January 2007

Ken Seyfert, of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation, spiced up his presentation of GBIF’s year by wearing his Indianapolis Colts eyeshade, giving a subtle hint as to his favorite team in the upcoming SuperBowl. Friday was “national organization” day at the Focus Retreat, when representatives of Grace Brethren International Missions, CE National, Women of Grace […]

Pastor Larry Humberd of the Lehigh Valley Grace Brethren Church in Bethlehem, PA, took advantage of the afternoon break in the Fellowship Council meetings to call home. The three-day meeting concludes Saturday morning.

Grace Seminary professor Matt Harmon has used his blog to ask for guidance on studying and reading up on the Emerging/Emergent Church issue. He’s getting great participation–check out some of the responses at http://bibtheo.blogspot.com/2007/01/emerging-church-and-emergent-movement.html

From today’s Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram. Lou Huesmann is pastor of the Grace Brethren Church which meets at 36th and Linden in Long Beach. LONG BEACH – The first Community Forum and Resource Fair is scheduled for Saturday at Grace Brethren Church in Bixby Knolls. Mayor Bob Foster and City Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, who proposed

GBNAM church planter Clive Craigen, ministering in urban Chicago, sends along the following notice: In several weeks, CMA Resources (Neil Cole: author of Organic Church and Cultivating a Life for God and Mike Jentes) will be coming to Chicago for a weekend training on the organic church planting. There is a cost, but if you

Jim Pearson, author of the BMH book Minefields in the Marketplace, will be the speaker for this month’s “Men Following Christ” meeting in Warsaw, Indiana. BMH senior editor Jesse Deloe will accompany Pearson to assist with his autographing books and with the booktable following the talk. Here is the announcement: This month’s Men Following Christ

The FGBC is part of a coalition of six Brethren groups which trace their origin to Alexander Mack and Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1708. One project of the coalition is The Brethren Encyclopedia. BMH executive director Terry White serves on the group’s board as a representative of the FGBC, and GBIM’s Ted Rondeau, who will be

The following article from today’s Winchester (VA) Star newspaper quotes several of our Grace Brethren pastors regarding the use of church signs: The message is clear:Get thee to church By Teresa Dunham The Winchester Star Winchester — Summing up your faith in 48 letters or less isn’t easy. “It’s a big responsibility,” said Sue Ashley,

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) will be reporting later this week and next from the left coast. First up is the Fellowship Council, which is meeting at Seal Beach, California, enjoying the hospitality of Pastor Donald Shoemaker and his fine church. The Council includes the elected reps from around the country, as well as the four

One of the goals of this blog and of the all-Fellowship periodical FGBC World is to nurture Great Commission teamwork among the people and churches of the FGBC by sharing creative outreach ideas and transferable concepts in evangelism and discipleship. The recent outpouring of comments–favorable and unfavorable–to an idea a church in North Carolina is