Dr. Michael Reynolds has been appointed director of Ministerial Development in the Church of God Division of Education (DOE). The appointment was made earlier this month at the 77th International General Assembly and announced by Dr. Michael Baker, chancellor of the Division of Education. Reynolds officially began his duties this week.

World renowned Danish artists Peter Brandes and Maja Lisa Engelhardt, who have been in large part responsible for a renaissance in Danish church interiors, brought their expertise to Biola University in Los Angeles to renovate a campus chapel. For the first time in their careers as artists, the married couple collaborated together to add a new dimension of sacred space, reverence, and beauty to Biola’s Calvary Chapel using unprecedented technology.

A year ago, the brother of persecuted Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng went to the attorney’s apartment, where he was under house arrest in China’s Shaanxi province, only to discover him gone. To this day, no one knows where he is.

“Spiritual Renewal and Big Picture Leadership,” a conference for state and regional leaders in the Church of God, has been set for September 12-14, 2018 in Cleveland, Tennessee.

The upcoming election season seems to have government officials in Hawaii on edge.

Renowned evangelist and author, Jennifer Wilde along with former Christ for all Nations European Director and Pastor, Siegfried Tomazsewski (President of Calling Ministry) are calling out ministries and churches to come and participate in a mass gospel campaign for an evangelistic outreach all over the continent of Africa. Their aim is to join with the churches and ministries and reach out all across Africa through mega events, to accomplish the vision “One God – One Day – One Africa (1GDA).”

Church of God Black Ministries held a recognition luncheon on Thursday, August 2, 2018 as part of the activities during the recent Church of God International General Assembly in Orlando.

A few years ago, I heard a preacher tell a roomful of ministers that they couldn’t work miracles or exercise apostolic authority unless they used the word “apostle” as a title. So some of them ran out and printed new business cards—as if putting the word in front of their names were the magic ticket to reclaiming New Testament power.

Can God forgive you after all of the mistakes you have made? Is redemption even possible when you find yourself so far from where you should be? In Open With Your Broken ($14.99, paperback, ISBN 978-1-946466-46-4), Dana Goodrum shares her own personal faith crises, one flooded with shame, guilt, and regret. But what Goodrum came to learn about redemption would usher her into a new journey and a purpose she could have never imagined.