New Release Calls for Spirit-Powered Revitalization

Principles of church growth and revitalization are powerless without empowerment from the Holy Spirit, who energized the early church. That’s the core message of the newly released book Back to Acts, written by James E. Cossey. “Suggesting a Back to Acts approach to...

Michigan Church of God Celebrates Centennial

The year was 1921. Detroit was starting to mass produce automobiles, Henry Ford was selling his Model T for $410, and the Church of God entered the Pleasant Peninsula! At the 1921 General Assembly, Efford Haynes was appointed as Overseer of Ohio and Michigan, and soon...

Camp Meeting Season Launches in Full This Week

After a year of virtually no camp meeting gatherings due to Covid-19 restrictions, the 2021 season begins in earnest this week with seven states/regions holding the summer staple event of the Church of God. Alabama begins this evening with nightly speakers of...

Churches Threatened by Volcano Eruption

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa–Dr. Peter Thomas, Field Director for the Church of God in Africa, reports that an eruption of the deadly volcano, Mt. Nyiragongo, in the eastern Congo, is threatening the entire city of Goma with great destruction and...

Doctrine and Polity Committee Releases Latest on Contemporary Topic

Members of the Church of God Doctrine and Polity (D&P) Committee have released the latest from their research on contemporary cultural topics. The paper, entitled, “Paul’s Teaching on Same-Sex Relations in Romans 1 and 1Corinthians 6” was written by Dr. Terry...