By David Farlow

News media reporting out of Kenya indicates the violence is diminishing, but many of the Church of God congregations are still feeling the effects of the turmoil. To address the immediate needs and help alleviate the suffering, Church of God Ministries (CGM) announced today a disbursement from the Disaster Relief Fund to be sent to church leaders in Kenya.

By David Farlow

Initial reports from Kenya indicate that the Church of God congregations and missionaries there are unharmed by the recent violence associated with the frustration over the presidential elections held on December 27.

“We are in daily contact with our missionaries, who are located in the Kisumu region of Kenya,” said Bob Edwards, Global Missions coordinator for Church of God Ministries. “At this time we have not heard of any loss of life for any of our Church of God Christians.”

By Bob Edwards, Global Missions Coordinator

At the end of the summer, I attended the eightieth anniversary in Alem, Argentina, of the founding of the Church of God in Argentina. The theme of the conference was “Iglesia de Dios en Argentina, 80 anos. ‘Ensancha el sitio de tu tienda.’” (The Church of God in Argentina, 80 years. “Lengthen the cords of your tent,” Isaiah 54:1–2.)

By Patrick & Jamie Nachtigall

When we arrived in Hong Kong in January 2001, we were warmly welcomed into the Hong Kong Church of God (HKCOG). This dynamic congregation numbered about sixty people, with five cell groups and two married couples. Ninety-nine percent of the church was under the age of thirty-five. Pastor Edmund Leung, who was brought to the Lord in this church and put himself through seminary in order to serve the church, had a strong vision for the future of the HKCOG, and now we see that vision continue to be realized.

By Kelley Philips

Not long after Rhonda and I moved into the position of regional coordinators for Europe and the Middle East, I was visiting Germany’s national pastor, Klaus Kröger. We spent several days together talking about vision, and I learned a lot about the history of the Church of God in Germany. Somewhere in the course of our conversation, I asked Klaus where he considered the most strategic place in Europe to be.

By Gary Bistritan

I recently made a visit to the island of Yap in the Northern Mariana Islands to meet with Pastor Robert and Josephine and to join them for the first anniversary celebration of the opening of their church building.

By Rev. Dorothy Colney, National Leader, Myanmar

In the last six years, the Church of God in Myanmar has planted twenty churches. One of the most fruitful and growing was founded by one of our full-time workers who used a local video hall to show the Jesus film. Of the two hundred people who attended, over thirty indicated they wanted to receive Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord.

By David Miller, Regional Coordinator, Latin America

The Church of God in Cuba has taken an innovative approach to preparing pastoral workers—by necessity. Scarce resources and inadequate transportation make it virtually impossible for men and women training for the ministry to attend classes in a central location. So Ms. Regla Pedroso, rector of the School of Biblical Theology of the Church of God, has become an itinerant professor.