GUATEMALA — The children of Casa Shalom Orphanage in Guatemala recently completed their school year, and have been enjoying their break. This month, we welcomed eight new children to the home. Please join us in praying for them as they adjust to their new life at Casa Shalom.

Beginning with the spring 2013 edition, Engage journal, a magazine for Church of God leaders, will be delivered entirely in electronic format.

With the United States tilting towards the left, the church must prepare for a new normal in our lives and ministries. The body of Christ has to realize it is no longer business as usual.

Churchgoers attending Sunday worship services at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church received the good Word and some good news, too. Pastor Charles Jenkins announced that the historic church is now the proud owner of a historic property—the former headquarters of the Soft Sheen beauty products company near 87th and the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Students from across the country are united in a fight to end human trafficking around the world. They’re now shining a light on modern day slavery on college campuses in all 50 states and more than 50 countries.

Church of God USA Missions has formed a strategic ministry partnership with Challenge Golf Association, a Tennessee-based 501 (c) (3) association using the game of golf as a catalyst for relational evangelism. The partnership was endorsed in a recent meeting of the USA Missions Board.

In 2002, My Hope began as a ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) to take the Gospel into areas of the world where Billy Graham could not physically travel. Ten years and 57 countries later, My Hope with Billy Graham has now become a movement spreading across the U.S. and Canada, where Christians are eager to learn how to more effectively share their faith with family and friends.

President Obama will take the oath of office with two Bibles that once belonged to a pair of civil rights icons: Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.

If a judgmental spirit has contaminated your walk with God, ask Him for a fresh understanding of grace.