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You May Be Surprised By What Millennials Really Want Out of Church

Category: Opinion & Commentary

My son, Jess Rainer, and I recently spoke in Texas on the topic of the millennials, America’s largest generation of nearly 79 million persons. Because we coauthored a book titled The Millennials, we have had the opportunity to speak on the subject on many occasions.

Christian Professor Awarded Back Pay, Given Promotion

Category: Lifestyle & Culture

A federal court Tuesday ordered the University of North Carolina–Wilmington to promote a professor to the rank of full professor, a position it originally denied him, and to pay him $50,000 in back pay. In March, a jury found that university officials had retaliated against criminology professor Mike Adams for expressing conservative views in his opinion columns, books and speeches when those officials denied him a promotion in 2006.

Personal Evangelism Announces ‘Take Five’

Category: Church of God News

Church of God Coordinator of Personal Evangelism Leonard Albert has announced the latest resource for winning souls.

Conference on Ministering to Muslims on April 24-27

Category: Events and Happenings

The 12th annual North American Wolof Connection Network Conference will be held on April 24-27 at Union Church, 3 Elm Street, in the Rockville section of Vernon. The theme will be “Breaking the Bonds,” focusing on bringing freedom, hope and peace to the Wolof people of West Africa. Anyone ministering to unreached people, especially to Muslims, will benefit by attending.

Christian Form Human Shield Around Church in China

Category: The Persecuted Church

Thousands of Christians have formed a human shield around a newly constructed church in Zhejiang province in China after authorities earlier this week threatened to demolish the building. The Sanjiang Christian Church reportedly cost more than $4.8 million to construct and was built over a six-year period in Wenzhou, one of China’s most Christianized cities.

Annual SPS Meeting Experiences “Knowledge on Fire”

Category: Events and Happenings

More than 300 of the world’s leading Pentecostal and Charismatic scholars recently gathered at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, for the 43rd annual meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies(SPS).

Church of God Pastor Murdered in Honduras

Category: Church of God News

A Church of God woman pastor in the city of Choloma, Honduras, was murdered on Thursday, April 3, by two young gang members who had earlier demanded “protection tax” to keep church members safe from their attacks.

Five Ways You Can Use Easter to Evangelize

Category: Discipleship & Evangelism

Why do we celebrate Jesus’ birth more than His resurrection?

Photographer Punished for Refusing Gay Marriage Gig

Category: Latest Trends

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday declined to hear Elane Photography v. Willock, the case of a photographer who was told by the New Mexico Supreme Court that she must, as “the price of citizenship,” use her creative talents to communicate a message with which she disagrees or suffer punishment.


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