The church was dying and didn’t know it. Attendance was down, the building was mostly empty, and the glory days had long since passed. As a last resort, a church member asked LifeWay Christian Resources president and CEO Thom S. Rainer for some advice. Rainer spent a few weeks studying the church, then recommended a number of changes.

Norfolk, VA–Police have investigated a Baptist church over a poster which suggested non-believers would burn in Hell.

International Church of God Girls Ministries (girls clubs) is celebrating its 45^th year of ministry in the Church of God.

Life Without Limbs, a global ministry devoted to moving hearts and lives to God, has just announced the launch of an innovative new way to receive His message: a video channel accessible using Roku streaming media players. A promotional trailer for the new channel is now posted on YouTube at www.youtube.com/NickVujicicTV.

Few of us know what we want to be at the age of 9, but evangelist Reinhard Bonnke is one of the exceptions. The German evangelist, who has preached in front of crowds exceeding 1.6 million in Africa, says it was at that tender age that he got his calling to be a missionary.

On average, fathers spend 6.5 hours per week caring for their children. That’s good news for kids because researchers and parenting experts say any time a father spends with his children is time well spent.

Cleveland, TN–Robert and Jeanette Crick’s chaplaincy, care, pastoral and educational ministries in the Church of God spans more than 57 years. Today, at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, they were honored with induction into the prestigious Hall of Prophets.

The president of The Foursquare Church is to serve a second term, continuing to lead the more than 6,600 U.S. credentialed ministers through a season of major change.

For Latino Protestants in the United States, the Pew Research Center has found that Pentecostalism is preferred. A recent Pew Research survey revealed Pentecostalism as the single largest denominational family among Hispanic Protestants.