First Church Planter Intensives Begin This Weekend

This is the final week to register for the January 24-25, 2020 Church Planter Launch Intensive at the Plant City Church of God in Plant City, Florida. It is the first of five to be held between now and May 1, 2020. According to Mitch Maloney, director of the Office of...

Young Christians Can Smell a Fake a Mile Away

I spent this past weekend with a group of younger guys from the Washington, D.C. area. Most of them were in their mid- to late 20s and early 30s—the age of my own kids. All but two of them were single. And even though I am twice their age they loved being with me....

Gospel for Asia Sheds Light on ‘Forgotten Scourge’ of Leprosy

The emergence of a “forgotten plague” in America has called attention to one of the most feared diseases in history — the ancient scourge of leprosy. Texas-based mission agency Gospel for Asia (GFA, www.gfa.org) released a new report this week titled...

Mendoza Sets New World Record

Mario Mendoza, Jr., a Church of God minister who is executive director of Youth for Christ in central Oregon, set a new world record for running a 50K marathon on a treadmill at the Madras High School in Oregon. In 2:59:03 record time, Mario beat the old record by 46...

Score One for Public School Kids

People of faith are celebrating this week, and none more than the teachers of nearly 5,000 Good News Clubs in the nation’s public schools. On National Religious Freedom Day, January 16, President Trump signed new guidance rules to protect, among other things,...