies and moved to a Level V institution and completed their decanal SACS Commission on College review in March 2009 with no recommendations.

Many college students have a mentor to guide their path. At a faith-based university, the mentoring comes from a higher source. The highest.

PHILIPPINES – Church of God missionaries Tom and Margaret Tioaquen share the importance of having mentors in the ministry.

Lexington, KY—A historic gathering of prominent Christian leaders from a broad coalition of denominationalbackgrounds and from across the United States assembled this week in Lexington, Kentucky, near the epicenter of the Second Great Awakening for a leadership summit in conjunction with the Awakening America Alliance

As mothers will be honored this Sunday for Mother’s Day all over the world, one special testimony is a reminder of the faithfulness of God even to a Muslim mother.

The Church of God’s Men and Women of Action have two projects this summer in Alaska. According to MWOA officials, they are still in the planning stages, but wanted to get the information out to inform the public of this ministry opportunity. The project locations are Anchorage and Wasilla.

An ongoing study shows that the overwhelming majority of megachurches have experienced numeric growth during the current economic recession, while most smaller churches are also expanding—though at a slower rate.

Maine Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in his state, making Maine the fifth state to allow such unions.