Good evening, and welcome to the #ourCOG Daily Brief. We begin tonight with news from within the Church of God. Pentecost Sunday has been designated Evangelism Sunday, a call to action for increased outreach. Additionally, the Church of God World Missions has launched an ambitious “2 Million Souls Initiative,” aiming to bring two million people […]

August 19 is the birthday of the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee). On this day in 1886, a small group gathered at a gristmill along Barney Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee—not far from the Coker Creek stop on the well-traveled Unicoi Turnpike. On that summer Thursday, Richard Green Spurling preached a sermon on God’s church […]