Faith News Network

The General Overseer’s Office and Church of God Communications has released the fall 2014 issue of Engage. The 60-page document is available exclusively online.

Operation Compassion: A Ministry of Blessing has been helping underserved and poor children, widows, senior adults and single parent families for more than 14 years. From the humble beginnings of $200 and a pick-up truck to deliver product, Operation Compassion has grown into more than $100 million a year non-profit charity.

Cleveland, TN—The Pentecostal Theological Seminary has announced the formation of a partnership with the Church of God International Executive Committee to develop the “Center for Pastoral Excellence.” The Center began operations September 1, 2014, under the direction of Bill Isaacs.

Following the extraordinary response of the International General Assembly to the FINISH Challenge and the overwhelming acceptance of the Marcelly’s Dream initiative, Dr. Tim Hill,
director of Church of God World Missions, announced the “Thanks Again” tour that began last month at Mt. Olive Ministries in Cleveland, Tennessee. Other cities visited were South Pittsburg, Tennessee, and Natchez, Mississippi.

This Sunday, September 7, Church of God congregations around the world are being asked to take five minutes and pray for the global harvest with a focus on unreached peoples.

When returning Lee University students arrived on campus for the fall 2014 semester, they found the Southern end of their campus transformed from the way they left it in May. The property and grounds of the former First Baptist Church of Cleveland underwent extensive alterations, all of which are still in progress.

What is finished is the new $10 Million Communication Arts Building. The gleaming new structure sits majestically on the corner of Ocoee Street and Central Avenue, with the primary entrance facing a newly expanded Church Street “boulevard.”