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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Keep Pressing On! Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General Growing in maturity to unity in Christ By Susan Kane The spirit of unity was apparent Tuesday night as the Kid’s Place choir led worship, Alejandro de Fransisco shared his heart through song, and Richard Mansfield presided over the 2008 Partnership with Possibilities Offering. The annual offering helps to promote leadership development and support church multiplication. The evening message was brought by Rev. Rod Stafford, senior pastor at Fairfax Community Church in Fairfax, Virginia. Using Ephesians 4:13, Stafford shared that we are to press on in our faith until we are mature and have “attained the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Concilio Sponsors Spanish-Language Services Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Kathi Sellers The Concilio Hispano de la Iglesia de Dios hosted Spanish-language worship services at the 2008 North American Convention. Worship was lively, with a Latin flair, led by De Jesus Butto, a group of enthusiastic young people playing guitars, drums, and keyboards. They received their musical training from Marco Witt’s Instituto Canzión. In Latin terms, that is the best Christian music training available. Marcos Witt is the premier contemporary music leader, the Chris Tomlin of Latin America. Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Conference Series Focuses on Women in Ministry Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Kathy Henderson Women and men are being energized and challenged as a result of the “Women Designed by God” conference series currently in progress. Earlier in the week, Laura Shallenberger, national president of Women of the Church of God, led a session titled “Women Designed by God to Influence for Good,” and on Monday, a preaching forum was offered, featuring Saundra McNeese, south central regional director for Women of the Church of God; Tamara Boggs, author; and Marlene Soffera, pastor. Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Kid's Place Celebrates 25 Years Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Kathleen D. Buehler For the past twenty-five years, Kid’s Place has been helping children experience other cultures and come to realize that God is at work all over the world. The children have been able to meet missionaries and learn about people from such places as Egypt, Lebanon, Brazil, India, Russia, Africa, Japan, the Caribbean, and others. This year, the children at Kid’s Place are visiting China. After the children arrive each morning at Hartung Hall, they meet with their family groups (carrying family names such as Shu, Guah, and Ma) and move to Byrum for a large group worship time led by Duane Parker of Mississippi and Mark Hawkins of Michigan and their guitars. Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Youth Head to Texas for IYC Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Kevin Stiffler From all across North America and around the world, thousands of teenagers and youth leaders will converge on San Antonio, Texas, for the 46th International Youth Convention of the Church of God, July 14–17, 2008. The goal of IYC is to create moments for life change, raising up a new generation of Christ-centered leaders. The International Youth Convention of the Church of God began in 1924 as a simple “youth day” during the annual Anderson camp meeting. In 1930, the first separate youth convention was held. Since that time, the biennial gathering has been held in various cities across the United States, as well as in three provinces in Canada. Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Don’t Miss a Thing! 2009 Missions Centennial Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General, Global Missions By Dan Harman Twice a day, in the afternoon and evening worship services, Christian brothers and sisters from around the world will share the spotlight at the 2009 North American Convention of the Church of God. Next June’s version of our annual get-together is one you’ll want to plan for and nail down. Stay alert for every facet of the exciting days with our friends from around the globe. This celebration of one hundred years of Church of God global evangelism will seem to go nonstop. Read More..

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 GA asked to approve a baseline budget process Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By David Farlow and Dewayne Repass The General Assembly received a series of reports on Tuesday about the World Ministries Budget. S. Jeffrey Perkins, chair of the General Assembly budget task force charged with examining the issues relating to the shortfall in giving, presented a written and verbal report on the findings. The report was frank and to the point, noting that part of the shortfall in the budget were due to the fact that only 64 percent of our congregations gave in support of the GA budget in 2007. He likened the situation to a sports team with only two-thirds of the players actually participating in the game “You can’t win that way,” said an impassioned Perkins. Read More..

Monday, June 23, 2008 Tuesday Offering to Support Church Planting Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Chuck Wanner Planting new churches and developing missional leadership is more than a possibility. It represents a bold move forward. We will be participating in a very special offering this evening. Church of God Ministries is a member of a partnership committed to starting new congregations. This partnership helped start fifty-two new churches in 2007. Ten regions have been targeted for 2008–2009. Read More..

Monday, June 23, 2008 A Diverse Unity Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General Service demonstrates unity in visible diversity of ministry By Kathleen D. Buehler The Monday night service carried a focus of diversity in unity. Diversity of generation was visible in the worship team made up of worship leaders and their children, as well as in the youth choir made up of singers from Michigan and Indiana, which performed and helped lead the singing. Diversity in ministry was evident as seven military chaplains were introduced by David Erb, of Church of God Ministries, representing the twenty-one U.S. military chaplains of the Church of God now serving in various posts around the world. Read More..

Monday, June 23, 2008 God’s Dream for the Church Church of God Ministries, Church of God - General By Todd Braschler We know that God has a dream for the church. Participants of Monday’s daylong workshop “Equipping the Church of God’s Dreams” discovered what that entails. Scripture describes many details about the kind of church God intended. He promises a very powerful gift to the body of Christ when we are passionate about staying on track with the purpose and dream he initiated for the church: the extraordinary power of his Spirit. If you’ve ever been involved in ministry without the anointing of God, you know what a job ministry becomes; it’s powerless and unfulfilling, lacking the vitality of what should be in the body of Christ. Man’s effort combined with God’s anointing produces the church of his dreams. Read More..

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