A Church of God pastor is conducting groundbreaking research seeking to answer questions about how our Spirit-filled youth feel about their Pentecostal/Charismatic heritage and faith.

Debra Curry extends forgiveness to the young lady who murdered her son, Robert Taylor Curry III and shares her story in her new book, ‘Lifted from the Dust: A Journey of Faith, Forgiveness and Healing.’ It is a compelling story of overcoming heartbreak and adversity and turning tragedy into a message of hope and inspiration.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Wednesday on the case of an Iranian who converted from Islam to Christianity and who was denied asylum by Sweden. The Grand Chamber of the court found in F.G. v. Sweden that Swedish authorities will violate the European Convention on Human Rights if they fail to assess the risk that the applicant might encounter as a result of his conversion to Christianity upon returning to Iran.

A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people, mostly women and children, at a park in Lahore on Sunday in an attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban faction which said it had targeted Christians.
More than 300 other people were wounded, officials said.

Since 1992, the Church of God has maintained a dedicated prayer room at its International General Assembly. In the early years, it was simply a room where people could gather for fervent prayer to begin their day. Over the last decade, the room has been open throughout the day for prayer teams to pray the nations of the world, to consider the need for a Great Awakening, to pray for unreached peoples and more.

The Christian faith is built on the undeniable, unshakeable truth that Jesus was raised from the dead. It is also founded on the historical fact that the Savior suffered unimaginable pain when Roman soldiers nailed Him to a cross.

Sharefaith Inc, known for its continued award-winning church software solutions, recently launched its seventh iteration of its highly popular website builder for churches, yet again, raising the bar for premium website creation tools on a budget.

Nearly 8,000 churches now use Sharefaith’s incredibly easy website creation tool to grow their online outreach, thereby drastically cutting down on time and budget-costs. With many website creation tools over-promising and under-delivering, Sharefaith has built a 8,000+ growing church website user-base by focusing on the needs of the church and building a product that continually adds value to the ministry team and its outreach programs.

Version 7 of Sharefaith’s Church Websites now includes unlimited free stock photos that make building a beautiful website a breeze. Along with this new feature, comes a brand new content builder with lightning fast drag-and-drop features, all in real time. Every aspect of the church website has been addressed with features like maps, tithing, audio, video, calendars, and slideshows, all easily incorporated with the touch of a button. When ready to publish, a church can now see a live preview of what their website will look like on tablets and mobile devices or they can directly publish to their custom mobile church app, included in Sharefaith’s Complete Membership.

With Sharefaith Websites 7, hosting, support, domain transfer, website migration and every aspect of the church online presence is backed by a team of experienced Member Coaches, known industry-wide for their premium quality support.

“When we design and build our church website product, we always involve the user. What do they need? How would they like it to work? What is most important to them? How do we deliver everything a church may need, and still keep things organized, fast and easy to use?” says Hein van Wyk, CEO & President of Sharefaith Inc., who dubs Version 7 of the website creation tool as their best yet!

Sharefaith Church Websites Version 7 is available today through Sharefaith’s Website Membership, a website-only membership that includes the website and hosting, all 70,000 graphics and media, and Sharefaith Giving – its donations and tithing solution. Churches can also opt for the Complete Membership that offers Sharefaith’s entire offering in one bundle, providing websites, hosting, free website migration, a mobile church app, 52-Week Sunday School curriculum, worship presentation software, 70,000 worship graphics, and its donation and giving solution. This offering is unparalleled in value, quality, and quantity, making it Sharefaith’s most popular membership for any church on a budget.

Learn more about Sharefaith at their website, www.sharefaith.com.

(Source: Christian Newswire)

In the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks that shocked Brussels Tuesday morning, a team of chaplains from the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team is headed to Belgium’s capital city to offer emotional and spiritual care.

On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, terrorists attacked the city of Brussels, Belgium, causing death to at least 34 people in two locations.