November 2004

Larry Downs Joins Nelson Spanish Publishing Unit

Larry Downs, a 1986 Grace College graduate, has left his job as president of Editorial Unilit to become vice president of Caribe-Betania Editores, the Spanish publishing imprint of Thomas Nelson. Caribe-Betania is a Spanish publishing industry leader providing books based in core Christian values. The Spanish book market generates approximately $1.5 billion in annual sales …

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Waterloo Kids Learn About God After School

Today’s newspaper from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls, Iowa, area carries a story about after-school Bible clubs and mentions several Grace Brethren women (Vivian Weimer and Rita Kehoe) who are involved. Here is a short excerpt–the entire story may be read by clicking here. Students Learning About God After School By TINA HINZ, For the Courier With …

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Richard Holmes, Former Grace Board Member, Dies

Richard Holmes, 80, former long-time member of the Grace College and Seminary board, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 21 following a two-month-long illness. Holmes served a total of 34 years on the college and seminary board, beginning in 1960 and continuing through the administrations of all five of the schools’ presidents …

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Former BMH Editor, General Manager Charles Turner Dies

Former BMH editor and general manager Charles Turner, 78, was found dead in his Winona Lake, Indiana, home Saturday afternoon, apparently from a heart attack. Turner, who was pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Rittman, Ohio, from 1957-1971, took over the Brethren Missionary Herald Company in Winona Lake in 1971. Turner steered BMH through …

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Miriam Uphouse Weds David Christensen

Miriam Uphouse, former Dean of Women at Grace College, today wed David Christensen in a ceremony at Winona Lake (Ind.) Grace Brethren Church conducted by Pastor John Teevan. Mrs. Uphouse, 87, had known David Christensen, 89, since their college days together in Philadelphia. Each had previously lost a spouse to death, and many of their …

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Boat Auction Raises Nearly $14K for Chicago Urban Ministry

Clive Craigen (pictured, with boat), director of the Chicago Urban Encounter ministry under the direction of Grace Brethren North American Missions, recently reported that $13,750 has been realized from a boat auction conducted this fall to support the ministry. Seven donated watercraft were sold, some at the site of the sale in September and some …

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CT is ‘Shaken Up by the Peace-Lovers’

Chris Armstrong, one of the editors and writers at Christianity Today magazine, shares his thoughts as the CTI staff was preparing the current special issue which focuses on some of the Anabaptist groups that figure in the history of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. His comments include: Our hosts at the center— Steve [Scott, …

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Sproul Appoints New Ligonier President

R.C. Sproul, founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries, a Christian educational ministry located in Orlando, Florida, has appointed Timothy A. Dick to succeed him as president of Ligonier Ministries effective immediately. “I am proud and excited to announce that Tim Dick has been promoted from executive vice president to president of Ligonier Ministries. This move …

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