January 2006

The Osceola, Indiana, Grace Brethren church (Greg Serafino, pastor) has announced the addition to the church staff of Dave Knight as children’s pastor and Dan Kramer as youth pastor, effective immediately. The announcement said that Knight (pictured here with his wife, Sue) will fill the Associate Pastor position overseeing the Children’s Ministries, including all of […]

Jeff Bogue, national director for the 412 Commission program that provides a concentrated one-year Bible and ministry study program, reports that two additional sites will be opening in 2006-2007 year. Those sites are Goshen, Indiana, a Grace Brethren Church pastored by Jim Brown, and Lititz, Pennsylvania, a Grace Brethren Church pastored by Scott Distler. The

Pastor Jim Franklin of the Flora, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church, is looking for some good used hymnals. He says, “In an effort to upgrade our church services, I am thinking about replacing our Billy Sunday-era hymnals. These hymnals were bought in 1971.” He could use 70-75 hymnals in used but good condition, and would also

Romans: The Gospel of God’s Grace by Dr. Alva J. McClain has just been reissued by BMH Books in a new “facelift” updated format. The 253-page paperback consists of commentary on the Book of Romans culled from 40 years of teaching notes and edited by Herman A. Hoyt, who succeeded McClain as the president of

Many Grace Brethren people have been praying for the national church conference just concluded in the Central African Republic, with one of the main agenda items being the election of a president who will serve the union of churches for the next six years. Dr. Francois Ngoumape sent the following report this morning: “I just

A two-day prayer workshop featuring BMH Books authors Tammy Schultz and Roger Peugh (pictured) is being held at Grace Community Church on Old National Pike in Frederick, Maryland, (R. Greene, pastor) tonight and tomorrow. Friday evening’s events will be 6:30pm-9:00pm, beginning with a light dinner and then the seminar topic, “You Shall Always Eat At

The prayer workshop at the Frederick, Maryland, church this weekend is based on the book Transformed in His Presence: The Need For Prayer in Counseling by Roger Peugh and Tammy Schultz. More on the book is available at www.bmhbooks.com. 

Bob Pearson, pictured here with his wife, Sharon, will be ordained to the ministry this Sunday, January 15, at 3 p.m. at Crossroads Grace Brethren Church-Frankford on Leiper Street in Philadelphia, PA. Pearson is pastor of Crossroads GBC-Wissinoming, whose purpose is “to bring people to Jesus and membership in His family, to develop them to

Word was received today of the death on Wednesday, January 4, 2006, of Leanore “Jerry” Button, who served many years with her husband Bruce in Jewish evangelism. A feature story on Jerry, written by Barbara Hulse, was published in the September/October 2004 issue of FGBC World (past issues are archived at www.fgbcworld.com). Saved under the

Sherwood Lingenfelter, chairman of the board of Grace Brethren International Missions, recently spoke and participated in a national meeting to assess short-term mission activities. A portion of an explanatory article is reproduced here-to read the entire article click here. Lingenfelter has co-authored a book on training leaders for a national church-planting movement with Dr. Bobby