Court to Hear Arguments on Housing Allowance on Sept. 9
Art Rhodes, CEO of the Church of God Benefits Board, offers the following update on a case involving the potential effect of court action on ministerial housing allowances.
Newly Appointed PTS President First Action is to Ask for Prayer
Cleveland, TN— In his first communiqué as the newly appointed President of the Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Dr. R. Lamar Vest made an appeal to Seminary alumni and friends to “pray for us as we endeavor to prepare a new generation of Pentecostal leaders who will, I firmly believe, be part of a world-changing revival.”
Church of God Outlines Strategy to Combat Pornography
At the recent International General Assembly in Orlando, the Church of God launched a program to address the growing scourge of pornography and sex trafficking in America and around the world.
Church of God to Observe National Senior Adult Sunday
Church of God USA Missions is offering resources to help the local church observe National Senior Adult Sunday on September 28, 2014.
Operation Compassion Sends Record Number of Building Supplies
Recently, Operation Compassion was able to send a record number of semi-trailers loaded with tile to overseas partners. This record of thirty semis for a single month will be used to build schools, medical clinics, orphanages and feeding centers.
Quake Hits Spanish-speaking Church of God in Vallejo, California
Dr. Miguel Vega, Northwestern Spanish Region Administrative Bishop Pastor Oscar Paniagua and Pastor Rolando Betancourt.
This past Sunday, August 24, a large earthquake rolled through California’s northern Bay Area just before 3:30 a.m. about ten miles northwest of American Canyon, which is about six miles southwest of Napa. It’s the largest earthquake to shake the Bay Area since the 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake in 1989, the USGS said. It damaged some buildings, ignited fires, knocked out power to tens of thousands and sent residents running out of their homes in the darkness.
