Category: Programs

Within Your Gates is our program aimed at inspiring good works by providing grants for service projects led by members of the Church of God. Whether you’re a member or a minister, we encourage projects benefiting Church brethren or the local community. Our most recent Within Your Gates grantee is Brian Hoselton of the United […]

Help us congratulate our newest COG Development Program grantee: Francisco Solórzano Francisco is a member of the United Church of God in Guatemala who decided to start a new volunteer program to teach English as a second language to young people in local COG congregations in his country. During the pandemic, when distance learning began […]

Last weekend on Sunday, March 31st, a group of seven Church of God brethren gathered in Lakeview, Ohio to helped some of the residents with cleanup efforts after the area was hit on the evening March 14th with an F3 tornado. The project was led by Mary Miller – CGN’s Within Your Gates Outreach Coordinator. […]

We’re excited to announce that the COG Development Program awarded two grants this quarter. One recipient preferred to not be listed publicly. However, the other grantee is: Tadeos Magova Tadeos is a baptized member of the Living Church of God and was baptized in the year 2000. He and his wife live in Zimbabwe. Tadeos […]

Back in July of 2020, CGN awarded a COG Development grant to Sharon Darizo. Sharon Darizo is a member of the United Church of God and lives in Nairobi, Kenya. She used her grant to complete her bachelors degree in Business Administration. Once she finished her studies, she planned on starting an apparel business of her […]

Happy 3 year anniversary to our Within Your Gates program! Within Your Gates is a program designed to encourage good works by providing grants to help fund service projects led by members of the Church of God! Grantees can be members or ministers and projects can involve service toward Church of God brethren or members […]

Happy 4 year anniversary to our COG Development program! The program’s purpose is to help 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. This is done through micro grants that will help pay for the training or education, […]

Please read the following request for prayers from the Legacy Institute: Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers, This is an urgent prayer request for our Myanmar (Burma) brethren and the Church of God compound. Two days ago, a bridge was bombed and only motorcycles can get by. This is a strategic road. We will be careful […]

The following is an update received from the United Church of God: On December 1st, there was a major disturbance in the village of UCG members, Manik & Rita Balaam. Manik writes: “The Land Office sent the final Land Title Transfer Certificates of the Church and Graveyard to the village headman that he may give […]

Acapulco was hit hard by Hurricane Otis last month, catching them off guard with its fierce 165-mile-an-hour winds, damaging buildings and flooding roads. Please keep our brethren in your prayers as many have been seriously affected. To lend a hand, our Within Your Gates program is contributing $1,000. Let’s stand together in this time of […]