Warned her baby only had a 1 percent chance of survival, a pregnant woman whose waters broke at 16 weeks refused to have an abortion.

Fatima, an Iraqi woman who had fled atrocities committed by the Islamic State (ISIS), was drawn to the sound of singing in a tent in a refugee camp in Dohuk, a city in the Kurdish region of Iraq. She approached cautiously.

“If we are going to successfully ‘go into all the world,’ we must do it on our knees,” declared Church of God World Missions Director Tim Hill, as he announced the vital aspect of prayer as part of the FINISH initiative that is currently guiding missions efforts: Find, Intercede, Nurture, Invest, Send, and Harvest.

Churchgoers often grumble that they always get hit with pleas for money. But congregants at a Chicago church this month got a surprise: They each received a check for $500, with instructions to go out and do something good with it.

Before SHADES OF GRAY, “Dating Naked,” or even Harlequin romance novels, there was Song of Solomon, the “sexy” book of the Bible. From the best-selling book of all time, the racy Song of Solomon has inspired a new movie THE SONG opening nationwide this Friday.

Athanatos Christian Ministries has been hosting Christian novel contests for more than five years as part of their mission to use the arts to defend the Christian faith. The 2014 grand prize winner is Paul Bennett, who won with his story, “A Fall of Sparrows.” Second place went to Luke Ainsworth for his story, “Everything that Rises.”

Cleveland, TN—Members of the Church of God Council of Eighteen gathered Tuesday, September 23 at the International Offices for the first meeting since the group was elected at the 75th International General Assembly this past July. The Council of Eighteen, combined with the five members of the Church of God Executive Committee, forms the International Executive Council (IEC).

More than 200 police raided a house church on Sunday, eyewitnesses told International Christian Concern. More than 100 church members, including children, were arrested during the Sunday service in Foshan City, in China’s Guangdong Province. As of Monday evening, more than 24 hours later, 30 parishioners still remained in police custody.

Redeemer City to City (CTC) and Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to provide a seminary education in New York City. This advances the vision of RTS to provide graduate theological education globally and that of Redeemer Presbyterian Church and its founding pastor, Dr. Timothy Keller, who started CTC to prepare ministry leaders, pastors and church planters for New York and cities internationally.