Olive Technology (www.olivetech.com), a global information technology services company with a large faith-based organizations client base, announced today J. P. Poveda has joined the firm as its chief technology officer. Poveda will be based in Los Angeles, placing him close to key clients and strengthening Olive’s U.S. operations.

On November 14, 2014, the Indonesian Ministry Church of God (IM COG) held a conference in Dallas, Texas. The event was attended by Dr. Kenneth Hill, new Director of Multi-Cultural Ministries and Administrative Bishop for Portuguese/Indonesian Churches USA/Canada who gives the following report on the conference:

In the presence of 1500 attendees at its annual National Apologetics Conference, Veritas Evangelical Seminary received and dedicated a rare Hebrew Torah scroll. The donors, Ken and Barbara Larson, are passionate about Israel and the Bible, visiting the archaeologically rich nation four times.

Atlanta’s Kelvin Cochran may be a firefighter, but he’s not fireproof, as the latest controversy shows. Despite a long and distinguished career (including a stint as the U.S. Fire Administrator), Chief Cochran is at the center of an explosive debate over free speech on the job after the city suspended him for allegedly handing out copies of a book he wrote and self-published on biblical morality.

It’s significant that a prayer vigil with Bound4LIFE is called a “Silent Siege.”

In the initial years of world evangelism, missionaries were welcomed and allowed into most countries to just spread the Gospel. As time and cultures progressed, a missionary now will only be accepted if he/she has a skill or career, such as medical or educational, that will benefit the society into which they are called to minister.

A team of young Christian writers & producers are collaborating with experienced Hollywood talent to create an animated feature-length action film with a Christian message. The film, titled “Heaven | The First War,” portrays the biblical story of the first war in heaven, the fall of Lucifer, the battle between forces of good and evil, and the impact of sin’s origin on the human race.

TechSoup Global (www.techsoup.org), a nonprofit that donated $37 million worth of technology products and services to nearly 10,000 churches and other religious organizations last year, is now able to offer more products to additional recipients due to an expansion of donation eligibility rules by major technology companies.

What: Roughly 100 people – including young local activists, out-of-state clergy and veteran community activists – will hear Ferguson-inspired raps, chants and skits, Justice-focused prayer and songs by clergy, and testimony from Oakland and Buffalo leaders about how community policing and high school restorative justice programs are reducing police shootings and school conflicts.