Weekly Update Library

May 30, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Mr. Richard Ames continues to gain strength and is doing well in rehab. We are all looking forward to his return to work shortly. Mr. Tyler reported on riots in New Caledonia. The local Kanak people, who want independence from France, are angry with the government over new…

May 23, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,We held a ministerial conference online on Wednesday where we discussed a number of items pertaining to the Church. One was baptism. Over the last couple of decades, we have seen a number of oddities creep into baptism requests and ceremonies. Some people want to dictate to…

May 16, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,This has been a busy week here in Charlotte, with three days of meetings with our Council of Elders. It is always enjoyable to hear how things are going around the world. And it is stimulating to engage in discussions on how we can better spread the good news of Christ’s…

May 9, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,People sometimes ask how many congregations and ministers there are in the Living Church of God, so here is an update. We have 430 local congregations in 67 countries. These congregations are served by 259 ministers who reside in 30 countries. This means that 37 countries…

April 18, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Passover and Unleavened Bread are now upon us. How many more Passovers will we have before Christ returns? The events of the last four years are sobering—a pandemic with all the disruption it brought, inflation, violent crime and demonstrations in our streets, weather…

April 11, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,This week, Mr. Ames’ telecast on “The ‘Good News’ Gospel!” was dubbed and posted in French as “L’Evangile de la ‘bonne nouvelle’,” offering the booklet The World Ahead: What Will It Be Like? Mr. Christo Botha reported from South Africa that in some areas of the…

April 4, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Passover is Sunday evening, April 21, now about two weeks away. How future planned days and events sneak up on us! We are instructed to examine ourselves in preparation for Passover—the memorial of the death of the Son of God on our behalf (1 Corinthians 11:28). We…

March 28, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,We began sending out acceptances to teens and staff who have applied to attend the Texas Teen Camp this July. If you are interested in attending, please get your application in as soon as possible. We have also accepted 18 students for the Living Education Onsite Program.…

March 21, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Mr. Jacob Hall will be leaving a hole in our television editing staff where he has served as the senior editor for several years. He will be taking up a new responsibility as a ministerial trainee in Canada. The Canadian office is looking forward to welcoming Mr. Hall and…

March 14, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,For those who do not have access to the weekly video update, I want to pass along two of the statistics reported there. There were 2,307 orders for Lesson One of the Bible Study Course last week, and February saw 245 GOTOs—individuals who ask about baptism, counsel…

March 7, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,We would like to test Dr. Wilner Pierre’s newly recorded 15-minute radio programs by airing them five days a week in French-speaking Africa. Unlike television, radio needs daily airings to effectively build a following. Our goal is to use these programs to direct people to…

February 29, 2024

Greetings from Charlotte,Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Weston are traveling with Mr. Mario Hernandez and Mr. and Mrs. Cristian Orrego in South America this week. They spent time with brethren in Chile and in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and by now should be in Buenos Aires. We are looking forward to their…