I have several single friends who hate February. They don’t send flowers or candy on Valentine’s Day. They don’t wait an hour for a restaurant table on Feb. 14 with all the other love-struck couples. This holiday is just a painful reminder that romance has eluded them.

Students at Homestead High School stood up for their rights to have their Christian athletes club on campus, and the school district agreed. Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) advocated for their Christian club to be recognized among the many other student clubs permitted to meet on school property.

The Church of God Division of Education is planning an Enrichment Cruise for November 11-16, 2019. The cruise is the result of the need to create a special focus track in the Mobilize, Lay Ministry program for Marriage and Family and to provide additional training and resources for Marriage and Family.

Ossie Mills, known for his work with Empowered 21, Oral Roberts University and new streaming platform tvChaz, died suddenly Tuesday.

We are on the edge of an apostolic epoch destined to alter the face of the church. God is committed to His purposes, and there are times in history, when he charges ahead, dragging his people along, calling for us to follow boldly and bravely to places we have never gone before – we are in one of those times.

The Church of God’s South American Ministerial Seminary (SEMISUD) is making an impact on students and South America. The seminary offers bachelor’s, master’s, PhD, and certificate programs.

GFA (Gospel for Asia, www.gfa.org) is mourning the loss of one of its field-partner workers, a pastor who has been reported dead after being abducted at gunpoint in Myanmar, formerly Burma.

The Christian Medical Association (CMA, www.cmda.org), the nation’s largest faith-based association of doctors, today condemned New York’s new law allowing abortions up until delivery and Virginia’s similar legislation as “medically unnecessary” and “morally bankrupt.”

The first of more than two dozen Global Ministry Forums will take place starting next week as delegates gather at the Living Waters Church in Fountain Valley, California on Thursday, February 7.