NEW YORK CITY — We conduct outreaches, equip churches, empower leaders and serve the body of Christ to become a force of change in the inner city. We do all of these things because of one soul.

The OVERFLOWING – WALKING IN THE SUPERNATURAL leadership kit, recently advertised in CHARISMA magazine, is being widely received by pastors, Sunday school teachers, laymen and professionals. The resource kit produced by The T.L. Ministry Center offers the following:

Church Community Builder (CCB) ( www.churchcommunitybuilder.com), the original web-based church management solution (ChMS), continues to improve their product offering to churches by incorporating social networking capabilities

SOUTH AFRICA — In reflecting on the status of chaplaincy ministry in South Africa, Church of God Chaplain Burt noted that 2009 started with a bang; our national chaplaincy hosted the first ever world chaplains general conference in Cape Town the first week of February.

On Jan. 16, more than a dozen Public Security Bureau (PSB) officers forcibly escorted Pastor “Bike” Zhang Mingxuan from a Beijing pastor’s home and put him on a bus to Henan province.

HARRISBURG, Penn., Feb. 6 /Christian Newswire/ — The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, a national association of 600 priests and deacons publicly reaffirm our obedience and respect for the Holy Father. We furthermore declare our unequivocal support for Pope Benedict XVI as the Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff. We pledge our continued prayers for His Holiness especially in light of the recent slander being leveled against the current Successor of Saint Peter for his pastoral decision to rescind the excommunication of the four bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X. Those who distort the facts would have us believe that the individual prejudices of one man represent an entire group.

Dr. Pat M. Boone, author, minister and songwriter, has produced a third inspirational song which she is making available for free download or listening at her website, www.IPraiseYourName.com.

By Adrienne Gaines, Charisma magazine

Feb. 04, 2009 –The world has become a more dangerous place for Christians.

By Paul Steven Ghiringhelli, Charisma magazine

Feb. 4, 2009 –The Christian founder of a worldwide house-building ministry, which has erected nearly 200,000 homes in 100 countries since 1976, died on Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 74.