November 2004

Cary Church ‘Votes’ For President

Uncle Sam leads the way to the presidential voting booth at the Hope Community Church (Raleigh, NC) Fall Family Fun Festival. Among the many festival celebrations, early “voting” for the presidential candidates was a highlight as votes were cast based on candidate likes/dislikes (favorite treats, favorite sports, etc.), while their actual names were kept off

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Why Do Americans Romanticize the Amish?

There’s a very interesting and thought-provoking article in the October, 2004 issue of Washington Monthly by Sasha Issenberg entitled “The Simplest Life: Why Americans Romanticize the Amish.” Since the Grace Brethren have some common roots with the Amish, we are reproducing here the first several paragraphs with a link to the rest of the article.

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Columbus GBC in the Political News

The following article, featuring one of our Columbus churches, appeared in this morning’s San Francisco Chronicle: Candidates’ final appeal to sway a divided electorate ON THE OHIO TRAIL: Religious voters torn between candidates Zachary Coile, Chronicle Political Writer Monday, November 1, 2004 Westerville, Ohio — Inside Grace Brethren, an evangelical Christian mega-church in the suburbs

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