Walking to class with red tape across her lips last year, college student Betsy Joy was approached by a fellow student who asked what she was doing. She gave him literature describing her participation in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. He confided to her that his girlfriend had recently had an abortion.

Much has been written and said about the new season of openness for Christians in Cuba. But those who are able to speak freely say that the persecution is still there, though it is now better concealed.

Church of God leaders in the country of Japan recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Church of God in the Asian country.

For the fifth consecutive year, Operation Compassion, a benevolent agency with roots in the Church of God, has been evaluated and included in the Chronicle of Philanthropy Annual Survey. The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the foremost authority in rating non-profits for their fundraising, distribution and gift-in-kind activity.

Tyndale House Publishers announced last month that it will join forces with Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program and participating Christian retail partners to distribute the You Are Loved Holy Bible (New Living Translation) to children and teens receiving an Angel Tree gift this year. In the United States, 1.7 million children have a mother or father in prison.

The same-sex marriage battle is heating up in a disturbing way. Gallaudet University has put its chief diversity officer on paid leave after she signed a petition to put a gay marriage referendum on the ballot in Maryland.

In just a few weeks millions of Americans will determine the destiny of this great nation. Some will blindly enter the booth and cast an uneducated vote. Others will robotically choose their traditional family political party. Then we have those who fear the potential outcome, do their homework and confidently vote according to a well-informed opinion.

CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Lee University’s School of Music has added a new master’s degree program this fall: the Master of Music in Conducting (Choral Conducting or Wind Conducting). The degree will join the existing programs in graduate studies in music: Church Music, Music Education, and Music Performance.

Forrest Flaniken Jr., a senior vice president with Wycliffe Bible Translators, was killed Sunday afternoon in the Orlando, Fla., neighborhood Avalon Park. He was 53 years old.