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Philip Jenkins recent work, The Next Christendom, focuses on the growth of Christianity outside of the Western world in the twentieth century. The book explores the emergence of powerful and dynamic Christian movements in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The author emphasizes that by 2050 only about one-fifth of the world’s three billion Christians will […]

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Submission Deadline2024 General Council Agenda Items

Submission Deadline

2024 General Council Agenda Items

To: All Ministers/Laity

In anticipation of the 79th International General Assembly on July 8-12, 2024, this notification serves to communicate the process for the submission of items for consideration and possible placement on the International General Council Agenda.

Potential agenda items are to be sent to the International Executive Council in order to be considered for the International General Council Agenda. The International Executive Council is charged by the Bylaws of the Church of God with the responsibility of setting the agenda for the International General Council.

The notifications below are made in light of the requirements of the Bylaws of the Church of God as well as the International General Assembly Minutes:

Deadline Submission of agenda items relating to the Bylaws of the Church of God needs to be sent to the International Executive Council by January 3, 2024. This will allow the International Executive Council time to consider these items by its January 2024 meeting. There is a 90-day notification deadline to the International General Council required by the Bylaws of the Church of God concerning amendment of the Bylaws (2022 International General Assembly Minutes, pp. 64-65).

Deadline Submission of regular potential agenda items for the International General Council needs to be sent to the International Executive Council by March 1, 2024. This will allow the International Executive Council time to consider these items by its April 2024 meeting. There is a 30-day notification deadline to the International General Council required by the Bylaws of the Church of God concerning regular International General Council items (2022 International General Assembly Minutes, pp. 67).

Deadline Submission of agenda items regarding doctrine as prescribed by the Declaration of Faith are to be submitted in writing to the International Executive Council 12 months prior to the meeting of the International General Council (2022 International General Assembly Minutes, pp. 69-70). The deadline for submission of these items for the 2026 International General Assembly is April 3, 2025.

Submissions should be sent to:

Church of God International Offices

Attention: General Council Agenda Committee

c/o H. W. Dusty Wilson

P. O. Box 2430

Cleveland, TN 37320-2430

We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis, Indiana for the 2024 International General Assembly scheduled for July 8-12, 2024.

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In this first sermon on the Parable of Two Sons from Luke 15, Pastor Daniel examines the motives behind a son who asks for his father’s inheritance before the father had even died. Such a request is unheard of in Eastern cultures. To ask for such a thing is to suggest that wish your father […]

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Lee University is a private, comprehensive university located in Cleveland, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Lee is emerging as a leader in higher education in the southeastern region and was ranked in 2010 in the “Top Tier” in the South by U.S. News & World Report (Comprehensive Medium- Size Universities). Lee is […]

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By Mike McManus Why are 1,500 clergy leaving pastoral ministry each month? Many have been driven out by the “Clergy Killer Phenomenon.” As one pastor put it in a powerful new documentary, “BETRAYED: The Clergy Killer’s DNA,” “So many ministers are being destroyed by evil and evil people in the life of the church who […]

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Upon Bulgaria’s national holiday (March 3rd), we have called for a 3-day prayer and fasting through our churches in Bulgaria for the following needs: 1. National repentance and God’s favor over our nation 2. Political stability in response to the ongoing almost 300-day protest against the current government formation 3. Blessing in place of the […]

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The Revised Version of the 1940 Bulgarian Bible, which our ministry has been working on since 2005 and released earlier in 2012, was presented at various book markets, festivals and churches for the Bulgarian Easter on May 5th. The 1940 revision was initiated in 1920-24 by the British and Foreign Bible Society, reprinted multiple times […]