The following resolution regarding Peace in Israel and the Middle East is presented by the International Executive Committee in accordance with a directive given by the International General Council at the 2014 International General Assembly which directed the International Executive Committee to act as a Committee of Action to bring back a resolution regarding Peace in Israel and the Middle East to the International General Council at an appropriate time:

Gospel for Asia (GFA) (www.gfa.org) is providing food, drinking water and temporary shelter to those hardest hit by the devastating Cyclone Hudhud, which pounded India’s coastal Andhra Pradesh region on Sunday and already has killed dozens of people.

Thousands of Christians from more than a hundred churches around the Washington, D.C., area gathered at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall on Monday to pray for the city and national revival.

Lee University has released the institution’s enrollment profile for the 2014-15 school year with over five thousand students officially registered.

At a news conference on Monday in Jerusalem, Empowered21 President and Global Co-Chair Billy Wilson joined with prominent leaders of major Jewish and Christian global organizations to sign a historic joint initiative calling on world leaders to take firm action to halt the brutal persecution of Christians in the Middle East.

Winston-Salem-based Christian band At The Threshold is proud to announce the release of a 5-song Christmas EP titled ‘The Consolation’ on December 2, 2014. All profits from the sale of the EP will be used to help their home ministry Grace Baptist Tabernacle fund its new medical outreach Salem Ministries.

Robert Bakke’s new Amazon Best Seller, Prayer at Full Throttle fearlessly puts “works” back into the faith equation and proves to its readers that miracles are possible when they put their gifts to work.

Church of God USA Missions is a strategic partner with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) for the promotion of the MY HOPE AMERICA soul winning campaign, scheduled for the week of November 2-9, 2014. MY HOPE AMERICA was first celebrated in November 2013 to commemorate the world-renowned evangelist’s 95th birthday. Desiring to conduct “one more crusade,” but physically unable to do so, Mr. Graham conceded that the MY HOPE campaign would take the place of that crusade. The 2013 campaign was so successful with more than 26,000 churches participating and 110,000 people making a commitment to follow Christ, that the leadership of BGEA determined that it should be repeated this year.

Both of my grandfathers were Church of God pastors. My paternal grandfather, Hosea Newton Brides, pastored congregations in North Central Texas with his wife Hester Ellenor. My maternal grandfather, George Marion Bloomingdale and his wife Bertha were traveling evangelists. Bertha passed away in 1932 and is buried on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Early in her ministry Bertha started the ‘penny march’ to contribute to the funding of the Church of God orphanage.