February 2007

The following article appeared in today’s Dayton (OH) Daily News. Betty Judd is a member of Community Grace Brethren Church in West Milton (Steve Peters, pastor). According to one member of the church, “Betty is a very special lady and is fulfilling a long-awaited desire to serve God in Africa. The interesting thing is that […]

Today’s edition of the “Grace Connection” e-newsletter from Grace College and Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana (connect@grace.edu), announces that congratulations are in order for two Grace College faculty members. Jim Swanson (pictured), associate vice president of student affairs, earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership: Higher Education, from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December

The Happy Church in Jackson, Kentucky (Mike Tabor, pastor) closed on a deal February 5 to purchase a parcel of land on the Kentucky River with three structures: a church building and two homes. The Grace Brethren church began just four years ago in a family’s basement, grew to a storefront where they have met

The Grace Brethren Church of Lanham, MD, (Paul Mutchler, pastor) recently commissioned Danny and Deborah Long to conduct missionary work in western Asia. Shown in the photo, from left, are Pastor Paul Mutchler, Elder/Headmaster Gene Pinkard, Danny, Deborah, and son Daniel Long, plus other elders and representatives from other supporting churches. Both Danny and Deborah

Pastor Randy Smith of the Sebring, Florida, Grace Brethren Church and his students at the Great Commission Bible Institute at his church are currently involved in tornado relief at Lady Lake. Here are their reports today of what they are seeing and experiencing:The tornado that tore through Lady Lake devastated the lives of many, but

BMH Books’ most newly-published author is Kary Oberbrunner (right), from our Powell, Ohio, Grace Brethren church, shown here with BMH senior editor Jesse Deloe (left). Kary came to Winona Lake to pick up his authors’ copies last week and has some very nice things to say about BMH books on his blog at http://rtdministry.blogspot.com/2007/02/bunch-of-books.html It

Wayne Guthrie, former bookkeeper for the Brethren Missionary Herald Company, Winona Lake, Ind., died January 29, 2007, in Costa Mesa, Calif. at the age of 92. Guthrie joined the staff of BMH in 1958 and retired in 1976. For the last 20 years, he had resided with his niece, Jean Loback. He was cremated, and

Four Views of War – BMH’s Best-Kept Secret It’s slowly dawning on us that BMH Books has a very important and relevant book which very few people know about. These days when the Iraq War is such a big topic, many are wondering, “What does the Bible really say about war?” They are asking important

Called: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be, a new BMH Book by Ohio pastor Kary Oberbrunner, reminds believers that living the life of a Christian is more than just accepting Jesus into their hearts, it is also following Him every day. The book was released this week by BMH Books of Winona Lake, Ind.

Men of all ages are invited to join together for a weekend of fellowship, teaching, and activities at the Southern California/Arizona “High Impact Men’s Conference” to be held at Pine Summit in Big Bear, California, the dates of May 4-6, 2007. Activities will include ropes course, zip line, paint ball, volleyball tournament, soccer, frisbee golf,