Longtime Grace Brethren pastor Ralph S. Burns has gone to be with the Lord from his residence at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, Indiana. A resident of Kosciusko County, Indiana, for the past 42 years, Pastor Burns was a member of Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. His wife, Ruth Burns, whom he married […]
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Jeremy Norton will be leaving his ministry as youth pastor at Peninsula Grace Brethren Church, Soldotna, Alaska, effective June 9, 2012. In his announcement, Norton said, “The past 3.5 years have been full of amazing experiences, where the Gospel has been spread and lives have been changed. However recently, through a unique set of circumstances,
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Pastor Chuck Winters from Sunnyside, Washington, has alerted us to a current article featuring Sherman and Wanda Schafer, long time Sunnyside Grace Brethren Church members, who were honored by the Sunnyside School District for more than 20 years of volunteer service to students and staff. Nathan Zakahi pastors the Sunnyside church. This is an excerpt.
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Pastor Roy Halberg (pictured) of Grace Fellowship, a Grace Brethren congregation in Alta Loma, California, along with his wife, Andrea, has been asked to serve as Grand Marshal for the annual 4th of July parade in their city of LaVerne for 2012. Halberg said, “We were humbled to be asked and we are honored to
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Pastor Jim Brown (left) announced today that Ted Rondeau (right) will be joining the staff of Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Goshen, Indiana, as Executive Administrator beginning May 1. Rondeau’s wife, Dawn, is in the center. Rondeau, who has a number of years of experience in financial planning and fund raising, has
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A new book dealing with the historical and theological relationship between evangelicals and Anabaptists in the North American context is now available. The lead editor was Dr. Jared Burkholder of the Grace College history faculty. It includes a foreword by George Marsden and chapters from 14 scholars from various institutions. Entitled The Activist Impulse: Essays
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Pastor Jeffrey Dunkle and the Manheim (PA) Grace Brethren Church are currently featured in an online article for a special “Titanic Sunday” emphasis. Jeffrey Dunkle, senior pastor at Manheim Grace Brethren Church in Manheim, has orchestrated ‘A Titanic Sunday’ for April 15, to observe the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Dunkle
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Timothy Kurtaneck, Director of Church Relations & Youth Leadership Training at CE National, has announced the launch of a new high school ministry opportunity this summer called “City Life.” The information about this 15-day ministry experience may be found at citylifetour.org. This opportunity (June 19-July 3) is a little longer than the typical time that
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Jason Carmean, pastor at Lexington, Ohio, sends out a newsletter on behalf of the North Central Ohio churches of the Fellowship. Today he says, “Congratulations go out to the men today who were all approved for recommendation back to their local churches for licensure in the North Central Ohio district: Dave Nicodemus – Polaris GBC
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Esther Miller, widow of longtime Grace Brethren pastor R. Paul Miller, died unexpectedly from a heart attack on Saturday, April 7, 2012. She had been married to R.Paul for 64 years and was a faithful member of the Ocala, Florida, Grace Brethren Church. Her husband, R. Paul Miller, died December 17, 2011. The Millers served
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