General Overseer Heads to Florida Hurricane Sites
Church of God General Overseer Dr. Tim Hill will travel to several locations in hurricane-ravaged Florida this weekend to assess damage and raise awareness of the need for support.
Founder of Church of God in Taiwan Passes Away
Bishop Chen Yung-Chia (Mark Chen), who served as Church of God representative to Taiwan from 1984 to 2008, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2017, at the age of 88. He was the founder of the Church of God in Taiwan, having continued to build 11 church buildings in mainland China (his homeland) from the church base in Taichung.
Second Faith Fire Freedom Celebration Set for This Friday
The first of five Faith Fire Freedom women’s celebration rallies was held last Friday, September 8, 2017 at the Potter’s House Church in Columbus, Ohio.
VITAL Initiative Announces Events
The VITAL Initiative continues to make a significant impact across the Church of God in 2017 with a mission to help the Church of God realize and utilize the place and power of small churches in 21st century Kingdom work.
Global Fire Advance Reports from Africa and Chile
Global Fire Advance, an outgrowth of the Firewall Africa initiative spearheaded by Men and Women of Action, recently submitted two successful church planting reports.
Operation Compassion Delivers to Houston; Preparing for Irma
Operation Compassion continues delivering much needed disaster relief supplies to the survivors of Hurricane Harvey throughout the Houston area and beyond. With 18 disaster relief sites active across the Houston metro area, eight warehouse sites receiving semi-trailers and delivering to other areas in smaller trucks, pick-up trucks and trailers and 10 church sites receiving loads for local distribution. Operation Compassion has delivered or scheduled 34 trucks during the first week following Hurricane Harvey’s landfall. In addition, there are 71 trucks staged and ready for delivery.
