Dr. Bryan Cutshall announces the release of a new Spanish Manual Manual de Ministerios Familiares on October 14th 2008. This new manual is a Spanish translation of the Family Ministries Manual, which is included in Dr. Cutshall’s “Church Structuring System.”

American Music Solutions today announced the introduction of the new and improved version of the Gulbransen Digital Hymnal. The new Digital Hymnal DH200-AMS incorporates the latest in CompactFlash card technology, enabling users to download standard MIDI, MP3 and WAV files to further expand the unit’s vast software library capabilities.

By Grant McClung

The banking industry meltdown in the United States and around the world has prepared the way for the catch phrase, “From Wall Street to Main Street” as a description of the economic woes facing mainstream America. Some observers have added “Side Street” to the mix, highlighting the cause of the marginalized and the underprivileged.

Save Africa’s Children (SAC) is a charity founded by Bishop Blake of the Church of God in Christ to alleviate the plight of homeless, starving children of parents with HIV/AIDS. Africa has the highest population of children from HIV/AIDS parents. More than 17 million children try to survive in the Sub-Sahara Region of Africa. Most were orphaned shortly after birth because of the aids pandemic affecting much of Africa.

Rick Warren, nationally acclaimed pastor and author of the New York Times bestselling “The Purpose Driven Life,” has announced his support in favor of Proposition 8, California’s Protect Marriage Act.

As a result of the kidnapping and murder of a teen relative in the West End Neighborhood of Atlanta, Pastor Brenda Gibbons felt God calling her to return there to start a church – Kingdom First Ministries.

By Doc Williams, Chaplains Commission

Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee is unapologetically a Christian school and part of the Church of God with International offices in Cleveland, Tenn. This context was the exciting environment for the Commission’s latest effort to prepare young people for ministry “beyond the gates” of the local church by teaching the Basic Community Service Chaplain Training course.

Davangere is a prominent city and educational center located 260 kilometers north of Bangalore city in Karnataka, India. The Christian church has not been able to make considerable inroads in this district, but for the last few years the church has been able to make its presence felt in the town as well as in the interiors of Davangere.

October is Pastor Appreciation Month, but many pastors just starting out aren’t receiving accolades this month, even though they are the true church pioneers of our era. For these church planters and church growers, author Joel Comiskey freely shares his expertise in the new book release, Planting Churches that Reproduce. Readers feel like they have attended a seminar or received a personal consultation after experiencing Comiskey’s insightful wisdom. The book dissects Cell churches and house churches, so that leaders have a proven model to follow.