January 2008

Mark Penfold Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel

Grace Brethren military chaplain Mark Penfold (at right in photo) was recently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel while deployed with the First Cavalry Division in Iraq, according to the latest newsletter from The Eagle Commission. The Eagle Commission, which works with Chaplain’s Endorsing Agent John Schumacher, is directed by Dr. Larry Chamberlain of the Grace Brethren

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iGo08 is Coming!

Tom Avey By Tom Avey Fellowship Coordinator It’s all about “Reaching Everyone, Everyday, Everywhere!” The annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches will focus on iGo and will get you pumped about telling people about Jesus. Held July 27-31, 2008 at Innisbrook Golf Resort near Tampa, Fla., the sessions will be targeted to

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Crusader Football / Manhood in Action hits the sawdust trail Billy Sunday Style!

By Pastor Ed Jackson Columbus, Ohio The Columbus Crusaders football team, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus, Ohio, finished their 2007 season in the style of the sawdust trail. Sure, the varsity and junior varsity squads played a total of 19 games, with the varsity team seeing six wins and three loses.

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FGBC World is an all-Fellowship, all-Grace Brethren newspaper that is published six times a year. We’d like to know what is happening in your church. Do you have a unique ministry? How are you effectively reaching your community? Have you just hired someone to work with the youth, lead worship, or be senior pastor? We’d

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Calendar of Events

Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at www.fgbc.org. January 2-7 – Youth Ministry Module at Norton, Ohio (GCandS) January 7 – Day Away, North of 55, Sebring, Florida (CE) January 8 – Day Away, North of 55, Port Richie, Florida (CE); Second

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Grace Brethren Almanac

Fifteen Years Ago – 1993 – The January Brethren Missionary Herald reported on a November 1992 meeting of missions representatives from 17 districts of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Called Coalition Task Force II, the meeting was sponsored by Grace Brethren North American Missions and led by Larry Chamberlain, Bill Snell, and Dave Marksbury.

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