Church of God Missionary Tommy Smith, who also serves as regional superintendent of the Southern Pacific, recently sent the following report to World Missions:

Bibles For The World (BFTW, www.biblesfortheworld.org), a global ministry focused on reaching unreached peoples with the gospel in developing countries, is tackling a disturbing and growing trend — Bible illiteracy in the United States. Launched earlier this year, BFTW’s ‘Learn the Bible in a Year’ program, a two-minute, daily radio feature that leads listeners from Genesis to Revelation in 365 programs, continues to gain momentum in the U.S.

USA.Life is a new social network being built by a pastor to provide an alternative to the liberal leaning social media outlets. This site doesn’t censor Christians and is for all people who love “life, liberty and happiness.”

Delegates of all ages are headed to the 77th Church of God International General Assembly set for July 30 – August 3, 2018. A key component of any General Assembly is music and this year will be no exception.

The Foundation for Moral Law (“the Foundation”), an Alabama-based nonprofit corporation dedicated to religious liberty and the strict interpretation of the Constitution as intended by its Framers, applauded Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decisions in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra and Trump v. Hawaii.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) joined the Council of Bishops of the United Methodist Church (UMC) as well as United Methodist bishops in the Philippines in appealing to the government of the Philippines for assistance and cooperation in extracting three United Methodist mission personnel from the country.

The upcoming Church of God International General Assembly, slated for July 30 – August 3, 2018, will feature three dynamic leaders who will make presentations during the General Council Business Sessions.

Nigeria–In a 60-hour killing spree that began last weekend, about 200 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State even as the U.S. ambassador at large for international religious freedom was departing Nigeria.

The U.S. Supreme Court has handed the pro-life movement a victory in the case of NIFLA v. Becerra, stating that the California law, called the Reproductive Fact Act, forcing pro-life help centers to promote abortion was unduly burdensome to free speech rights and was therefore unconstitutional.