“My heart breaks for my friends who don’t know Christ,” says Chris Springer, a 20-year-old student at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. The native of Waldorf, Md., believes that the best way to reach non-believers is through the local church. For that reason he has joined with Mike and Connie Pumphrey in planting Awaken […]
It’s a unique method of announcing goals, but the vision story recently released by Vision Ohio, the church planting organization in the Buckeye State, is clear in announcing its intention of planting 120 new Grace Brethren churches in the next decade. The document, which may be viewed at visionohio.org, is the result of 14 months
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Community Grace Brethren Church of Whittier, Calif., (Richard Todd, pastor) sold its property to an evangelical Bible-teaching church in spring of 2009. The congregation has since been meeting to worship on Sundays at Whittier Senior Center. An office/warehouse complex at 12300 E. Washington Blvd., Suite U, Whittier, has been leased for the church office and
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By Ron Dorner Things are changing. It is especially true in the area of estate planning. I have sat with some of you to help you plan your estate. I tried to impress upon you that it is important to review an estate plan every couple of years. If you have not looked at your
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Recognized Officially by the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches Go2 Church Planting Ministries320 N. 3rd Street, Telford, Pa., 18969, Tim Boal, executive director(877) 222-2048,go2churchplanting.org Vision Ohio6730 Rings Rd., Dublin, Ohio, 43016Tony Webb, executive director, (614) 764-8857visionohio.org, twebb@visionohio.org GBCanada USABox 836, Charlotte Hall, Md., 20622Nathan Bryant, executive director(905) 821-6328,gbcanada.ca, info@gbcanada.ca Other city, district, or regional church
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FGBC World randomly contacted Grace Brethren pastors to learn their thoughts on church planting. Read their complete responses online at fgbcworld.com. If you (or your church) have been involved in planting a church, what blessings have you experienced? Our church has experienced the blessing of watching God provide leadership for the church plants we have
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On the Move Celebrating In Memoriam Webb Joins Vision Ohio Full-Time On the Move Steve Adriansen is the lead pastor at Community of Hope Grace Brethren Church, Columbia City, Ind. A graduate of Grace College and Grace Theological Seminary, he has been a pastor in Commerce, Mich., for the past 18 years. He and his
The Day of Generosity offerings given to Grace Brethren International Missions since the effort began in November, 2009, have totaled more than $327,385. The goal was to raise a one-time offering of $321,000 from Grace Brethren churches across the U.S. Donations to Day of Generosity are to be used as grants to indigenous agencies for
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BMH Books’ newest publication provides biblical guidance and help for dealing with the only five problems that can occur in a marriage, according to the author, Dr. Gil Stieglitz. Marital Intelligence, subtitled “A foolproof guide for saving and supercharging marriage,” is based on thousands of hours of marital counseling and observation by the author. Stieglitz
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By Octavia LehmanGrace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) is inviting congregations within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches to join in a 62-day virtual prayer walk across the world. The prayer walk will provide an opportunity for individuals to join in common intercession for global ministries using the newly-designed Global Ministries Prayer Guide as a tool.
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