Hurricane Harvey is forecast to become a category 3 hurricane before its landfall later tonight or into early Saturday somewhere between Port O’Conner and Matagorda Bay, Texas. Weather forecasters are predicting a catastrophic and life-threatening landfall with 6 to 12 feet of flooding as more than…

Has this occured in your Church of God congregation: Initially, a small clique of church staff, possibly including the pastor or a new pastor, plans the change without telling the rest of the church membership. The church membership is not to be informed of the transition. If there are some in the church who voice […]

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On August 19, 1886, R.G. Spurling preached a message calling for reformation of the church and concluded with this invitation: “As many Christians as are here present that are desirous to be free from all men made creeds and traditions, and are willing to take the New Testament, or law of Christ, for your only […]

Dr. Harold Bare, pastor of the Covenant Church in Charlottesville, Virginia, the city where racial violence occurred over the weekend, spoke on Wednesday at the memorial service for Heather Hyer, who died when a self-proclaimed white supremacist rammed his car into a crowd of protesters.

What do you think of the ministerial title “Bishop”? Why did COG start using it?

I would like to think of this forum as a “safe-space” for people who love the COG and yet are disappointed with the present condition of the denomination. It is a safe haven from prosecution and persecution.