Dr. Tim Hill, General Overseer of the Church of God, has released a special message concerning the Tithe of Tithes. In this message, Dr. Hill discusses the origin and history of the Tithe of Tithes, as well as lays out a detailed review of the current accountability and allocation practices regarding tithe dollars. Most importantly, he shares his heart and vision for future responsibility and sustainability.

UKRAINE — National Education Director Eberhard Dudszus gave an encouraging report on the educational ministries of the Church of God in Ukraine. The Eurasian Theological Seminary in Moscow has two extensions in Ukraine. Additionally, there are a …

Proverbs 22:6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. I was brought up in church all of my life. Truth be told, church was my life. I’ve lived the majority of life with a “drug” problem. My mom and dad “drug” me to church EVERYTIME the doors were open. As a matter of fact, I have a “stained glass” backdrop of virtually all of my greatest childhood memories. The irony of it is, all of my childhood memories happened IN the church. Youth events, singing, puppet ministry, Great services, healings, fundraisers, and outreaches were all IN the church. Sunday AM, Sunday PM, Wednesday, Revivals, Practices, Plays, Discipleship, Training, Meetings & anything else imaginable happened IN the church. Heck, I held hands with a girl for the 1st time IN church. I LOVED church! I lived for it, because it (being at church all the time) is all I ever known. Today, I’m still a church-goer! When I hear about revivals or singings, I want to be there. At Judah, we don’t do Sunday nights. That statement in itself, made me chuckle a little. We “DID” Sunday nights! Haha There is a part of me that is so glad we don’t do Sunday Nights, though. Sundays from 6am – 3:30pm is enough for me at this stage. But another part of me yearns for the Sunday Night Shoutdowns of days gone by. Why? Because it (Sunday Night Service) was NORMAL me. The absence of that additional service leaves a void in me. Why? It’s the way I’ve been trained! I’ve been “trained that I should go & now that I’m old I almost feel guilty for having departed from that pattern.” This past Saturday, my Judah family and I went into a low-income area of the city of Charlotte to Love Charlotte A Lot by doing an event we call Loads Of Love (LOL.) It is our desire and passion to REACH the hurting through meeting their “immediate need” so we can have an open door of opportunity to lead them to a saving knowledge of Jesus, the King to quench the thirst of their soul. I’m still very emotional for this event. 7 people were won to the Kingdom right there in a laundymat. These 7 came to clean their clothes, yet they left with clean clothes, clean heart and a clean slate! I’m about to shout right here at Starbucks! What struck me the most at the event, was watching the Judah Kids that were there. As much as young children could help, they did. They face painted, played soccer, threw horseshoes, folded laundry, and served food until their attention span couldn’t take it any longer! It was a beautiful thing. This whole “Loads of Love” thing we did, we did as a church OUTSIDE, not stuck on the INSIDE. It dawned on me that these Judah Kids of mine are living a New Normal for adult church attenders, but just normal for them. It’s new & different to go to laundrymats & give coats away to homeless for the winter months for us old PEW DWELLERS, but our kids have a New Normal. It’s gonna be normal for our kids to FEED the hungry, give WATER to the thirsty, CARE for the stranger, CLOTHE the naked, HEAL the sick, and GO to the incarcerated. my “normal” consisted of sending money to send others. My kids “normal” is raising the money to GO themselves. Shew that’s awesome!!! Proverbs 22:6 is often seen as a Bible verse that implies “teach a kid about Jesus & when their old they’ll be saved from Hell.” For me, I’ve seen this “Lamp Language” in a more illuminated way. What is being said is, “I’m training children in certain patterns that they will not break with age.” Let me break that down… I’m training children how to love their enemies by the way I love mine. I’m training children how to treat their spouse by the way I treat mine. I’m training children how to love the least of these by the way I love them. I’m training children how to eat by the way I eat. I’m training children how to treat different ethnicities by the way I treat them. I’m training children how to honor the old by the way I honor them. I’m training children how to handle their conflict by the way I handle mine. I will train children how to die by the way I approach my death. I’m training children how to extend grace & mercy by the way I extend it. The warning here Ladies & Gentlemen is that they will not break the pattern I’ve trained them to “go in” with merely getting older. My prayer for me & you is that the way they “should go” is the right way to go. Lets be clear, we are in fact training our kids in “the way they should go” by the way we live our lives, but it doesn’t means its the right way to go. Lets covenant together that the NEW NORMAL our kids will have is one that we who are training them can be proud of. Hope I Helped, gw

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View this email in your browser Dr. Tim Hill Calls for “Day of Prayer” on July 12 Cleveland, TN: On behalf of the Church of God International Executive Committee, General Overseer Timothy M. Hill has issued a call for a Global Denominational Day of Prayer for the Church of God, this Sunday, July 12. He is asking for all pastors to set aside a time of focused prayer for the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected the Church of God around the world, and for the recent racial unrest in the United States. “With each passing day, the statistics concerning the Covid-19 pandemic become more and more alarming. While this pandemic has impacted every corner of the globe and the Church of God family has experienced the effects of this virus in almost all the 185 countries where we have ministries, it seems as though recently the United States, and particularly a handful of states, has suffered the brunt of the outbreak. Just this week, we have seen record daily infection numbers, with the total number of cases surpassing 3 million and the death toll now approaching 130,000. In addition, the global economic impact of the virus is substantial and most likely will continue to be felt well after the virus is eradicated. Further, recent racial tensions in the United States have also given the church the opportunity to promote and model racial reconciliation and parity in our local communities. The church must exercise this opportunity of leadership in promoting racial equality. It is time once again for the church as a whole – and the Church of God specifically – to pray and seek the face of God for a healing in our land. I call on every Church of God pastor to set aside time with your congregation this Sunday, July 12, to pray for a healing around the globe. Only God can provide the healing that this world needs.” To see the personal call for prayer issued by General Overseer Hill, you can visit his Facebook page at facebook.com/timhill.   <!– –> Copyright © 2020 Church of God International Offices, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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