Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies The name Ivan Efimovich Voronaev is of a central importance for the development of Pentecostalism in Communist Russia and its Eastern European satellites. Voronaev was saved in his early life in Russia and then became a powerful Baptist minister, but after being persecuted […]

SUHAILA KHOURY November 15, 2021 Suhaila Khoury, principal of the Aboud Elementary School, went to her eternal reward from the Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives, November 15, 2021. World Missions Director Dr. David M. Griffis and Assistant Director Dr. M. Thomas Propes extend their deepest sympathy in the loss of this fervent […]

Joseph Kagarama, regional superintendent of Eastern Region Africa, relates information regarding the Grace Orphanage in Uganda: “Another category of children brought to Grace Orphanage are abandoned children of unwanted pregnancies. These are classified as social orphans. “The home has many testimonies. A crippled, orphaned boy named John arrived some years ago. He was trained in […]

World Missions Director Dr. David M. Griffis and Assistant Director Dr. M. Thomas Propes were greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Pavel Abashin, Overseer of Belarus and Siberia, Russia. Having been appointed to serve as overseer in Orel, Russia, in 2000, Pavel also served as vice-overseer to Russia from 2004 until 2008. His […]

Cleveland, TN: Dr. M. Thomas Propes, Director of Church of God World Missions, and Assistant Director Dr. John D. Childers, today announced the formation of a church planting and church revitalization initiative outside the United States and Canada.  “If we are going to see a worldwide harvest of souls, we must do everything within our power to plant life-giving churches. …

Peter Thomas, field director for the Church of God in Africa, recently joined Christopher Sabale, prayer coordinator for Africa, along with other leaders in the nation of Botswana for the first-ever All Africa Day of Prayer. The call to prayer … Continue reading →

We are saddened to report that Rebecca Stephen Reddi, Pastor Jyothi Reddi’s mother, overseer of Andhra Pradesh, India, has passed away. She was the widow of former overseer Stephen Reddi, who also served as overseer of the Church of God in Andhra Pradesh. Dr. David M. Griffis, Director of World Missions, and Dr. M Thomas Propes, […]