April 2006

Clive Craigen, who has been a career missionary in Chicago with Grace Brethren North American Missions (GBNAM), has been appointed to the full-time position of Assistant Professor of World Missions in Urban Ministry at Moody Bible Institute effective July 1, 2006. Craigen has served full-time with GBNAM since May 2000, leading the world-class city initiative […]

Baptist Press News today carried this report of an outreach conducted by Shadow Mountain Community Church, pastored by Grace Seminary alumnus David Jeremiah: EL CAJON, Calif. (BP)–Carrying a gift, 1,700 members of Shadow Mountain Community Church fanned out across the city of El Cajon two by two on a mission to distribute a Bible to

The Osceola, IN, Grace Brethren Church will be hosting a simulcast “Maximum Impact Seminar” on Friday, May 5, and Pastor Greg Serafino invites all to attend. Serafino describes the event as “a LIVE international simulcast called Maximum Impact: 360° The Measure of a Leader: Inspirational giants like Dave Ramsey, Tim Sanders, Patrick Lencioni, Kathy Ireland,

Todd Scoles (center), senior associate pastor at Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren Fellowship in Dublin, OH, yesterday successfully defended his dissertation for the Doctor of Ministry degree at Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, OH. At left is Pastor Jim Custer and at right is Dr. David Plaster, members of the examining team. Scoles’ dissertation is entitled “The

Best-selling Christian suspense novelist and avid surfer T. Davis Bunn was seriously injured when a shark bit both his feet in an attack off the coast of Melbourne, FL, this past week. Bunn swam back to shore and was aided by surfers in the area. His injuries required more than 120 stitches. He’s expected to

Kim Cooke (pictured here with her husband, Kelvin), pastor’s wife from the Grace Brethren Church of Waterloo, Iowa, recently had major heart surgery. Here are edited excerpts from updates sent out by her mother, Sherrie Clingenpeel. (photo at Grace Homecoming05 by Ruth Clingenpeel Williams) Kim spoke with the surgeon, who informed her that the aneurysm

Today’s Altoona, PA, Mirror newspaper carries a wrapup article of people and organizations in the Altoona region who have helped with hurricane relief efforts. One of the churches cited is the Martinsburg (PA) Grace Brethren Church (Jim Laird, pastor). Here is a short excerpt–to see the entire article click here. Since last October, teams of

The blogosphere is now 60 times larger than it was three years ago. Technorati.com now tracks 35 million blogs, with a new blog being created every second of every day. The Boston Globe currently has an article on the eight great career benefits of blogging. Here is a short excerpt—to read the entire article click

Grace Theological Seminary announced this week that Dr. Christy Morr (pictured) will join the school’s full-time faculty, effective this fall, as Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation and Women’s Ministries. Originally from the Ashland, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church, Dr. Morr is a graduate of Wheaton College (B.A.), Talbot School of Theology (M.A.) and her Ph.D. is

Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, Indiana, was packed Thursday evening, April 20, to hear Michael Reagan, eldest son of the President Ronald Reagan. His presentation is the latest in the American Lyceum Lecture Series sponsored by Grace College, Grace Theological Seminary, and The Village at Winona. Michael Reagan is host of his own nationally syndicated