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This announcement was sent to us by Jamison and Lauren Malcolm, the Evangelist and Women’s Ministry Leader in Philadelphia, PA (USA):

The One Year Challenge for the International Churches of Christ

An extract from the article on the Examiner.com is featured below:

   This encouraging announcement was sent to ICOC HotNews from Dr. John Oaks:  We are excited to announce registration is open for our seventh annual International Christian Evidence Conference.  The theme of the conference this year is Christianity and Culture.  We want to ask and to suggest answers to the questions where Christian life and teaching interacts with the broader culture.

   The Tucson Church of Christ was planted in September by a team of 25 disciples. Now, six months later, Evangelist Rob Skinner shared a brief update about how the church is taking root and growing.

After a one year hiatus due to the World Discipleship Conference in San Antonio, HOPE worldwide is pleased to announce the 2013 Global Summit. This year’s theme is “In His Steps” to be held May 2 - 5 in Reston, Virginia. The event will be three days of inspiration, fellowship, new ideas and examples of ways we can each follow in Jesus’ steps as we serve those in need at home and around the world.

HOPE worldwide has an immediate opening for a Disaster Case Management Coordinator at its Wayne, PA headquarters office. The primary role of this position is to promote and assist in the strategic development of disaster response, relief and preparedness programs in the U.S. and to coordinate volunteer mobilizations and call-ups.

Our video editor, Zach Fazio, is on location this week in Central America filming the good news from our churches in Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

We are excited to announce the First Celebration Service of the Warsaw Church of Christ.

God is calling our fellowship back to the capital of Poland, and we would love to have you join us!  Warsaw is home to over 2.7 million people! We are looking for anyone who would like to attend our very first service in this amazing city on June 30th!  The church planting will be led by Shawn and Lena Wooten, and the church by Sergey and Tanya Stanovski! 

The International Church of Christ in Singapore reached an important milestone on Sunday, February 24, as the first two Elders were appointed. Al and Gloria Baird from the Los Angeles church spearheaded the ceremony.

It was a Sunday to remember on February 17th as disciples from the Oshodi/Isolo region of International Church of Christ in Lagos, Nigeria gathered for a special worship service at the Nigerian Society for the Blind Center.