New church launches that have benefited from the Matching Fund program are seeing strong returns on the investment in a number of areas.

The Chi Alpha group at Purdue University used a challenge by the Non-Theist Society at Purdue to present the gospel to them.

God answers a 25-year-old prayer when a chaplain in Texas leads an inmate from his hometown to salvation.

Chris and Ashley Duff of Houston, Pennsylvania, use couponing to help others. Recently, they won TLC's televised "Extreme Couponing" championship and were able to share their faith with many of the people involved in the show.

Global University participated in a commencement ceremony for Alex Hennis January 17, held at B.B. Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie, Louisiana. He is Global University's first Master of Arts graduate from a prison.

Included in this issue are the last words of John Thomas Boddy, editor of the Pentecostal Evangel (1919-1921), as well as articles by Robert McClay, R. E. McAlister and others.

The Assemblies of God has joined with the NAE in agreeing with the Roman Catholic Church's objection to a recent ruling regarding mandated insurance coverage of contraceptives (including those which can cause abortions), but offers only a very narrow exception for religious employers.

Prayer leaders from 12 denominations met in Orlando for the annual Denominational Prayer Leaders Network and National Prayer Committee meetings, held January 23-27 at the headquarters of Campus Crusade for Christ International.

Nearly two dozen Central Bible College students traveled to Joplin, Missouri, to work with Samaritan's Feet — washing needy people's feet and providing them with new shoes.

Denominations with common roots gathered recently to encourage unity in promoting purity/holiness through the power of the Holy Spirit.

First Assembly of God in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is giving away $100,000 to the Central Arkansas community this March to celebrate its 100th birthday.

In January, Northwest University began a series of student and faculty exchange agreements with top universities in Korea.

Jay Mooney, the national director of AG National Youth Ministries since 2005, has accepted an offer to become the director of AG Family Services in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Evangel University has reached a record spring enrollment for the second consecutive year, with 2,006 students enrolled.

The Ralph Riggs Scholarships are worth $30,000 each, but the deadline for high school seniors to get their applications in for this scholarship and eight other $5,000 scholarships is fast approaching.

Featured in this week's January 30, 1932, issue of the Pentecostal Evangel are articles by Florence J. Murcutt, Rachel Craig, Charles E. Robinson and others!

Jessica Buchanan, a 2007 graduate of Valley Forge Christian College (AG), has been held hostage for 3 months in Somalia. Earlier this week, Navy Seals rescued her and a coworker.

First Lt. David Johnson, a 2010 Evangel graduate, was killed in action on January 25, 2012, in Afghanistan.

Paul Edwin Finkenbinder, known throughout Latin America as "Hermano Pablo," passed away earlier this morning, Friday, January 27, 2012, in Irvine, California.

The Steering Committee met this week and discussed various facets of the consolidation of the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Central Bible College and Evangel University.