Timeline Stories

Today, the Church of God has a presence in approximately 90 countries and territories around the world, and the constituency outside of the United States now exceeds 800,000 people—more than [...]

In June 2015, Global Missions changes its name to Global Strategy, an ongoing entity within Church of God Ministries.

Global Missions celebrates 100 years of organized cross-cultural mission administration with the Global Gathering at the North American Convention of the Church of God in June. Leaders from the [...]

At the International Youth Convention, organizers launch Spread the Word to encourage teenage giving and involvement in missions.

The Missionary Board of the Church of God is reorganized as the Global Missions department of Church of God Ministries, which was created from the merger of multiple national Church of God [...]

The Asian Church of God Conference, representing countries throughout Asia and the Pacific, forms. Today, this continues as the Asia-Pacific Church of God Conference, which meets biennially.

In 1980, the Church of God celebrated its centennial, 100 years of God’s work. By this time, the number of full-time missionaries with the Missionary Board had grown to 78. The Church of God had [...]

The Church of God congregations on the English-speaking islands of the Caribbean form the Caribbean-Atlantic Assembly of the Church of God. Today, 17 islands in the region participate.

A disaster fund becomes part of World Service budget, providing funds for suffering resulting from natural disaster and starvation.

The Foreign Missionary Board of the National Association integrates with the Missionary Board of the Church of God.