November 2009

Day of Generosity Tour

Grace Brethren International Missions sponsored several cycling tours in October to raise funds for the Day of Generosity. This group started from a bicycle shop in Winona Lake, Ind. Other tours were held in Wooster and Columbus, Ohio. More than $3,800 was raised through the tours.

Springs of Life: One Way to Shoot the Elephant

By Tom Hocking Non-discipleship is the unmentionable elephant standing in the foyer of the Evangelical Church. Perhaps the most compelling evidence that genuine disciples are not being made is the fact that followers of Jesus, though apparently numbering in the millions as a collective group, seem to have little redemptive impact on our culture. I’m …

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Calendar

Events of general interest among Grace Brethren Churches. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at fgbc.org. November 6-8 – Grace Homecoming (GCandS) November 6-7 – Operation Barnabas Ministry Reunion, Urban Hope Training Center, Philadelphia, Pa. (CE) November 18 – Operation Barnabas Application Deadline (CE) November 20 – Lancer Visit Day …

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People

On the Move Kudos In Memoriam Farm Pond Baptism Aiken Baptismal Celebration Trujillos Retire Don Shoemaker, pastor of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Seal Beach, Calif., was recognized before the Seal Beach City Council on August 10 for contributing 2,000 hours toward chaplain work with the Seal Beach Police Department (See photo …

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Missions Reinvented: Business as Mission Re-invigorates Christian Workers

For Stuart Hake, his personal venture into missions has been mind-bending. “I’ve come to recognize that much of our thinking about mission has been influenced by Greek thinking-that spiritual is superior to physical,” he says. “The problem with that is it is not biblical. We base so much of what we do on an unbiblical …

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Loan for $2.5M Made to Clinton, Md., Church

The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved a new first mortgage loan of $2.5 million to the Grace Brethren Church of Clinton, Inc., 6501 Surratts Rd., Clinton, Md. (located near the nation’s capital). Its combined ministries include the Grace Brethren Church of Clinton (Irv Clark, pastor) and the Grace Brethren Christian School (George …

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