September 2007

Jim Snavely, Northeast Regional Career Missionary with Grace Brethren North American Missions, sends along the following report on the launch of the new Elk Creek church this past Sunday. Here is an encouraging and exciting overview from church planter Mike Silliman. Pastor Mike and the Elk Creek Church launch team began public services on Sunday, […]

Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis spoke last night to a full crowd at the Rodeheaver Auditorium in Winona Lake, Indiana. Ham has been on the campus of Grace College & Seminary the last few days speaking and interacting with students. Here is a comment from his blog on the event–to access his blog click

Angelica Alvarez was sentenced to life without parole for killing her four children. Gonzalo Lopez (right), the father of the eldest two children, walks outside the courthouse with his pastor, Brian Baughman (center). Baughman is pastor of Hispanic ministries at the Osceola (IN) Grace Brethren Church (Greg Serafino, pastor). (WSBT photo) Story from WSBT-TV site:

David K. Floyd (pictured), a 1983 graduate of Grace College with a B.S. degree in communication, has been named the new president of Warsaw, Indiana-based DePuy Orthopaedics, one of the area’s earliest and leading orthopaedics firms. Floyd is also the son-in-law of Prof. Wayne Snider, who for many years was chair of the history department

On Sunday, September 30, Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., will dedicate the land on which their new building addition will be constructed. (See the architectural rendering at right.) The new facility will be a 28,000 square foot addition and will include an alternative live satellite venue for worship, a new

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved new financing of $2.4 million towards the construction of a $5.1 million Early Childhood Center for the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, where Dave Plaster is the pastor. The new center (see photo at right) will consist of 23 classrooms, an indoor playroom space, administrative

Pastor Christian Becker (pictured) of the Grace Brethren church in Buena Vista, Virginia, says, “Beginning this Sunday, our church will be hosting a prophecy conference on ‘Understanding the Times’ with Rev. Mike Wingfield from Roanoke VA. “I wrote this article to raise the issue and get people thinking about the times we live in. “Please

The Grace Brethren Church of Calvert County, Maryland (Robert Wagner, pastor), this past Sunday presented the “Children of the World” choir. This choir is comprised of orphaned and disadvantaged children from several different countries. Their high-energy and inspiring program featured several songs, in both English and native dialects, as well as stirring personal testimonies. The

The Department of Religious Studies of Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, announces a Symposium on Tuesday, October 9, on the topic, “Exploring the Mystery: The Divine and Human Authorship of the Bible.” Dr. David Dockery (pictured), Grace Theological Seminary graduate and president of Union University (Jackson, TN), will speak at 4:00 pm. Dr. Gregory Sterling,

Representatives of various groups that trace their heritage to 1708 and Alexander Mack met on Monday, September 24 to discuss the digitalization of Brethren publications. Meeting at the Brethren Heritage Center in Brookville, Ohio, the group discussed the options for preserving the content of the various publications and talked with several venders who could assist