November 6, 2019–Cleveland, TN–Dr. Paul Conn, president of Lee University, has announced his intention to leave his position in the summer of 2020.

A new petition at WhiteHouse.gov would call on President Trump to urge Congress to take up a Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Watchman Publishing released “The Process of Transition: Reforming the Heart for Growth” — a must read, thought-provoking book on the painful, but purposeful process of transition. This book is available now in the U.S. and internationally in paperback (ISBN: 978-1-7325134-4-0) and eBook editions.

On October 29, 2019, Rev. Bruce Deel, executive director and founder of the City of Refuge in Atlanta, was appointed by President Donald Trump to a special committee on human trafficking. Deel was one of nine individuals named by the president to the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill into law that prohibits churches and other nonprofits from campaigning for or against political candidates.

Since 2012, the number of adults meditating more than doubled with 35 million Americans saying they have either meditated or practiced yoga at least once in the last year, according to a 2017 CDC study. In fact, it’s one of Americans’ most popular health trends. However, what has been the popularity of meditation amongst Christians who in the past feared meditation as a new age practice that called for emptying their minds or worshiping false gods?

In this final of the series of interviews with Church of God Field Directors, World Missions talked with Andrew Binda, field director of Asia/Pacific, to find out what God is doing in his area. (Excerpts of this interview originally appeared in Evangel magazine.)

On October 25, 2019, the Board of Incorporate Members of Dallas Theological Seminary named current vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Mark M. Yarbrough, as the sixth president in the institution’s 95-year history.

Open Doors has learned that authorities in India have arrested and detained American pastor, Bryan Nerren. Nerren, who is from Tennessee, apparently drew attention from security agents because he was carrying money intended to cover the expenses of two conferences and the travel expenses of a few pastors.