July 2008

ISOBEL C. FRASER, 87, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, Indiana. She will be remembered for her work with Brethren Home Missions in Jewish evangelism, where she spent most of her career in Los Angles, Calif. working with the blind and disabled elderly. She was a member of […]

Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey (center) was awarded the Excellence in Ministry award Tuesday morning by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. Sandi Avey, Tom’s wife, is at left and Tim Boal made the presentation. Here is the citation read as the award was presented: It is my deep privilege to have been asked by the

Jeff Bogue, pastor of the north campus of the Grace Brethren church in greater Akron (Norton) Ohio was the keynote speaker for the Tuesday morning general session. Giving credit to Norton senior pastor Bob Combs for the growth of the two Akron campuses, Bogue spoke on the scriptural mandate to “give it all away” in

GO2Church Planting, the new church-planting agency which is expected to be voted into a relationship with the FGBC as a National Organization at Thursday’s business meeting, held an informative luncheon Tuesday for participants of the Grace Brethren national conference. GO2 staff members present included (back row, from left) Arnold Betony, Oscar Chavez, Jim Snavely, and

About 70 participants in the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches were “on mission” Monday night as they visited a Hindu temple. “Once you enter the complex, you will be in their cultural setting,” said Jay Bell of Grace Brethren International Missions, who arranged the trip. “A most important skill for entering

Scott Distler, pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pennsylvania, was the keynote speaker for the Monday morning 10 a.m. general session at the Grace Brethren national conference now in progress at Innisbrook Resort near Tampa, Florida. Distler gave a powerful, motivating message on the urgency of being involved in personal evangelism. Earlier, conference

Monday at the Grace Brethren national conference in Florida has a foreign missions emphasis. In this photo, new missionaries to about six fields were commissioned in the 10 a.m. celebration service. GBIM board chair Keith Shearer (right) led in the dedicatory prayer. In addition, a number of retiring missionaries were honored at the GBIM luncheon

Displays and exhibits from national and cooperating organizations line the perimeter of the Inverness Hall foyer on the Innisbrook campus near Tampa, Florida, as the Grace Brethren national conference is now in its third day. This is the BMH Books’ exhibit, where BMH books are for sale, and free distribution is occurring for the two

Dr. Todd Scoles, associate pastor at the Marysville, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church and chair of the board of Brethren Missionary Herald Company, was the featured speaker at the Sunday morning annual corporation meeting of BMH. Scoles is the author of BMH Books’ latest product, Restoring the Household, which details the historical context of the Grace

In the annual corporation meeting of the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation this Sunday evening, GBIF’s president and chief executive officer Larry Chamberlain and his wife, Sherlene, were honored for more than 30 years’ service with the organization. At left, making the presentation, is GBIF board chair Jerry Michael.