Roseburg, OR—October 5, 2015–Randy Scroggins, pastor of the New Beginnings Church of God in Roseburg, Oregon , described to his congregation on Sunday what happened to his daughter, Lacey, a student at Umpqua Community College when shooting broke out in the classroom where she was enrolled.

In coordination with area churches and government authorities, crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team have been dispatched to Roseburg, Ore., in response to the shooting at Umpqua Community College. Several news reports indicate that ten people were killed including the shooter, and many more wounded, in the Thursday morning attack.

In the wake of several brutal terror attacks around the Temple Mount over the weekend, hundreds gathered Sunday in the historic Christ Church in the Old City of Jerusalem to pray. These were joined by millions of Christians united globally for The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ) (www.daytopray.com).

Twenty-six young Romanian leaders, from eight states, and twelve different churches, came together in Cleveland, Tennessee recently to gather for the kick-off of the Church of God Romanian Territory (RTO) Emerging Leaders Initiative. For many, this was their first time to visit the headquarters city of the Church of God.

Lee University’s School of Religion will host a special Eschatology service on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m. in Pangle Hall, located at Lee’s Church Street Annex.

Dr. Jim Garlow spoke to an interdenominational audience Wednesday night in Salt Lake City about challenges to religious freedom that are occurring with increasing frequency.

Daniel Henderson is a pastor to pastors. Daniel, a senior pastor for 25 years and the President and Founder of Strategic Renewal, leads renewal experiences in pastors’ conferences all across the nation helping pastors rekindle their vision and fixing broken churches. Daniel also facilitates a national fellowship of pastors called The 6:4 Fellowship along with Pastor Jim Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and dozens of other pastoral leaders aimed at providing pastors the resources they need to stay fresh in the ministry. As a Sr. Pastor, Daniel has twice fixed two mega churches and has special insight into the needful and focused prayers of believers on behalf of their spiritual leaders.

On Tuesday, September 29, the first on-line Pastoral Covenant Group (PCG) took place in the state of New Mexico under the guidance of Administrative Bishop Bill Claypoole and State Director, Chuck Ferrell.

Christians gathered this fall for the Defending Truth Conference in Murfreesboro, TN, will be trained to effectively and respectfully defend their faith in an increasingly hostile and immoral culture.