A megachurch in New Jersey is launching a social media outreach on Sunday, June 14th at 7:00 p.m. online at http://tiny.cc/45degrees.

Masterworks announced that the Metropolitan Ministries website was awarded top prize in web design at the annual AGRM National Convention.

Cleveland, TN–As part of the recent Ministerial Internship Program (MIP) Commissioning weekend, the 2014-2015 MIP Leadership Seminar was held at the Leadership and Communications Center at the Church of God International Offices.

Throughout history the church has, at different times, emphasized power and neglected purity or emphasized purity and neglected the Biblical promise of power. It is not, however, an “either/or” proposition but “both/and.” Jesus linked the two together when he said, “Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8).

Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), the largest Christian mission agency to children in the world, announced this week that it had shared the gospel of Jesus Christ through their teaching ministries with 19,914,335 children in the United States and around the world in 2014. This represents a 27.6% increase from the 15,612,330 children reached in 2013 and includes 6.7 million professions of faith by kids worldwide.

Recently in Uganda, a small school of theology was approached by a denominational leader to inquire if they could train their pastors. The president of the school naturally asked how many pastors needed training. The response – “30,000!” An impossible task for this small seminary that trains 15 students a year.

Houston–In the terrible aftermath of tornadoes and destructive power of torrential rainfall, Operation Compassion, an independent benevolent organization with roots in the Church of God, is organizing its disaster relief partners for Texas and Oklahoma. Operation Compassion is putting in place multiple sites where survivors are able to find assistance with food, clothing, water and other emergency supplies.

Conservative stalwart Rick Santorum is jumping into the race for the Republican presidential nomination, calling on Americans to pray for a spiritual revival “to heal our land.”

North Carolina lawmakers voted on Thursday to allow government officials to refuse to perform marriages by citing religious objections, protecting those who oppose same-sex weddings from losing their jobs.
The measure, already passed by the state Senate, heads to Governor Pat McCrory’s desk after being approved by the Republican-led House of Representatives in a 67-43 vote.