ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. – A Church of God congregation has led the way in recovery for the city of Adairsville, Georgia following a devastating tornado two years ago. A television crew recently documented the following story:

Pastor Jack Hayford presided over the remarriage of Benny and Suzanne Hinn earlier this year. But fewer know how much Hayford helped the Hinns after their marriage fell apart.

Christians worldwide are paying a heavy price for following Christ.

Collection plates are growing even lighter as Protestant church member giving reached new lows in 2011, and tithing probably will not recover from the recession, according to a new report by Empty Tomb, a Christian research group.

Paul Crouch, founder and president of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), was taken to a Dallas-area hospital on Tuesday due to shortness of breath and breathing difficulties he experienced while at TBN’s Colleyville, Texas, facility.

Fewer Pentecostals are speaking tongues. Fewer Baptists are getting baptized. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. But what are we to make of the decline of baptisms in water and in the Spirit? I’ll get to that in a minute.

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 24, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ — On Thursday, October 10, six-year-old Claudia arrived in the United States with her forever family, Lori and Joel Soo Hoo. Claudia was referred for adoption in Guatemala when she was six weeks old but couldn’t leave the country with the closure of international adoption.

Lee University will host alumni and friends of the university during Homecoming 2013 to be held next weekend, November 1 and 2 on the Cleveland, Tennessee campus. 

The Church of God recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in the two most prominent countries from the former Soviet Union: Russia and Ukraine. Additionally, there are positive reports from Church of God ministries throughout Eastern Europe and the CIS.