October 2008

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved a $1.3 million loan package for the Grace Brethren Village, a retirement home affiliated with the Tri-State Fellowshp of Grace Brethren Churches and the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Located at 1010 Taywood Rd., Englewood, Ohio, it is under the direction of Gene Geaslen, administrator. Proceeds

Mboi Andre, who heads up the union of Grace Brethren churches in the Central African Republic (more than 2,000 Grace Brethren churches) recently sent these photos and this update to FGBC coordinator Tom Avey: I send you my warmest greetings from Bambari in His precious name. I hope you are doing well and God is

Members of the Brethren Encyclopedia Board are meeting today in the archaeology room of Ashland Seminary in Ashland, Ohio, to process reports, finances, and reflections from the BE-sponsored 300th anniversary celebration that took place in Schwarzenau, Germany, August 2 and 3, 2008. The board is comprised of representatives of the six major Brethren bodies descended

Gary Yoder (pictured), a singer from the Summit Mills Grace Brethren Church in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania (Matt McCoy, pastor) is featured in his local newspaper. Here is an excerpt. To read the entire story, click here. Music is Gary Yoder’s heart and soul By MADOLIN EDWARDSDaily American Staff Writer Monday, October 20, 2008 6:09 AM EDT

Je’Rod Cherry, right, signs autographs at the Buffalo Bowl, a five-on-five flag football tournament sponsored by 909 Student Ministries, the youth ministry at Community Grace Brethren Church (Tom Abbitt, pastor), Warsaw, Ind. The event, where Je’Rod shared his testimony, was held Saturday, October 18. Community Grace Brethren Church’s youth pastor Tim Clothier estimated about 100

Representing Grace College and Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana for the signing of the agreement are, front row, left to right: Cindy Sisson, Grace College Director of Graduate and Adult Education Enrollment; Ronald E. Manahan, Th.D., Grace College President; Randy R. Maxson, Vice Chancellor/Dean of the Warsaw Campus of Ivy Tech Community College; Nancy

It’s been more than 24 hours since the Central Focus Retreat ended at the Mohican Lodge near Loudonville, Ohio. Here’s one last chance to revisit the scenes of the two-day get-away for Grace Brethren pastors from around Ohio, Indiana, and eastern Pennsylvania. To view an album of photos from the retreat, taken by Ron Boehm

A new outreach ministry at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Ind., has received some media exposure, according to Jim Brown, pastor. He writes on his blog, The Brown Bytes, about an outreach called “New to You” that is led by his wife, Anne, and other ladies at the church. The above

Neil Cole, Grace Brethren church planter, pastor of Awakening Chapel in Long Beach, Calif., and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates, is featured in the Fall, 2008, edition of Leadership Magazine, published by Christianity Today, Inc. Cole is interviewed, along with Ed Young, Jr., who is pastor of Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas. The interview