C. Policy Regarding Succession in Office of Elected Persons Persons elected to an international, state/regional, or local position serve in their respective elective office until their successor is named, unless there has been a death or a person has been involuntarily removed, or voluntarily resigned. In extenuating unusual circumstances, including but not limited to the […]

In 2007 URI celebrated its 10th anniversary in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  On the far-right is Jorge Mario Bergoglio Question: What explains the love affair going on between the Vicar of Christ on earth and the modern executioners of his Mystical Body in the media?  The Rolling Stone magazine cover, Time magazine’s ‘Person […]

Jerry Pillay | Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa   ABSTRACT This article traces the historical impact of the church in transforming, developing and changing society. It looks at how the church in selected periods in history, mainly in the reformation era, worked towards the transformation […]

The newly-elected Church of God International Executive Council is in session this week at the International Offices in Cleveland, Tennessee. The Council of Eighteen, combined with the five-member Executive Committee and representatives from South Afri…

Your email inbox is someone else’s agenda for your day Being E-Ready Every Minute of the Day We all feel the pull of technology, but all the research tells us that for the sake of our mental health, we need to push back a little. Smart people know that having a fulfilling life means having […]

This comment was written by Bishop Nick Park and pretty much passed in 2012, but is still worth reading through. Full text of accepted changed could be found on p. 140 of the Church of God 2012 Minutes.  In 2012 Bishop Park wrote: Here’s another motion that will be debated at the Church of God […]

Ain’t nothing like listening to them old songs being sung by our awesome Church of God choirs! Love those old hymns and convention songs! Those songs have an anointing these newer songs will never have!