May 2005

Bob Steiger, who is from the Centerville, OH, Grace Brethren Church (Steve Makofka, pastor) has already spent time ministering in Chad, Africa, and is on his way back there to teach English, teach Bible, and other ministries. 

BMH Books proudly announces the release this week of a newly expanded and re-written commentary on the Gospel of Mark by Dr. Homer Kent Jr., former dean of Grace Theological Seminary, former president of Grace College and Seminary, and world-respected scholar of New Testament and Greek. Subtitled “The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,”

Needing some variety in a five-day course on church-planting, ACTS course instructor Dave Guiles subdivided the current 40 students taking the class into groups and assigned them to devise a creative way to demonstrate the biblical concept of the church as the body of Christ. This group used pantomime and music to show that all

This group used Play-Dough to demonstrate the concept of the various parts of the body of Christ articulating together. Other groups used parable, PowerPoint, drawing, rap, and drama. 

The Old Order German Baptist Brethren, a sister group to the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is currently meeting in Pennsylvania. The group, which traces its heritage to Alexander Mack and 1708 as does the FGBC, is one of six groups (along with the FGBC) which participates in the Brethren Encyclopedia Project. Here is an

The May 23, 2005 issue of BusinessWeek Magazine features a major section on evangelical churches in America. Geared to the business audience, the article is entitled, “Earthly Empires: How evangelical churches are borrowing from the business playbook.” Here is a brief excerpt from one of the lead articles. To read the entire article, click here.

Dave Guiles (standing, dark shirt), executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, began this morning teaching a five-day class on Apostolic Church-Planting Strategies in Winona Lake, Indiana. Approximately 40 are in the class, including a number of Hispanic church planters, Grace Brethren pastors from Iowa, Florida, California, Indiana and Ohio, and a variety of others

The following article appeared earlier this week in the Tracy, CA, Press newspaper. It gives a little more background on the planned pickets in Tracy on June 12, which includes the Grace Brethren Church of Tracy. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church apparently can’t get enough of what they see as Tracy ‘s dens of

This blog by YIE (Your Intrepid Editor) got a nice mention and tip-of-the-hat earlier this week from fellow blogger Ray Pritchard, who is senior pastor of Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, IL, and is a regular blogger on crosswalk.com. Pastor Ray’s blog is well worth reading, as is his newest book from Crossway, entitled

The Spring/Summer, 2005 issue of “Women’s Infoline,” the newsletter for women’s ministry and Women of Grace USA leaders, announces the awarding of two “Honor Her” scholarships to be used for involvement in short-term missions. Awarded by Women of Grace USA, the scholarships are designed to encourage young women in their desire to reach others with