October 2005

The following article, by Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette writer Sarah A. Meisch, is reproduced to further explain the life and ministry of Robert Boze, who went to be with the Lord Monday. Robert L. Boze was many things – physician, missionary, pilot and avid bowhunter – but most important to those who knew him, Boze was […]

The following notice is from the Decatur, Indiana, newspaper: Dr. Robert L. Boze, 79, Berne, a well-known retired physician whose practice in Berne and elsewhere in Adams County lasted 45 years, died on Monday at 5:25 p.m. while hunting with a bow and arrow in a woods in Jay County. He was born in Adams

A group of Maryland newspapers is currently featuring an article on the growth and popularity of Christian schools. One of our Grace Brethren schools is featured prominently in the article, and here is a short excerpt. To read the entire article, click here. Gene Pinkard, headmaster at Lanham Christian School, which opened in 1977 as

Communion while kneeling at the foot of the cross was one of the last stops in an outdoor “progressive Brethren communion service” at the Central Focus Retreat held in Angola, Indiana, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The communion service, which was organized and conducted by the staff of Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana (Jim

Dr. Robert Boze, a leading layman in the Berne, Indiana, Bethel Brethren Church and former GBIM missionary to CAR, died in a hunting accident Monday afternoon near his home. After nearly 35 years as a family practitioner, Dr. Boze and wife Phoebe felt called of God to the CAR to fill an urgent need for

Pastor Ray Davis (at right, red jacket), of Trinity Grace Brethren Church in Northwood, Ohio (Toledo area), led a section of the Central Focus Retreat at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana. Pastors and church leaders attending the retreat are spending Monday evening, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning focusing on Psalm 119 under the leadership of

Members of the Brethren Encyclopedia Board, comprised of representatives from six Brethren groups tracing their common heritage to Alexander Mack in 1708, met Monday at Ashland Seminary. Among the agenda items discussed were the completion of volume 4 of the Brethren Encyclopedia, other monograph manuscripts being considered for publication, and plans for the 300th anniversary

Joan (Lesh) Hoke, Associate Director of Alumni Services at Grace College and Seminary, was recently elected and installed as the president of the local Kiwanis club in Warsaw, Indiana. In her work at Grace, Joan is responsible for providing administrative support to the Alumni Services Office of Grace College and Seminary. She plans, organizes, and

The board of directors of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company recently concluded its two-day meeting, held at Northwest Chapel in Dublin, Ohio, and hosted by Todd Scoles. The meeting began with a luncheon that included the pastor of the host church, Terry Hofecker, and his wife, Debbie. All board members were present, including newly-elected board

Iraqi lay pastor and church leader Maher Dakel, for whom Grace Brethren have been praying as “Pastor M” since his disappearance on September 12, is featured in the October 15 issue of WORLD magazine in an article by Mindy Belz (Mindy Belz photo of Dakel outside his Baghdad church building). Dakel was/is a key part