We just created two new pages for our effort to help brethren affected by the California wildfires. Click here to reach out to us if you know of brethren in need. First is our fundraiser page! All donations made on this page will go to our Within Your Gates – CA Wildfires fund. Click below…
In addition to providing grants for service projects, our Within Your Gates program also keeps brethren informed on urgent needs around the Church of God and point them in the direction of how to help! Urgent prayers are needed for brethren in Southern California, Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Vanuatu. More details for each situation are below:…
A tremendous step for unity took place on the Sabbath of December 21st! On that date, UCG President Rick Shabi visited London, England on his way to the UCG Regional Conference in the Netherlands. The local UCG congregation used this occasion to host a Sabbath service open to all members of the Church of God…
A big thank you to everyone who made the various Winter Family Weekends across the country possible. Event planning can be stressful! So thank you all for serving the brethren. We had a wonderful time at Louisville and Lexington.
Happy 5 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,…
Check out the encouraging update from Francisco Solorzano (one of our previous COG Development Program grantees)! Francisco is a member of the United Church of God in Guatemala who decided to start a volunteer program to teach English as a second language to young people in local COG congregations in his country. He used his…
Congratulations to our newest grant recipient: James Luwanja! He attends with the Living Church of God in Malawi. He will be using his grant funds for irrigation farming equipment (like a pump and pipes). Here is a note from James regarding his plans for the future: I have been using water canes by hand to…
In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, we hear a powerful firsthand testimony from someone who spent years within the Philadelphia Church of God, a group led by Gerald Flurry. Through honest reflection, our guest shares his journey—what initially drew him and his family in, what life was like inside a high-control environment, and the…
By Mark-Phillip Pebworth & Daniel Russo Intro In our last analysis, we looked at where the Church of God (COG) is located worldwide and some possible explanations relating to geopolitics. We found that the number of COG congregations within a country tracks very well with Cold War-era alliances. We also identified a clear relationship between…
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!”
—Psalm 133:1