When the administration of Azusa Pacific University dropped the section of its student code of conduct that banned same-sex relationships last August, reaction was swift.

As I write this article, I sit stunned at both the wickedness of man and the silence of Christ’s followers and ambassadors. Surely every Christian leader in America felt a seismic shift in their spirit as the slaughter of more innocent children has been legislated in one state and spelled out and defended by the governor in another.

On February 7, 2019, Dan and Finnabea Moore were inducted into the Pentecostal Theological Seminary Hall of Prophets. The induction ceremony, moderated by PTS President Michael Baker, convened at Living Waters Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, California, where Dan and Finnabea spent 38 years as lead pastor, and currently serve as Pastor Emeritus.

As Virginia politics is roiled by revelations about senior state officials having worn or countenanced blackface in past years, how America and its churches address racial sin remains an ongoing moral and spiritual imperative. Secular America stresses guilt without atonement. Churches advocate racial reconciliation but often seem to lack the spiritual tools to achieve their laudable goals for the church or the nation.

Americans spent $18.2 billion on a recent Valentine’s Day, showing affection for the special ones in their lives.

Fountain Valley, Calif.: The first of 23 Global Ministry Forums was held last night, February 7, 2019, in Fountain Valley, California at the Living Waters Christian Fellowship church. There were approximately 118 people there to express their thoughts and ideas on a variety of items impacting the future of the Church of God.

As organizers of the International Day for the Unreached (www.dayfortheunreached.org) prepare for the fourth annual event on Sunday, June 9, they are celebrating a big step forward in the goal of seeing the Gospel of Jesus spread to every corner of the globe, and making an “all hands on deck” appeal to focus on and reach those who have yet to hear the gospel.

National Marriage Week USA (www.nationalmarriageweekusa.org), a national campaign to increase marriage education and champion marital success, launched February 7 and will conclude on Valentine’s Day, February 14. Since 2010, this important campaign has sought to espouse the many benefits of marriage, including better health, increased wealth, and greater happiness for married couples and their children.

Every two years, the eight Spanish-speaking regions of the Church of God in the USA gather together to celebrate their unity, heritage and commitment to FINISH the Great Commission. The Church of God office of Hispanic Ministries announces that this year’s National Hispanic Congress will be held on August 1-3, 2019 at the Mesquite Convention Center in Mesquite, Texas.