“It will change your life!” Those words were said to me repeatedly before I went on my first mission trip. So many times that, although I smiled on the outside, I inwardly rolled my eyes and cringed when I heard it. I knew the trip would change my life. That was a no-brainer. But, realizing …
It’s Second Sunday! For Church of God of Prophecy attendees internationally, we know what that means: It’s time to joyfully receive the offering for the Missions Department and send it to the International Offices to support our missionaries! At Roberts Tabernacle Church of God of Prophecy in Westmoreland, Tennessee, there’s an additional meaning. It means …
Over the past few weeks I have celebrated the distinct blessing of fellowship with our local pastors across North America. One venue for this celebration comes as a result of our bi-annual International Assembly celebrated this past summer. The Assembly is always a personal delight as we make preparations to receive our entire family from …
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). “And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work …
The Event Our first General Assembly was a meeting of representatives of several congregations in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Twenty-one delegates gathered on Friday and Saturday, January 26 and 27, 1906, in the community of Camp Creek, North Carolina. According to our earliest history, they met “to consider questions of importance and to search …
Pastors, evangelists, local church leaders, and laity long for breakthrough in their ministries for Christ and God’s kingdom. During times of breakthrough, the presence and power of God are evident and the proclamation and promulgation of the Gospel goes forward with great strides. Sometimes the breakthrough comes suddenly and forcefully. Sometimes the breakthrough comes gradually …
“So God created humankind; in his image, in the image of God he created them male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). “When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and named them ‘Humankind’ when they were created” (Genesis 5:1, …
A very wise and experienced leader recently darkened my doorway. He’s a man I’ve respected for many years. He’s always listened more than he’s spoken. For this reason, when he does speak, his words carry great weight. So when he showed up in my office, plopped down on the other side of my desk and …
During my lifetime, I don’t recall the world experiencing, with such severity and regularity, the natural disasters we have seen in the last few years—monstrous tornadoes, killer earthquakes, unstoppable flooding, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and so many other unexplainable world events. Attempts fail to measure the full fallout of death and destruction. Unfortunately, these disasters are …
As early as 1802, plans were being made for an alternate route across the English Channel, connecting two different nations, languages, and customs. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain and France’s President Francois Mitterrand signed an agreement in 1984 that the link would benefit both nations. The digging started from both ends of the English Channel. The important …