A jury found that prominent singer Katy Perry improperly copied a Christian rap song by Marcus Gray, known by his stage name Flame.

On July 29-Aug. 2, Lee University will host the 2019 Church of God Teen Talent, an international competition which aims to help young people ages 13-19 discover their talents, develop that talent, and dedicate it to better serve the Lord. Over 5,000 individuals will compete in 43 categories over the course of five days, featuring competition in music, art, drama, multimedia, creative writing, and Bible.

Scotland Yard awarded $3.056 to a street preacher they wrongfully arrested for racism in February.

LGBT child recruiters, including *convicted child sex offenders, are using public libraries and public schools to normalize extreme sexual deviance to very young children to persuade them to identify as “gay” lesbian bisexual and transgender, to lower their resistance to sexual molestation by adults and to encourage abnormal experimentation among themselves. *

“Awakening the Church in North America,” written by J. David Stephens, is the latest resource released by the Church of God’s Pathway Press.

Ashley DeRamus—entrepreneur, fashion designer, singer and advocate—set a goal to be the first special needs person to sing the national anthem in all 50 states. That is a title and a goal she was able to achieve because she also happens to have Down syndrome.

The scourge of human trafficking is accelerating in the United States at a rapid pace, according to Christian agency Gospel for Asia (GFA, www.gfa.org).

Conscious of the social situation that some regions of the South America are going through, the Church of God International Offices, in partnership with the Department of World Missions and the Office of the Church of God Latin America (COGLA), have announced CONNECTION. In order to strengthen ties and strengthen relations of support to the ministerial body of this region, a first encounter of Colombian and Venezuelan pastors will be held later this month.

A coalition of medical organizations released a public statement condemning recent statements on abortion and conscience protections made by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Osteopathic Association. The letter calls on this “Group of Six” to respect their position and represent all physician members in their public statements.