May 2012

International Missions Center Sold to Investment Foundation

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Encompass World Partners (formerly Grace Brethren International Missions)  has announced an agreement through which the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) will purchase the International Missions Center (Winona Lake, Indiana).  In a separate agreement, GBIF will lease the facility to Grace College and Seminary. The announcement said, “The sale of the International Missions Center forms part […]

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Brian Orme Named Editor of Outreach Magazine

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The current issue of CE National’s e-newsletter notes that former Grace Brethren Church youth pastor, Brian Orme (pictured), has been named editor of Outreach Magazine. Brian directs the editorial team for the magazine and the Outreach Web properties. Brian was on staff at Community Grace Brethren Church in West Milton, Ohio, for 11 years. He

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Don Shoemaker to Preach Sunday at Crystal Cathedral

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Pastor Don Shoemaker, recently retired from being senior pastor at the Seal Beach, California, Grace Brethren Church, will be speaking at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, this Sunday, May 6 at 11 a.m.  His nationally-televised message is entitled,  “Making a Difference in Your Corner of the World,” and he will be drawing on

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Veritas Publication Now Available

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The May/June issue of Veritas, the discipleship journal produced by Grace Polaris, a Grace Brethren congregation on the north side of Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, senior pastor), has been released. This issue focuses on Joseph’s Assurance. The introduction reads: Assurance, look the definition up in the dictionary and you will find the phrase, “freedom from

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Spanish-Speaking Church Begun in North Carolina

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Oscar Chavez, former pastor of Iglesia Cristiana La Cosecha in Lancaster, Calif., has begun a new Spanish-speaking Grace Brethren congregation in Durham, N.C. The church plant was almost unintentional, according to Chavez, who moved to the area with his family to be near his mother, who is sick. As he settled into a secular job,

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Grace Brethren Village Named Tops in Ohio

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Grace Brethren Village named tops in Ohio Dayton Business Journal The Dayton region is home to the two best-ranked residential care facilities in the state for resident satisfaction, according to an Ohio Department of Aging survey. The annual survey, which polls residents in more than 950 skilled nursing and residential care locations across the state,

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