Sevierville, TN–During a special meeting of the SpiritCare Center Advisory Board, Betty Ogle presented the newly appointed director, Bishop Timothy Nuckles and his wife, Sharon, with a gift on behalf of the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce, welcoming them to Sevierville. The Nuckles were also honored with welcoming gifts from the Church of God Division of Care Ministries and Ministerial Care.

As Faith Bible Chapel in suburban Denver celebrated its 36th annual Israel Awareness Day Oct. 19 with a Holocaust exhibit, Jewish-style music and dance, an Israel display, Mediterranean cuisine and high-caliber speakers from the United States and Jerusalem on Sunday, the keynote address by a Texas pastor was sobering and optimistic.

EvanTell, a ministry that trains and equips Christians to share the gospel clearly and simply, has brought a fresh perspective to the essential ingredient for evangelism – God’s Word — by publishing The Evangelism Study Bible.

Kayla Moore, President of the Montgomery-based Foundation for Moral Law, denounced the attempt by Houston, Texas Mayor Annise D. Parker to subpoena sermons and sermon notes as a “blatant assault on religious liberty and a government attempt to control and censor the pulpit.”

The Church of God International Youth & Discipleship Department is pioneering a new ministry that uses “Charity Runs” as a way to help churches impact orphans without taking money out of the local church.

The City of Houston has demanded pastors turn over all their speeches, presentations and other materials related their comments on the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance. (HERO)

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit and a motion for a temporary restraining order Friday to stop officials in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, from forcing two ordained Christian ministers to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.

Marian Evans, who wrote under the pen name George Eliot, described the beauty of friendship: “Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words but to pour them all out together, knowing that a faithful friend will take and sift them, keeping what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”

Church of God USA Missions, at the recent ONE: Leadership Conference, unveiled a new twelve-month local church evangelism plan.