I have received word that gangs are vandalizing churches in Haiti. One of our own Churches of God (Holiness) was vandalized, ransacked, and everything that was inside, stolen. They even broke into the presbytery. One church leader wrote, “Surely we are living in the last days. No regards for the sanctuary. But God remains sovereign. He knows, He cares, He understands. We can trust Him in spite of everything.” Though the church has been destroyed, worship will continue to happ

Friday, June 6, was Missions Day at General Camp of the Churches of God (Holiness). In the World Missions portion of the morning service, Dr. Jim was joined onstage with reports from Board members Dwight Purtle and Paul Confer. Each reported how God is working in the Caribbean and in Bolivia, South America. Videos and reports were shared from many fields. That evening, Dr. Jim spoke in the missions rally. He gave a stirring challenge that ended with 45 individuals coming forw

You're invited to Ghana! This October, a mission team will be traveling to Ghana, led by Jere Gowin and Dr. Jim Lo. To learn more about this trip, contact us: https://www.coghworldmissions.org/response .

In nice weather, the translators at Tung sometimes worked outside in the shade and the breeze, which was quite nice! The last two weeks of May were good, but busy. While Christy and the boys were doing many of the end-of-school things at Ukarumpa, Larry was out in Buka doing a multi-purpose village trip. It started with making arrangements for the final segment of the Translators’ Training Course 1, which was planned for Kahule village, but no one had heard from them in quite

Pastor George Korah interprets for Jere Gowin in 2024. After Ruth Ann’s and my departure from Ghana in 2013, two additional churches were added to the work. The present Church has since thrived under the leadership of Pastor George Korah. This year, a local board was formed to lead the ministry for the COGH. A goal of the leaders is to locate and purchase land in Wa to establish a headquarters for the Church in Ghana. This would include a training facility which can double a

Jere and Ruth Ann Gowin, former missionaries to both Cayman Brac and Ghana, have been accepted as World Missions' first non-residential missionaries. ​A non-residential missionary assists Kingdom growth in another country by giving 2-3 weeks at least 2 times a year to live overseas. ​Non-residential missionaries are similar to residential/career missionaries in the way that they work to learn the local culture and seek to train and mentor believers. They also raise funds for