Cleveland, TN–Members of the Executive Council of the Church of God gathered this week at the International Offices, the first of three regularly-scheduled meetings of the body this year.

Farshid Fathi, an Iranian Christian pastor, is beginning the third year of a six-year prison sentence on a conviction of “being chief-director of foreign organizations in Iran and gathering funds for these organizations.”

From the debt to guns, America seems more divided than united. Now, some are bonding–not in spite of their political differences but because of them.

The United States honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by holding tributes and commemorative services, with crowds of people expected to attend events in Atlanta, hometown of the slain civil rights leader.

Coordinators and directors from Church of God USA Missions, Men’s and Women’s Discipleship, Music Ministries, Pathway Press, and the General Overseer’s Office, met on Thursday, January 17, 2013 to discuss the implementation of the MY HOPE WITH BILLY GRAHAM outreach project slated for November 2013.

In partnership with the 4/14 Window Movement and the worldwide Body of Christ, Children’s Ministries International, Inc. announced, in a statement released this morning, that the 2nd annual Global 4/14 Day is set for Sunday, April 14, 2013.

The United States honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by holding tributes and commemorative services, with crowds of people expected to attend events in Atlanta, hometown of the slain civil rights leader.

As the flu outbreak spreads across 48 states, some religious leaders are advising their flocks to take precautions, but others say avoiding infection is just a matter of common sense.

January 21, 2013—Washington, D.C.–After two months of preparation and anticipation, the 200-voice Lee University Festival Choir performed before an international audience at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.