April 2005

An all-day coloring party was held today in Winona Lake, Indiana, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., with an open invitation to anyone who wished to participate in coloring Sango literacy charts for use in Africa. The charts, which are being prepared under the direction of GBIM missionary Barb Wooler, will be laminated and used […]

Members of the Board of Directors of the Brethren Encyclopedia Project, representing six branches of Brethren groups tracing their heritage to Alexander Mack, met today at Ashland (OH) Seminary for their semi-annual meeting. Groups represented include Old German Baptist Brethren, Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Church of the Brethren, The Brethren Church (Ashland), Conservative Grace

A critical shortage of Bibles in the Central African Republic has recently come to light. Because of the collapse of a previous Bible distribution system, and because of the destruction of so many Bibles and Christian literature during recent uprisings, in some cases as many as six Bible school students have been having to share

Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation which meets on the southwest corner of Goshen, Indiana, this morning had a dedication service for its new 600-seat auditorium and multipurpose facility. Today was the congregation’s second Sunday in its new facility, according to Pastor Jim Brown. 

Pastor Jim Brown (black shirt, kneeling on platform), led the Goshen congregation and guests in a prayer of dedication for their new building Sunday morning. He prayed that the building would enable the Goshen church family to reach “thousands” with the saving message of the gospel. 

This morning’s Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette newspaper announces that Grace College basketball coach Jim Kessler, who recently won his 500th career game, has been named the winner of the 2004-2005 Coach of Character Award by the NAIA. Kessler, who is currently in his 28th year at the Indiana college, is the first recipient of the

The Goshen, Indiana, congregation of Grace Community Church (Jim Brown, pastor), will dedicate its new building tomorrow, April 3, in the 10:30 a.m. service. The church has been blessed with recent growth—1,263 people were in attendance on Easter Sunday and 25 people gave their lives to Christ on that day. Pastor Jim Brown described the

A special farewell service will be held tomorrow morning at the Grace Brethren Church of Chico, CA, for Rev. George and Lorraine Link, after 55 years of ministry. Link has been pastoral care pastor at the Chico congregation. Pastor Rick Boswell will speak on, “A Man After God’s Own Heart.” An 11 a.m. luncheon follows

LYNCHBURG, Va. (BP)–Jerry Falwell remained in serious but stable condition March 31 but was showing improvement and even sitting in an armchair talking to family members and grandchildren, hospital officials said in a statement. Falwell, 71, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital in Virginia late March 28 after having difficulty breathing. He initially was listed