Word has been received of the death of long-time Grace Brethren pastor, J. Ward Tressler, 94. According to his nephew, Roland Maust (who is pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Uniontown, Pa.), he was involved in ministry yesterday (January 9, 2011) at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Fremont, Ohio, where he served […]
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Dr. Tiberius Rata (left) who teaches Old Testament at Grace College and Seminary and Dr. Matt Harmon (right) who teaches New Testament, are currently co-leading a group of students and faculty on a study tour of Israel. Also in the group is Dr. Keith Marlett, who teaches psychology and counseling at Grace. To read a
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A Broadway, Virginia ,homestead that once belonged to Brethren Church Elder John Kline has been sold to a group that plans to preserve it. The Harrisonburg (VA) Daily News-Record reports that the John Kline Homestead Preservation Trust bought the property in Broadway for $325,000 from Park View Federal Credit Union. Board of Directors President Paul Roth
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Word has been received that Donald H. Cake, 87,of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, formerly of Hershey, died Thursday, December 9, 2010, in the Susquehanna Valley Nursing & Rehabilation Center in Columbia. He was born July 31, 1923, in Hershey, a son of the late Wilson and Stella (Seitzinger) Cake. Mr. Cake was a WWII Army Veteran and
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Edith Edna Young, wife of a Grace Brethren pastor and mother of longtime Grace Brethren Pastor Jerry Young, who died less than a month ago, passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, at 9:30 p.m. at her residence on N. Bobwhite Drive, Warsaw, Indiana, at the age of 94. She was born March 5, 1916,
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Welcome to the FGBC World podcast, the program produced as a companion to the quarterly FGBC World magazine. Click on the link below to listen to this month’s program. FGBC World Podcast, January 2011 In this January 2011 edition, you’ll hear about efforts to preserve create a digital archive of Brethren publications that date back to the
In a move designed to provide the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) with continuing leadership, Tom Hocking has resigned as moderator of the fellowship and asked Bob Fetterhoff, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Wooster, Ohio, to complete his term. The Fellowship Council, the leadership team for the FGBC, has accepted Hocking’s resignation and
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A 2010 Camaro SS is the prize; the donor’s faith is the motivator. David Wright is a successful business executive who enjoys cars. So why is he giving away his $40,000 2010 Camaro SS? Because he’s more driven than ever to give God glory and to rescue orphaned children in Cambodia and Thailand. The
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The Association of Grace Brethren Ministers (AGBM) has unveiled their new online presence: AGBM Online. This site is designed to help pastors get information quickly and easily. “We hope that it can be your homepage for information pertaining to your pastoral ministry,” says Randy Smith, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Sebring, Fla, and an
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Dr. John Teevan, a trained economist who is now director of the prison extension program at Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana, was recently published in a commentary distributed by the Acton Institute. Here is an excerpt — to read the entire post, click here. As it stands, the federal government appears to be incapable of
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