October 2010

East Focus Retreat Takes Place in Ocean City

Grace Brethren pastors and ministry leaders in the eastern United States have had the opportunity this week to step away from their ministries and reflect on their own lives in Christ. The East Focus Retreat began Monday afternoon (October 25) at Ocean City, Md., and concludes tomorrow (Wednesday, October 27). Dr. Tony Webb, executive director […]

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Grace Gets Grant to Study Climate Change

From the Warsaw (IN) Times-Union newspaper: Grace Gets Grant To Study Climate Change Staff Report WINONA LAKE – Thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Grace College and researchers at three other institutions, including the University of Michigan, will participate in a research study analyzing the potential effects of climate change

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Brethren Encyclopedia Board Gets John Kline Homestead Update

Members of the board of the Brethren Encyclopedia Project met this Monday, October 25 in the archaeology room of Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio, for the BE’s annual fall board meeting. Agenda items included the re-election for another term of Robert S. Lehigh as president; Dale R. Stoffer as vice president; Dale V. Ulrich, secreatary;

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Meaningful Conversations Mark Next-to-Last Day at Cape Town

David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends the following report from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. Saturday, October 23, 2010 Meaningful conversations today with leaders from Rwanda, Australia and Puerto Rico expanded my knowledge of the width and breadth of the glorious church

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Cape Town 2010 Celebrates God’s Work In Africa

David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends the following reports from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. Conversations with Christ followers from Pakistan, Finland, Jamaica and Nepal enriched my fifth day at Lausanne III. But my most unforgettable conversation was with a Christian leader

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Guiles Provides Overview of the Lausanne Movement

David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends the following reports from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. Today is officially a free day, and the 5000+ participants, staff and observers of Lausanne III were encouraged to rest, reflect and enjoy South Africa. So this

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Dialogues With Fellow Christ-Followers at Capetown

  David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends the following reports from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. October 20, 2010 My list of significant conversations continues to span the globe, with meaningful dialogues with fellow followers of Christ from Cameroon, the Philippines, Tanzania,

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Sharing a Commitment to Take the Gospel to Every Soul on the Planet

David Guiles, executive director of Grace Brethren International Missions, sends the following reports from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization meeting October 16-25 at Cape Town, South Africa. October 18, 2010 In the last 48 hours I’ve had personal conversations with leaders from Latvia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Germany, Serbia, Montenegro, South Africa,

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