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Asia, Australia, and Oceania

Asia Leadership Conference 2025: United in Spirit, Advancing in Mission

From September 9–11, 2025, national bishops, pastors, and leaders from 19 Asian nations gathered in Singapore for the Asia Leadership Conference, three Spirit-filled days of

September 26, 2025

Center for Biblical Leadership

Discipleship: A Commitment to Our Transformation

Jesus Know His Disciples | Part 2 The objective in Part 2 of this series deals with Jesus’s knowledge of those whom he calls. It

September 23, 2025

Heritage Ministries

All Nations Church: A Church for All People of Every Tribe and Tongue

Our church, from its earliest inception, has been a church for all people. Founded on a holiness theology by earnest seekers of the true church

September 22, 2025

Spirit and Life Seminary

Spirit and Life Seminary Approved for Participation in NC-SARA

Spirit and Life Seminary (SLS) is pleased to announce that on September 9, 2025, it received official notification from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission confirming

September 19, 2025

Global Missions

One Child Fund: School Tuition Thanks

School Tuition Thanks At the beginning of June, we sent much-needed school tuition funds to all our orphanages that have school-aged children. In this newsletter,

September 19, 2025

Ambassadors On Mission

This article launches the first installment of a recurring column offered throughout the year by Global Communications. It is designed to equip pastors and leaders

September 18, 2025

Africa

Expanding God’s Kingdom: Church of God of Prophecy’s Ministry in Africa

Bishop James Kolawole reports on COGOP’s growth in Africa—church planting, leadership, land acquisitions, and ministry impact in seven nations.

March 11, 2025

South America

South America’s Mission Impact: Growth, Discipleship, and Church Planting

Explore South America’s mission efforts—church growth, conventions, youth ministry, and evangelism—advancing the Church of God of Prophecy’s gospel mission.

March 11, 2025

North America

Celebrating God’s Work through the Multiply 2030 Initiative

The North America Multiply 2030 Initiative celebrates 28 new missions and 50 congregations, advancing church planting, leadership training, and outreach.

April 1, 2025

Asia, Australia, and Oceania

Asia Leadership Conference 2025: United in Spirit, Advancing in Mission

From September 9–11, 2025, national bishops, pastors, and leaders from 19 Asian nations gathered in Singapore for the Asia Leadership Conference, three Spirit-filled days of

September 26, 2025

Asia, Australia, and Oceania

Nepal’s First Youth Conference: A Mission of Faith and Revival

A multinational team held Nepal’s first youth conference, offering spiritual support, mental health resources, and Bibles to 400+ young people.

March 11, 2025

Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands

Authentic Men Making The Mission Possible

A clarion call for authentic kingdom men to respond with alacrity activated the mission for the National Men’s Ministry Jamaica, Authentic Men Conference. The conference

August 27, 2025

Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands

Training for the Mission: Jamaica Celebrates Christian Education Week

The Christian Education Development Unit (CEDU) of the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) Jamaica, celebrated Christian Education Week during the period 1-7 June 2025.

June 25, 2025

Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands

Advancing the Mission: Caribbean and Atlantic Island Updates

COGOP Caribbean updates: leadership changes in The Bahamas, church dedication in Anguilla, and construction in Cayman Islands, showcasing faith and growth.

March 11, 2025

Wider Europe

The Daughters Podcast from Langen, Germany COGOP Reaches the World

Spirit-led podcast shares testimonies of transformed lives, spreading hope from Germany to listeners worldwide.

May 8, 2025

Wider Europe

Faith in Action: Advancing the Kingdom Across Europe and the Middle East

COGOP in Wider Europe and the Middle East grows spiritually, expanding ministries and serving communities despite war, economic hardship, and social challenges.

March 11, 2025

Wider Europe

Ministry Update on Ukraine

COGOP Ukraine shares powerful stories of faith, resilience, and miracles amid adversity, shining light in the darkest times.

March 11, 2025

National News

Forward Together: Ohio and West Virginia Camp Meeting

The 2025 Ohio/West Virginia Regional Camp Meeting, held July 25–27 in Charleston, West Virginia, was a powerful gathering marked by deep spiritual renewal, generational empowerment,

July 31, 2025

Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands

Training for the Mission: Jamaica Celebrates Christian Education Week

The Christian Education Development Unit (CEDU) of the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) Jamaica, celebrated Christian Education Week during the period 1-7 June 2025.

June 25, 2025

Global Communications

Global Communications Launches “Amplify:” An Intensive for Small Church Communicators

The Church of God of Prophecy’s Division of Global Communications is launching an exciting, new training initiative designed specifically for pastors and ministry leaders of

June 9, 2025

Global Communications

Global Communications Announces Centennial Recognition Program

Honoring 100 Years of Local Church Ministry

April 1, 2025

Global Communications

Creation of Division of Global Communications

Bishop Coalter launches Global Communications to expand outreach through modern tools, collaboration, and multilingual strategies for a unified church mission.

January 17, 2025

Center for Biblical Leadership

Discipleship: A Commitment to Our Transformation

Jesus Know His Disciples | Part 2 The objective in Part 2 of this series deals with Jesus’s knowledge of those whom he calls. It

September 23, 2025

Spirit and Life Seminary

Spirit and Life Seminary Approved for Participation in NC-SARA

Spirit and Life Seminary (SLS) is pleased to announce that on September 9, 2025, it received official notification from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission confirming

September 19, 2025

Spirit and Life Seminary

Spirit and Life Seminary Celebrates Fourth Commencement Ceremony

Seventeen Graduates Honored; Alma Mater Introduced and Special Awards Given

May 22, 2025

Spirit and Life Seminary

Spirit and Life Seminary Awarded $21,000 Capacity Building Subgrant

Spirit and Life Seminary receives $21,000 grant to enhance distance education and theological training programs.

May 8, 2025

Spirit and Life Seminary

Spirit and Life Seminary Achieves Accreditation by TRACS

Spirit and Life Seminary has reached a historic milestone by achieving accreditation through the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.

May 1, 2025

Heritage Ministries

All Nations Church: A Church for All People of Every Tribe and Tongue

Our church, from its earliest inception, has been a church for all people. Founded on a holiness theology by earnest seekers of the true church

September 22, 2025

Stewardship

In the Beginning, There Was Stewardship

If our immediate response to the word “stewardship” is to reach for our wallets, we haven’t understood it yet.

April 24, 2025

Fields of the Wood

Support Fields of the Wood: Help Us Rebuild After the Fire

A November 2024 fire at Fields of the Wood destroyed key facilities, prompting urgent calls for donations and volunteers to rebuild.

March 5, 2025

Global Missions

One Child Fund: School Tuition Thanks

School Tuition Thanks At the beginning of June, we sent much-needed school tuition funds to all our orphanages that have school-aged children. In this newsletter,

September 19, 2025

Global Missions

On Mission: Unwavering

Rev. Cathy Payne’s On Mission: Unwavering showcases believers’ steadfast faith, linking biblical heroes to modern leaders facing persecution and hardship.

March 11, 2025

Children's Ministries

Build to Last a Lifetime in Delaware – Children’s Ministry Training

Children’s ministry leaders from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Spanish Region gathered in Delaware for Build to Last a Lifetime, a bilingual one-day training intensive that reignited enthusiasm for ministry growth, equipping leaders with essential skills and resources in a collaborative and well-supported environment.

March 5, 2025

Children's Ministries

Children’s Ministries Kicks Off 2024 in Indonesia

International Children’s Ministries launched 2024 in Indonesia, equipping leaders, parents, and children through training, revival, outreach, and an orphanage visit.

March 5, 2025

Children's Ministries

The Prophetic Call to Disciple Our Children

Family discipleship connects the church’s mission to parents, equipping families to nurture lasting faith in children despite cultural challenges.

January 17, 2025

Children's Ministries

Children’s Ministry for Today’s Church

Child discipleship helps kids belong, believe, and become like Jesus through loving relationships and the Holy Spirit’s power.

January 17, 2025

Ambassadors On Mission

This article launches the first installment of a recurring column offered throughout the year by Global Communications. It is designed to equip pastors and leaders

September 18, 2025

This is My Story

Living Word

Many Bible verses speak on the authority of the Word of God. When we declare it in faith, there is a weight, a substance, and

September 17, 2025

The Pastor’s Table

Technology in Ministry: Are We Using It and What Are We Doing with It?

I was 13 or 14 when I noticed the trucks and vans with the futuristic satellite equipment outside the General Assembly tabernacle. I was on

September 15, 2025

Pentecostal Perspective

Social Justice and the Great Commission

Two Sides of the Same Mission When Jesus gave his followers the Great Commission—“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19 NKJV)—he

September 12, 2025

“I Was Hungry, and You Gave Me Something to Eat”

We are, without a doubt, commanded to proclaim the gospel to everyone. It is our ultimate calling to be witnesses to the power and love

September 11, 2025

The Great Commission is Relational

The Lord’s words in Matthew 28:19 are beautifully transcendent. Jesus requires the gospel to flex its muscles through us. The Great Commission releases us into

September 10, 2025

Presiding Bishop

Second Chances – God’s Grace Rewrites Our Story

God’s grace rewrites our story—He is the God of do-overs.

March 6, 2025

Articles & News

Facing Forward

Social Justice as Part of the Great Commission

The Great Commission is not a suggestion—it is a divine mandate. Jesus’ command in Matthew 28:19–20 to “go and make disciples of all nations” has always been central to our mission. But what if we understood this mission more fully, not only as proclamation, but as demonstration? What if the

September 8, 2025

Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean Islands

Authentic Men Making The Mission Possible

A clarion call for authentic kingdom men to respond with alacrity activated the mission for the National Men’s Ministry Jamaica, Authentic Men Conference. The conference conceptualized by our National Men’s Ministry Director Minister Patrick Smith and executed by a dynamic supporting team was convened on 29 March 2025 and 26

August 27, 2025

Facing Forward

On Mission: Holistic Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. —Colossians 1:27 NIV (emphasis added) In a world that desperately needs hope, Jesus is that hope, and we carry him with us. There is an

August 22, 2025

Departmental

Discipleship: A Commitment to Our Transformation

Introduction What is transformational discipleship? Is discipleship a momentary event or a lifelong commitment? Discipleship involves the relationship between a teacher who imparts their knowledge, experiences, and lifeexperiences to students who are willing to learn. The definition of disciple is “one who learns knowledge under theguidance of a teacher.”[1] The

August 21, 2025

Departmental

Stewardship at Home Is Proportionate to Stewardship in the Church

When I first applied for my license as a minister in the Church of God of Prophecy in 1988, one of the questionnaires asked something like this: “Do you let your children run in the church during service?” The premise of the question is from 1 Timothy 3:4–5 (NKJV), which

August 21, 2025

Departmental

Leading Beyond Influence

“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5 KJV; see also vv. 3–8). Many authors and speakers have correctly noted that leadership is influence; the ability to motivate people to action without force or demand. We know this is true, and we see this

August 20, 2025