Author: Daniel Russo

Daniel Russo is a lifelong New Yorker and currently resides in Albany, New York. He currently works as the Manager of Business Operations at Parent to Parent of NYS. He previously worked at the Empire Center for Public Policy managing their operations. Daniel obtained an undergraduate degree in American History from the State University of New York at Albany in 2013. He then received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy in 2017. He is a second generation member of the Church of God and was baptized in 2009. While he enjoys traveling and meeting brethren in various groups, his home congregation of 25+ years is an independent Westchester, New York congregation. Daniel founded the Church of God Network in October 2018 after developing the initial concept during the 2017 Feast of Tabernacles.
09 Feb 2022

New businesses added to COG Marketplace

Last week, we added 19 new businesses to the COG Marketplace! COG Marketplace is a place where members of the Church of God community can come together and support the small businesses of our fellow brethren. The marketplace consists of a regularly maintained list of COG member owned businesses. All business information listed on the […]

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02 Feb 2022

New Resources added to COG Resource Center

We have added more resources to our COG Resource Center! CGN’s website has well over 400 resources from around the Church of God including children’s books, COG dating sites, music resources and more. Check out these and the many others we have listed! As a reminder, visitors can search across every page of every website […]

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25 Jan 2022

CGN Welcomes Two New Data Managers!

Please join us in welcoming Gordon Wallace and David Klett to our team! They will be volunteering their time and skills to assist CGN as data managers. Gordon and David will be helping with upkeep of the Congregation Map and Resource Center as well as other data projects. They are excited to help build community […]

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21 Jan 2022

Congregation Map Updated

We’ve added new congregations and updated existing ones on our congregation map! Check out the 1,600+ congregations from 130+ organizations listed. See who is in your area! If you know of congregations that aren’t on our map and should be, let us know! If the congregations aren’t listed publicly online, we only ask that permission […]

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11 Jan 2022

New Educational & Business Development Grantee: George Agyapong

We’re excited to announce that our next recipient of the Educational & Business Development grant program is George Agyapong! He is a member of the Church of God International in Ghana. George is currently training to become a physician’s assistant. He plans to use his CGN grant to purchase medical books and pay some of […]

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09 Dec 2021

2 Year Anniversary of the Educational & Business Development Grant Program

Happy two year anniversary to CGN’s Educational and Business Development Grants program! The purpose of the Educational and Business Development grant program is to help Church of God brethren in developing countries start successful, profitable, and sustainable businesses, or obtain training or education for jobs that will provide a reliable source of income. We do […]

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05 Nov 2021

#FeastTogether Collage

Thank you so much to everyone for making #FeastTogether go viral this year!! We loved all of your pictures so much…that we created a collage featuring brethren from around the world, unified in worshiping our great God & celebrating His plan for peace together! Check out all of the photos at our Facebook page!  

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13 Oct 2021

New CGN Grant Recipient: Musonda Sakala

We’re excited to announce that our next recipient of an Educational & Business Development grant is Musonda Sakala! Musonda lives in Zambia and is a member of Church of the Great God. Musonda runs a natural/organic skincare business. She produces handmade natural/organic soaps, lotions, scrubs, and body oils. She started the business as a result of […]

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