January 2005

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Billy Graham and Rick Warren, both Southern Baptists, hold the top two spots on a list of leaders who pastors say have the greatest influence on churches, according to a survey by The Barna Group. Barna asked the pastors to name three individuals whom they believe have the greatest influence on churches and […]

The Greatness of the Kingdom, Dr. Alva J. McClain’s penetrating analysis of the Kingdom of God as taught in both the Old and New Testaments, has just been republished in a handsome hardback, dust jacket edition by BMH Books of Winona Lake, IN. The 556-page masterwork, which retails for $24.99, is available online through www.bmhbooks.com

Leslie L. Chamberlain, Jr., 77, father of Grace Brethren Investment Foundation Executive Director Larry Chamberlain, died last evening, January 17, in Grace Village Retirement Center, Winona Lake, IN, where he resided. A native of Johnstown, PA, Chamberlain moved to Indiana in 1997. He was a U.S. Army veteran, and had retired from Bethlehem Steel Company

Lisa Gill (left) and Jill Dimatteo (right) were two of the several dozen young people who distributed small bags of sidewalk salt door-to-door in the Warsaw/Winona Lake, Indiana, neighborhoods this evening as part of “Dinner and a Ministry” at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. Each bag of sidewalk salt included a note which had church

“Dinner and a Ministry” is a once-a-month Sunday evening event at the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church. Modeled after Steve Sjogren’s concept of “servant evangelism,” the program is organized and directed by WLGBC associate pastor Bruce Barlow. Service teams do community outreach, work on the church building, write notes of encouragement, call shut-ins and

Today is the final day for the women’s GO team which has been ministering in Argentina. Excerpted here are some final comments by Miriam Pacheco (standing, at right), of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church, who is one of the team’s leaders. Additional information and photos may be found at www.womenofcharis.net. (photo from womenofcharis.net) Today we

Wayne Hannah, the GBIM director responsible for southeast Asia, is currently concluding a visit with Ted Rondeau to the area of Thailand most affected by the tsunami. He gives this gripping and optimistic report: As I write this, I am sitting in a hotel room of a half-demolished resort a few yards from the beach

Nine new term missionary candidates are involved in a week-long core training on GBIM’s vision and values at the Grace Brethren International Missions headquarters in Winona Lake, IN, this week. All have been approved for service and will now be raising support for their ministries in France, Argentina, Cambodia, Chad, and southeast Asia. Candidates include

Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church member Miriam Pacheco, who is currently in Argentina with a women’s GO Team on a short-term missions trip, sends this on-the-spot report which has been slightly edited. For a fuller report, lists of participants, and many photos, go to www.womenofcharis.net. MONDAY: God blessed us yesterday with some lovely, cooler

These are the songs most used by churches reporting to Christian Copyright Licensing Inc., for its most recent six-month reporting period: 1. Here I Am to Worship 2. Open the Eyes of My Heart 3. Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 4. Shout to the Lord 5. Come, Now is the Time to Worship