tithe of tithes

In my denomination each local church pays a tithe of tithes (TOT) that totals 10% of the members’ tithes that come into the church. Half of that TOT goes to the state or regional offices and half of it goes to the international offices in Cleveland, Tennessee. Also, each church pays an additional 5% of [...]

the right translation

Dr. Mary Ruth Stone…

…who serves as the International Coordinator for Women’s Ministries in the Church of God, shares a devotion on the real power position to take as we prepare for the International General Assembly.
Given recent discussions in the blogosphere this seemed a particularly timely post.
Scripture
And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My [...]

a woman’s place in the cog

Some of the comments on the last post led me to start listing the things that a woman can and cannot do in the CoG as it currently stands. I suspect that a comprehensive list would be a provocative picture of how ludicrous our current position is. I can think of some, but it would [...]

what about women?

Lots of talk going on right now (especially here) about what needs to happen at the upcoming General Assembly for the CoG. There are definitely some significant items on  the agenda and everyone has an opinion on each of them. One item that has been conspicuously absent from most of the conversations I have seen [...]

is mississippi the center of evangelicalism?

how evangelism works

How did you become a Christian? Was it through a revival? Through an evangelistic crusade? Through Christian television? Probably not. Rick Joyner has been doing informal polls about this for some time now. He recently shared the following:
Last Sunday morning in one of our services, I polled those attending by asking the following questions:

How many [...]

the church that does it all