In these uncertain economic times, financial matters are a huge concern. But God’s Word speaks in a very practical way to money and money management—both corporately and privately.

Church of God in Christ’s presiding bishop, Charles Blake, instated Charles Patterson Sr. this fall to pastor historic Pentecostal Temple Institutional Church.
This fall Charles Patterson Sr. took over the reigns of historic Pentecostal Temple Institutional Church after his father, the late J.O. Patterson Jr. passed away this summer. The 34-year-old has already hit the ground running and has seen attendance double since he began pastoring the Memphis, Tenn., church.

Bethany and Matthew Sytsema’s newborn baby has yet to understand the meaning of “home sweet home.” That is because the Sytsema family along with hundreds of other Manville, NJ households still do not have homes to live in since the carnage brought by the recent Hurricane Irene. The entire Lost Valley section of the 2.5 square mile township in Somerset County was completely flooded by the recent natural weather disaster.

ChristiaNet.com, a large Christian portal with six million monthly page loads, has moved into the social media arena and within four months has received over 500,000 “Likes” or Fans to their Facebook page.

Freedom Crosses Founder and President Mary King, a former member of the United States Diplomatic Corps, is a woman on a mission.

On October 30, 2011 every Church of God congregation is asked to designate a special love offering exclusively for aged ministers and widows.

In 1992 the Church of God General Assembly declared one Sunday a year to focus on honoring those who have gone before us, blazing the trails of ministry through evangelism, pastoring and church planting. These saints of God are worthy of recognition and support and Reformation Sunday is the venue in which to do it.

Church of God General Overseer Dr. Raymond Culpepper is asking pastors across the nation to give high priority to the offering this year, especially in light of the economic climate which has particularly affected aged and retired ministers. One-fourth of the offering will be used to help fund financial assistance to aged ministers with emergency needs. The remainder will be given as a special love gift from the church to retired ministers and widows at Christmas.

A special PowerPoint presentation has been developed for Reformation Sunday and is available for download on the Church of God Web site, www.churchofgod.org. Pastors are requested to use it to promote this special day of commemoration for these warriors of the faith.

In yet another ridiculous end-of-the-world assertion, Harold Camping claims that people who accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior after May 21 aren’t really saved at all.

For the fourth consecutive year, Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, has been evaluated and included in the Chronicle of Philanthropy Top 400. The Chronicle of Philanthropy is the foremost authority in rating non-profits for their fundraising, distribution and gift-in-kind activity.

Visiting ministers can be a great blessing to any church. But if you don’t do your homework, you could be inviting disaster.