Washington – President Trump signed an executive order today that promotes religious liberty throughout the federal agencies in general and in certain specific areas.

This year has been a notable year for five state Ministerial Internship Program (MIP) coordinators. Coordinators lead the MIP efforts in those states/regions in cooperation with the Church of God Division of Education.

Wade Miller, coordinator for the Ministry to the Military sector of MIP, completes five years as the coordinator. According to Dr. Don Bennett with the Church of God Division of Education,
Miller has the distinguished opportunity to provide the MIP seminar through video conferences in several countries around the world.

Bennett went on to say that Johnny Sawyer, MIP coordinator for Western North Carolina, completes ten years as coordinator in that region. Eddie Allen, coordinator in South Carolina, and Thomas Mitchell, coordinator in the Heartlands Region, complete 15 years as coordinators.

David Hagee, the coordinator in Virginia, completes 25 years as coordinator and is one of th longest-serving leaders for MIP. During his tenure, 238 applicants completed Calling and Ministry Studies (CAMS), 788 candidates completed the Ministerial Internship Program, and he has worked with 101 different supervising pastors.

“His supervising pastors and ministerial students compliment Bishop Hagee very highly, saying that he helped them acquire knowledge and develop skills to be effective in ministry,” Bennett stated. “Many commented that they would not be where they are without the mentoring of Bishop Hagee.”

This year’s annual MIP Commissioning ceremonies will take place on May 19-20 in Cleveland, Tennessee. During this time, MIP candidates who have completed the rigorous educational training are recognized and “commissioned” for service into the ministry by Church of God leaders.

Washington – Yesterday, Rev. Franklin Graham appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, a national radio show which airs on more than 240 stations across the country. On the show, Graham discussed the persecution of Christians around the world and the need to stand for religious liberty both at home and overseas.

As the nation unites in prayer today, evangelist Nick Hall says it’s time to stand in the revival fire and spread it across the country.

Cleveland, TN—Lee University will conduct spring commencement ceremonies this weekend, May 5 and 6 on the Lee campus. Lee alumna and president of Austin Peay State University, Dr. Alisa White, will deliver the address during the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 6, at 9:30 a.m. EST on the lawn of the Science and Math Complex (SMC).

Guideposts, a faith based non-profit that reaches millions of people through products and services that inspire, uplift and encourage, announces the appointment of John F. Temple III, as President and CEO.

This week hundreds of pastors from across the country will meet in Scottsdale, AZ to organize a plan to criminalize abortion in their states and begin ministries to end abortion at their local clinics.

LeaderLabs Skill #8 session entitled, “Organizational Culture: The Water You Swim In, the Role of Values, Mission, and Purpose,” will be offered live via the Church of God’s Facebook page located at Facebook.com/COGHQ. The lab will feature two sessions of the popular course, beginning at 9:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, May 9. It is scheduled to conclude at noon EST.

The Chrisagis Brothers hit radio success with “It’s A God Thing.” The show is being heard by 6 million listeners a week. The Brothers have had the biggest names in both the Christian world and the Hollywood world of legends and iconic stars speaking about Jesus. The show runs every week on both Wilkinsradio.com and WTYM Radio. The show started as a whim that Evangelist Sherry Caudill told the brothers about and Dr. John Bashline saw the vision and felt it was needed in this time and season. So Dr. John decided to put the Brothers on the air. This was the 4th time the Brothers did their own radio show but this time it is gold.