January 7, 2014–The 75th Church of God International General Assembly will take place on July 29 – August 1, 2014 and will be held in Orlando, Florida at the Orange County Convention Center. Registration for the event and accommodations is now open on the Church of God website, www.churchofgod.org.
On Thursday, January 16, Dr. Don Hattaway, newly elected President of the Southern Baptist movement in Georgia, and pastor at Tabernacle Baptist Church, will host a unique meeting. David Franklin, leader of the Bartow Baptist Association will facilitate the meeting.
December is a time for giving: giving of time, talents, finances, energy, wisdom and most of all ourselves. However, at the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) giving is no different in December than any other time of the year. Many are faithful to the task of caring all year round for those whom God has entrusted to the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home.
Bishop Samuel Santana, who along with his wife Yvette, oversee the Southwestern Spanish Region for the Church of God, was selected to serve as one of the six pastors on Focus on the Family’s Pastor Ambassador Team (P.A.T.). Focus on the Family is an interdenominational ministry in Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded by Dr. James Dobson.
In their annual convention late last month, the ministers of the Church of God in Scotland—only 15 pastors representing 13 churches—gave a generous $1,600 for typhoon relief for the Church of God in the Philippines.
Two missionary women whose ministries through Church of God World Missions touched the lives of thousands of people, were summoned to their eternal home on December 8 and 9. Lucille Walker and Jeanette Chesser faithfully completed their earthly assignments in triumph.
