In an effort to stay current and informed, and to stretch their understanding and depth, pastors and members of associated Grace Brethren organizations are engaging in study and research at the doctoral level. In the past decade, Grace Theological Seminary has awarded the doctor of ministry degree to a number of pastors, each of whom […]
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For several days in January, pastors, elders, and others interested in reaching their own ethnic groups in North America for Christ met at Iglesia Comunal Cristiana, a Grace Brethren church in Tampa, Fla., for the first-ever Ethnic Leaders’ Consultation. Among those attending the event, which was held from January 11 to 14, were individuals affiliated
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Three separate eight-minute radio interviews with “God of Hope” BMH author J. Davis Illingworth are now available by clicking here. The interviewer is Hugh Hewitt, host of a nationally syndicated radio show heard in more than 70 cities with more than two million listeners a week. Hewitt is also a New York times best-selling author
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by Liz Cutler Gates, Editor, FGBC World I returned to the classroom this year, not as a student, but as a teacher of 12 eager college students who want to learn about writing for advertising and public relations. It didn’t take long for me to realize that there is a new day in the world
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For several days in January, pastors, elders, and others interested in reaching their own ethnic groups in North America for Christ met at Iglesia Comunal Cristiana, a Grace Brethren church in Tampa, Fla., for the first-ever Ethnic Leaders’ Consultation. Among those attending the event, which was held from January 11 to 14, were individuals affiliated
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Chuck Winter of Sunnyside, Washington, has informed us of the passing of Melvin Curfman of Sunnyside. He and his wife, Charlotte, were founding members of the Toppenish Grace Brethren Church and later relocated to the Sunnyside Grace Brethren Church. Mel was passionate about Christian camping and was instrumental in developing Clear Lake Grace Brethren Camp. The
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Grace Community Church of Ormond Beach, Fla., is partnering with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) to host a week-long conference from May 29-June 4, 2011, entitled Foundations of Apologetics. The Grace Brethren church is located at 1060 West Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach. “We invited RZIM because we long for people who are Christian to have
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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has announced that they have provided the financing for Integrated Community Development International (ICDI), a cooperating Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches organization, to purchase a property at 795 W. 400N., Warsaw, Ind. The building, which fronts State Route 15, will house administrative offices for ICDI’s U.S. operations. It was
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CE National, the Grace Brethren church effectiveness ministry, has announced the beginning of Super Mondays, a quarterly time of enrichment and encouragement that is co-sponsored by Grace College. Super Mondays are for pastors, church leadership staff, those considering ministry, or those interested in the local church and its people. Each Super Monday will begin at
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It’s a bit like the story of the mythical phoenix. Out of the ashes of one life came another. In this case, it was a failed church plant that caused Grace Brethren leaders in Southern California to re-evaluate their methods. The result has been a thriving church-planting and leadership development ministry with world-wide impact. “There
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