In the eye of the coronavirus storm, anxious viewers in the Middle East and North Africa are looking to live Christian TV for reassurance — desperate to see “living hope” as the crisis escalates.

Life.Church recently kicked off a new partnership with CarePortal, an online platform and growing national initiative that connects families in crisis with people who are eager to help. Through this new partnership, church members across all 34 Life.Church locations will soon be able to serve at-risk children and foster families in their local communities. With a passion for keeping families together, Life.Church and CarePortal hope to see more ministries join in the cause.

Men and Women of Action (MWOA) recently held its annual Rally in Kodak, Tennessee. This year, more than 300 people at the Rally celebrated the 26 international and 136 stateside projects completed by MWOA in 2019.

The following is by António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General:

Nominations are coming in from across the country for the Longest Married Couple Project sponsored by Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME), the original faith-based marriage enrichment program in this country. The project honors one national winner and winners from each of the 50 states and U.S. territories.

The following statement has been issued concerning this weekend’s Winterfest event in Knoxville, Tennessee:

My wife and I have been visiting different churches in the past several months. We are in search of a place to call home. This isn’t an easy process for a traveling minister like me. I’m gone many weekends, so I can’t commit to certain duties at a local church, and I don’t feel as connected as those who are there every week.

TULSA, Okla. — In response to the government of Israel’s indefinite ban of all international conferences within Israel due to the coronavirus pandemic, Empowered21 announced that it will forego the in-person Jerusalem2020 Global Congress formerly scheduled to take place in Jerusalem during the week of Pentecost 2020. The Empowered21 Global Congress will shift to an online event, May 31 – June 2, which will stream live from the campus of Oral Roberts University (ORU).

Pastor Appreciation Day, an annual event meant to honor the senior pastor of a local church, is set for Sunday, April 26, 2020.