Ten Years Ago – 1995 – Dr. Randall Smith resigned at Ft. Lauderdale GBC to return to his Jerusalem-based ministry in Israel. (Presently, he is pastoring at Sebring, Fla.) – Dedication services were held April 2 for the new building at Community GBC in Goldendale, Wash., Greg Howell, pastor; and on April 9 for the […]
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Dr. Francis Schaeffer founded L’Abri shelter and study center in Switzerland 50 years ago this spring. Several Grace Brethren leaders reflect on how the L’Abri experience has impacted their ministry.It was 50 years ago–in 1955–that Christian theologian, Presbyterian pastor and apologist Francis Schaeffer and his wife opened a chalet in Huemoz, Switzerland, that became known
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With the Lord-Paul R. Bauman -Elener Norris Grossman Pastoral Staff/Church Changes 4:12 Commission Sites Readied All Hams Invited White Joins Encyclopedia Board Smoke and Roses Chaplain Honored as Instructor BMH to Service Ministers Hispanic Pastor Baptized With the Lord Dr. Paul R. Bauman went to be with the Lord February 8, 2005, in Amarillo, Texas,
Sarah Pratt (left), a recent art graduate of Grace College, is producing illustrations for the forthcoming BMH Books publication Heroes Who Live On, Vol. 2. Prof. Art Davis (right) is coordinating the new relationship between BMH Books and the college art department. Sarah is holding her illustrations of Dr. Orville Jobson (left) and W.A. and
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By Ashley Woodworth Gene Wood Is your church declining or has it stopped growing? If so, this year’s FGBC conference includes a class designed to equip your leaders to stop church decline and start development. “Leading Turnaround Churches,” taught by Gene Wood, will be offered at the Equip05 conference this summer in Winona Lake, IN,
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Interest is high, and registrations are strong for Equip05, the national equipping conference for Grace Brethren people to be held in Winona Lake, IN, this July 31-August 5. Many are registering for courses that yield seminary credit, and others are simply choosing topics and workshops that will be helpful in all aspects of church ministry,
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By Kary Oberbrunner The DRIVEN committee recently met at Kenyon College in Ohio to put the finishing touches on this summer’s first-ever young adult conference. Online and mail-in registrations are coming in at a steady pace. A buzz of excitement is filling the Fellowship. Here are the top 12 reasons why you should come: 12.
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Remember the story about the little boy who owned his boat twice-once because he built it, and the second time because he bought it back? That’s about what happened to the Grace Brethren congregation in Auburn, California. They built a beautiful new building. Then, bowing to financial pressures, they had to relinquish it. Now, due
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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 the destruction of so many Bibles and Christian literature during recent uprisings, in some cases as many as six Bible school students have been sharing one Bible. Missionary Jim
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By Greg Burgess Pastor Dounia Marc, who once headed a thriving literature ministry in the Central African Republic, is now the lone survivor after Grace Brethren printing materials and facilities were destroyed in the recent war. He is seeking to revive the literature operation and begin printing again. (Jim Hocking photo) The literature work in
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