August 8-10, 2013 is the date for enCOURAGE2013, a conference for women in ministry, at the North Cleveland Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee.

While many churches have gone to one Sunday service a week, Calvary Temple (Assemblies of God) in San Diego has joined the ranks, but in reverse: the congregation has stopped its morning service in favor of meeting Sunday evenings. Sunday mornings are now focused on neighborhood ministry.

Dany Dias and Janine Jalbert of Ontario, Canada, will make their first skydive June 29, not as thrill-seekers, but in a leap of faith to promote their passion to fund bicycles for pastors in India to reach remote areas of ministry.

The Supreme Court announced today that it will review a decision of the First Circuit upholding a Massachusetts law that severely restricts the free speech of pro-life advocates.

The Lord has blessed the Church of God with many credible pastors and leaders in Eastern Europe and the CIS. With these four characteristics, our pastors and leaders have been successful in facing the challenges. The following articles provide a glimpse of the ministries in this part of the world.

The nation’s largest gathering of Christian women, Women of Faith, is taking its two-day live events to a new level this year with an expanded list of biblical Christian speakers, an emphasis on deeper worship with the addition of Mercy Me and Third Day, and a new focus on bringing scriptural depth to modern life applications.

First of all, let me let you in on a little secret: I’m not Jewish, nor is any of my family Jewish. I’m an English-Irish-born, small-town American who was raised in the Catholic Church and who now calls himself a born-again Christian.

Daredevil Nik Wallenda completed a historic high-wire walk on a 2-inch (5-cm) steel cable over the Grand Canyon on Sunday and was greeted by wild cheers after his hair-raising stunt.

The Church of God is well represented in a full-length faith-based feature film titled INSPIRATION POP 2929, which is based on a book published by Pathway Press titled The Street Sweeper. Tim Enochs, who is also an executive producer for the movie, wrote the book.