May 2005

BMH Books, Winona Lake, Indiana, is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of an exciting new book on personal evangelism by a Grace Brethren author. “How to Start a Kingdom Conversation” is by Dr. Duke Heller, a dentist from the Worthington, OH, Grace Brethren church, who has had a distinguished career both in […]

Dr. Duke Heller, well-known dentist and personal evangelist from the Worthington, OH, Grace Brethren Church, is the author of the newly-published “How to Start a Kingdom Conversation.” Copies may be obtained from www.bmhbooks.com or by calling (toll-free) 1-800-348-2756. 

Observant readers will note some new live-links in the left column of this blog template. Dr. Tim Boal, who is both president of the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers and also the new Executive Director of Grace Brethren North American Missions, is posting to both the GBNAM and the AGBM blogs. Check them regularly for

Grace College and Seminary school year concludes this weekend with commencement services this Saturday morning, May 7. Awards chapel was held April 28 and students publicly honored for their accomplishments over the past year included Scott Borchelt and Megan Walter, recipients of the Dean of Students Award, and Jennifer Brook and Nathan Zuck, who were

This obituary of a former Grace Brethren Church musician appears in today’s Toledo (OH) Blade newspaper: FINDLAY, OH – Betty Brauneller, a member of the Jericho Road gospel quartet who organized and promoted artists at the Lighthouse here as well as the Hancock County Fair, died Tuesday in Blanchard Valley Regional Health Center of complications

Today is the National Day of Prayer, ordered by an act of Congress 54 years ago, proclaimed by President George W. Bush, and supported by millions of Americans across the nation. While the National Day of Prayer, which falls on the first Thursday of May, is mostly a Judeo-Christian celebration, it invites the entire nation

For many years–particularly before the founding of Grace College–Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC was a feeder school for Grace Theological Seminary and men going into Grace Brethren pastorates. Today’s Washington Post carries a lengthy analysis article by Peter Carlson on recent changes at the school. A brief excerpt is reproduced here–to read the entire

The May/June 2005 issue of FGBC World, the connecting publication for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is now arriving in homes and churches of the Fellowship. Here are some promotional paragraphs you can use in church bulletins, newsletters, and websites to let people know it is available. WEEK 1 The May/June 2005 issue of

Many Grace Brethren churches are set to participate in Thursday’s National Day of Prayer activities in communities around the nation. Typical is the participation of Pastor Nicholas Philiposian of the Uniontown, PA, Grace Brethren church, as noted in this excerpt from a news item in the Uniontown, PA, Herald-Standard newspaper: This year’s theme is “God