Church of God General Assembly was cancelled due to a Virus Pandemic. That is exactly what happened to with the Church of God in 1918-1920 during the Influenza. In 1918, a Spanish flu pandemic infected an estimated 500 million people (about one-fifth of the world population) and killed an estimated 20 to 50 million world-wide. […]

Rev. Gene P. Phillips, Sr., a pastor and ordained bishop from Hope Mills, N.C., passed away on February 15, 2023.
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PENTECOSTAL BABEL As we reflect upon Pentecost Sunday, I submit here my recently published article in the preaching journal of Columbia Theological Seminary.  I was pleased that this piece was made the lead article in the Pentecost edition of the Journal for Preachers (just ahead of Walter Brueggemann’s contribution, which made me feel pretty good!). […]

Called & Empowered is a collection of essays that addresses a number of critical post-modern issues. The main purpose of the book is to introduce and answer problematic questions related to church and culture. A great addition is the compilation of in-depth cultural studies and recent theological developments viewed in Christian context. What made the book […]

This is “Ask, Seek, Knock (Part 1)”. It is the midnight hour and there is a harvest of people in the world waiting to experience Christ. If we do not know God intimately, we will not have anything to give our unsaved friends and family. The way to reach the lost is to pray and […]