THE RAPTURE IN TWENTY CENTURIES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION James F. Stitzinger Associate Professor of Historical Theology The coming of God’s Messiah deserves closer attention than it has often received. The future coming of the Messiah , called the “rapture,” is im minent, literal and visible, for all church saints, before the hour of testing, pre millennial, and, […]

Is your Church of God world missions money designated for Israel and Jerusalem going to Hamas sympathetic support. I bet it is! what do you think? “Christian charity loses two top donors after Israel charges Gaza director w. funding #Hamas https://t.co/QewAmDXLDH”

While it is hard to settle on the three major reasons for my belief in the pre-trib rapture, I think one of the greatest supports of the pre-trib view is the preponderance of evidence when everything is considered. While I believe there are some key evidences as I will illustrate below, its the overall impact […]

The top ten Sunday Schools in the COG in 1954: Tremont Ave, Greenville S.C. 835; North Cleveland, Tenn 613; Anderson S. C. 470; North Chattanooga 448; Alabama city, Ala 420; Tabernacle Detroit, Mich 396; Clayton Street Middletown, Oh 376; Whitwell, Tn 364; Dillon 353 source- Lighted Pathway Dec 1954 How has this changed in the […]

Think You Have a Strong Plan to Re-Open? Here’s What MOST Churches Are Missing (Based on conversations with 100+ pastors) I’m still surprised my team agreed to publish this… I’ve been thinking about (okay, stewing about) some things for the last few weeks. It’s probably an indication that I’ve spent way too much time on […]

Cleveland-North, Mark L. Williams $197,437.50 – 1,813 Knoxville-Park West, Gerald E. McGinnis $154,159.33 – 1,283 Ooltewah-Redemption Point Church, Kevin Wallace $136,673.76 Cleveland-Westmore, Kelvin Earl Page $115,190.44 – 1,069 Chattanooga-The Crossing, Terry Lee Harris $80,629.54 – 855 Chattanooga-City Church, Michael Ray Chapman $61,096.33 – 976 Cleveland-South, Edwin Dwayne Lipsey $55,833.79 – 599 Cleveland-Mt Olive, Gary Warren […]