Sevierville, TN – Dr. Shane Smith, Director of Business and Records for Smoky Mountain Children’s Home recently announced the local children’s home has once again received a prestigious award: the Four-Star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity evaluator.

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When Ed Van Buskirk, received the ‘green light’ from his bishop, The Most Rev. James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph to bring the Ten Commandments back in every classroom and church in his diocese, he knew he made the right decision selling his successful tech business in 2017 to devote his life’s work to sharing God’s truths as a solution for a Godless culture that’s hit an all-time low—both spiritually and morally.

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So many fathers today are adrift, uncertain how to connect with their daughters. There may be numerous reasons for this, but one would surely be that our culture offers little guidance to men on fatherhood, particularly when it comes to fathering daughters.

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Smoky Mountain Kidfest will be held in person at the Gatlinburg Convention Center on the weekend of April 30 – May 1, 2021. It will run concurrently with Church of God Winterfest, which is scheduled to take place at the Smokies Stadium near Sevierville, Tenn.

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April 9, 2021, marked the 115th anniversary of the great Azusa Street Revival of 1906. This historical revival—that many say 700 to 800 million Christians today can trace their spiritual roots back to—changed the world forever.

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Countless people across Texas are still suffering from the effects of the deep freeze that hit seven weeks ago: damaged roofs; burst water pipes; burned down homes; and more. Already struggling because of COVID shut-downs, many families cannot repair the damage. State Farm reported burst pipe claims rose from 79 in 2020 to over 29,000 this year.

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Sevierville, TN–After lingering pandemic issues, the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home was finally able to host its annual banquet at the Sevierville Convention Center. This year’s event was marked by a new award referred to as the Legacy Award. The first-ever recipient of the Legacy Award was former directors, Paul and Tannis Duncan.

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Rev. P. Douglas Small, director of Project Pray Pray, reports several prayer initiatives and activities are slated or have taken place across the nation.

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For 25 years, over 1 million people have experienced “The Thorn,” a live stage experience of movement arts and visual effects portraying Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection.

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Sevierville, TN–Over the past eighteen months, the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) has been involved in a wall-to-wall review of all of its programs by the Council on Accreditation, (COA) of New York. The organization also provides accreditation for the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. Recently the accrediting body announced that SMCH has officially received national accreditation for the next four years, through July 1, 2025.

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After a global pandemic that has lasted 15 months, Christians will travel to the exact center of the nation in mid-July from eight directions to pray for the nation in the middle of a cornfield. The “Prayer at the Heart of America” event will be held in the tiny town of Lebanon, Kansas—population 218—after caravans of intercessors arrive from eight points on the compass.

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Reno, NV–Since we (Nevada Family Alliance) released our call for body cameras in a Nevada school district, a nationwide outcry over political speech in the classroom has led us to join the fight on a national level.

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Sevierville, TN– A special service of dedication was held recently at the Moffett Dining Hall on the campus of the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home to celebrate several capital projects and the generosity of Ron and Betty Ogle of Sevierville.

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Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America and recently celebrities like Tom Brady, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Brene’ Brown have made headlines for their interest and love for the sport.

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A new study from Grey Matter Research and Infinity Concepts explores monthly partner giving among evangelical Protestants, and projects nearly $2.4 billion annually in dependable income could come from prospective monthly partners.

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