The following is excerpted from a posting today on a weblog by Christianity Today, Inc.: Two days after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech, many questions remain unanswered. Among them are questions about Cho Seung-Hui’s personal religious beliefs and his attitude toward Christians. The few details that have emerged in the press so far seem […]
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Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, is hosting a Symposium on Tuesday evening, April 24, on the topic, “Old Wine in New Wineskins: Can and Should We Read the Old Testament the Way the New Testament Authors Did?” Dr. Matt Harmon (pictured), associate professor of New Testament, will be the featured speaker. Harmon received
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From today’s Concord, New Hampshire, Monitor: The New Hampton School was reeling yesterday after a 20-year-old student from Cameroon died Monday night; he collapsed during a pickup basketball game in the school gymnasium. Guy Alang Ntang, a 6-foot-7 forward who was completing a postgraduate year at New Hampton, had signed a letter of intent to
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A number of pastors from Ohio Grace Brethren churches are meeting today at Southwest Grace Brethren Church in Grove City, Ohio, to plan church planting throughout Ohio. Pastor Tony Webb and Ron Boehm are leading the discussion at the All-Ohio Micropolitan Church Planting Gathering. New church locations include Grove City, Plant City, Ashland, New Albany,
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Dr. Francois Ngoumape (pictured), who directs the Grace Brethren Bible schools and seminary program in the Central African Republic, sends along the following update and prayer request: I am writing from Bata to thank you all for your prayers for us while we traveled back to Bata. I am thinking about the end times, where
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Pastor James Burke of the Grace Brethren Church in Riner, Virginia (Roanoke area) is one of our Grace Brethren pastors closest to the site of the Virginia Tech tragedy.When asked whether there are specific ways the Fellowship can be praying for people in their area, James responded with this note: Thank you for your prayers
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From Pastor Jim Franklin of the Flora, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church: On April 10, 1983, Steve Ogle and Ramona Couch were married at Herbst United Methodist Church, near Converse IN. There was a foot of snow on the ground. The happy couple eventually located near Flora IN and raised three children. They joined the Flora
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The Board of Directors of the Brethren Encyclopedia and the board associates met yesterday in the archaeology room of Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio, to conduct the board’s spring business and to firm up joint plans for the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Brethren movement, to be celebrated in Schwarzenau, Germany, in
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Every year the Wooster, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Robert Fetterhoff, pastor) seeks to make a difference in the lives of needy people in its community by giving away a box of food during the Easter season. It’s called “Feed the Need” and this is the program’s third year. More than 300 families were served during
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Are you a World War II veteran? Retired Grace Brethren missionary to Africa Roy Snyder would like to network with you. Here is a message from him: Following World War II, there were 16 million veterans. Today we are less than 3 million. Would it be possible to find out how many WW II Veterans
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