One Monday after work, my good friend, Teresa, and I took to the streets of Gainesville to share God’s love with whoever we met.

Thursday morning, on behalf of President Donald Trump, it was humbling to join people of faith from across the world at the first-ever World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians.

For decades, Mother’s Day in the Church of God has meant more than just honoring the matriarch of the family. Through the years, the women of the Church of God have been instrumental in supporting The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home in Sevierville, Tennessee, founded nearly 100 years ago in 1920. Church and women’s groups have been traveling to the campus for workdays, financially sponsoring a group home at the campus, saving thousands Campbell’s Soup labels to redeem for new vehicles, or participating in the Box Tops for Education program.

The National Organization of Church Security & Safety Management (NOCSSM™) will present its 13th Annual National Church Security Conference to be held at Grace Church in Frisco, TX on August 4th and 5th, 2017.

IAM Music Company releases music for the Christian marriage community in the new Digital/CD project, “I Still Do” Songs For A Biblical Marriage from Derrick Doc Pearson.

The 27th annual Church of God National Senior Adult Retreat, the Smoky Mountain Jubilee, brought some 1,200 senior adults from at least 20 states or regions to Gatlinburg, Tennessee on April 25-27, 2017. Musical headliners were the family group of Roger, Debra, and Lauren—The Talleys, along with Willis Canada, and Larry DeLawder, a tremendous musician who also is a hilarious Barney Fife impersonator. The Wednesday night worship speaker this year was Pastor Mitchell Tolle, from Man ‘O War Church of God in Lexington, Kentucky. Soloists, ensembles, choirs, musicians, writers, artists, and those creative with their hands, competed in the National Senior Adult Talent Competition in three divisions: Music, Creative Writing, and Creative Art.

A photo from a recent car-crash death of two women and a baby has gone viral—but not for the expected reasons.

Bill Donohue comments on a bill affirming the purpose of faith-based organizations that passed the Texas House yesterday:

In recent days, Peru suffered cataclysmic devastation when, after a period of severe drought, wildfires developed that destroyed nearly 30,000 acres of land. With those conditions prevalent, when intense rains came causing flooding, 67 people were killed and thousands forced to evacuate the 115,000 homes that were damaged. Complicating the situation was the fact 100 bridges were also destroyed, making it difficult to send relief to those caught in the wake. Even in the capital city of Lima, the heavy downpour flooded outlying neighborhoods.