To assist the local church in their children’s ministry, Church of God Youth and Discipleship has some exciting plans for the coming months. To recognize children’s workers who have served long term in children’s ministry, a Shepherd’s Cup award is presented annually at the 22nd annual FOCUS Children’s Ministry Conference, convening in Knoxville, Tennessee on March 3-5. The award had been presented to an elite group of deserving children’s ministry leaders.

Frontline Ministries, Inc., and the Exodus Mandate Project announced today the selection of Edward Gamble as the recipient of the 2015 Dr. Robert Dreyfus Courageous Christian Leadership Award.

Do you have your word for 2016 yet? Has God specifically spoken to you a word of direction, of purpose and of challenge for the coming year?

This past Sunday I asked my worship team a question: “How can we better connect with our congregation in 2016?”

Dr. R. Lamar Vest, Dr. Bryan Cutshall, and Bill Isaacs have partnered to create a one-day training experience for pastors and local church leaders called “The Healthy Church,” and the first of several such conferences recently took place in Illinois, according to a report by State Administrative Bishop Dennis Page.

I have been writing on trends in churches for two decades. I certainly don’t have a perfect record with my predictions, but my overall record is pretty good.

TrueSearch.today is a new search engine that hopes to encourage the Christian community to actively search for and support Christian and family oriented websites and businesses.

Children who have been abused, those living in poverty, foster kids aging out of a broken system, and those who don’t have enough to eat are easy targets for those who wish to misuse them. You want to help, but you don’t know where to begin. What can one person possibly do that will make a difference?

January 8, 2016–Nashville, TN—Church of God North American administrative bishops and their wives are gathered in Nashville, Tennessee today for the second day of a Leadership Conference at the site of the upcoming 76th International General Assembly, GA16.