Lois Wilson Lois Wilson, longtime missionary to the Central African Republic, was one of the Grace Brethren International Missions personnel forced to evacuate the C.A.R. because of civil strife in November of 2002. Raised in a Christian home near Philadelphia, Lois first trained as a nurse, and then attended Grace College in Winona Lake, IN, […]
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John Jones, pastor of the Marion, OH, Grace Brethren church, displays one of the “Worldless Walking Sticks” and the accompanying brochure which members of his church use for outreach and witness at fairs and farm shows. (Ron Boehm photo)“It’s so exciting,” says Gary Beery of the Marion, OH, Grace Brethren Church. “It’s a great way
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by Laura Bloomingdale The fervor in his eyes belies his age as he speaks. “Faith is just a word until you practice it,” he says. “You just have to go.” Pastor Ed Jackson has learned many lessons over his remarkable 79 years. For him the most important one, though, is the most basic element of
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Grace Brethren adults and teens who wish to gather together for fellowship, learning, service, and networking will have three major opportunities this summer. Equip05, the adult annual conference will be held July 31-August 5 in Winona Lake, IN. The Brethren National Youth Conference, for teens and their leaders, will be July 23-29 at Cedarville University
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by Ashley Woodworth Randy Frazee Have you longed to connect with fellow church members on a deeper level, to get beyond the small talk, and to share life? Pastor Randy Frazee’s passion is connection, and his desire is to share his passion with others. Frazee, along with Eric Wright, will be teaching “The Connecting Church”
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Bob Arnold, originator and organizer of the leadership simulcast outreach sponsored by the Medina, OH, church, displays promotional literature used to advertise the seminar to community business leaders. Bob Arnold, an architect and lay leader in Shepherd’s Grace Church of Medina, OH, has found a unique way to reach out to business leaders in his
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Rick Clark wasn’t satisfied with the commercial Sunday School curriculum available for children. Believing that children should be systematically discipled in Scripture, he didn’t see any material with the scope and sequence he felt children needed. And none of the existing maDr. Rick Clark, pastor of the Pike Grace Brethren Church in Johnstown, PA, has
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Wayne Hannah (kneeling, left) and Ted Rondeau (standing, paid shirt, right) of the GBIM staff, joine with Campus Crusade for Christ Thai national director Enoch Sirikul in praying with a family who lost nine members in the tsunami. (photo courtesy GBIM) Upon hearing of the post-Christmas tsunami disaster in southeast Asia, Grace Brethren churches and
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