Today, Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the Church of God celebrates its 140th birthday. This day marks the anniversary of a small group of people responding to the call of a twenty-nine-year-old preacher by the name of R.G. Spurling. In a mill house along Barney Creek in Monroe County, Tennessee, they formed a congregation called “Christian Union,” which is considered to be the birth of the Church of God.
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Iranian Christians are increasingly struggling to survive as local businesses are operating at a limited level or not operating at all amid ongoing conflict in the country, according to an Iranian ministry.
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