November 2011

Curriculum Teaches Core Character Values to At-Risk Kids

By Kelsey Mitchener The Happy Church, nestled in Appalachian Kentucky, rests in the poorest region of the United States at the seat of the nation’s third-poorest county. It’s a growing Grace Brethren congregation with a powerful ministry to the local poor. We want to help get their moral compass pointing in the right direction,” says

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Around the Fellowship: Happenings with People and Places of the FGBC

Kudos Beau Stanley, Jonathan Wiley, and Gary Webb have been ordained into the ministry at the Grace Brethren Church, Columbus, Ohio. In the North Central Ohio District of Grace Brethren Churches, Rick Dale and Mark Abel were both unanimously recommended back to their churches for the next steps in their credentialing process. Rick was examined

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Calendar: Fall 2001

Events of interest among Grace Brethren churches for the Fall of 2011. Details and registration information are available from the sponsoring organizations or at fgbc.org. November 3-5 Homecoming (GCandS)November 4-6 OB ministry reunion, Urban Hope Training Center, Philadelphia (CEN)November 6 Day of Generosity (GBIM)November 16 Operation Barnabas applications due (CEN)December 5 Super Monday, Discipleship: Where

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Transformational Church Leadership Effectiveness Research Study Underway

One of the largest-scale research projects ever undertaken in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) is in progress to help participating congregations index their relative health in seven “transformational church” categories and to assist pastors in identifying and developing their leadership styles. The study, whose lead researcher is Terry White of BMH Books and

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