October 2012

GBIF Approves More Than $3.6 Million In New Financing To Assist FGBC Ministries

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The Grace Brethren Investment Foundation (GBIF) has recently approved $3,626,250 in new financing to assist ministries within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC).  Included in this total are loans to the following Fellowship churches: A transfer of a financing package was completed from a local bank in Ohio to GBIF.  A first mortgage loan was approved for the Basore […]

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Six Licensed or Ordained in Chesapeake District

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From the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers… Chesapeake Ministerium is celebrating six licensures/ordinations in our district in the last two years. They include: Jack Hunt…ordained by the Clinton GBC, Irv Clark, Pastor…serving as Associate Pastor. James Stambaugh…ordained by the Lanham GBC, Paul Mutchler, Pastor…serving as a volunteer Teaching Elder. Brad Gromis…licensed by the Richmond GBC,

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Chaplain Stone Sends Prayer Requests

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  Grace Brethren Army chaplain CH (CPT) Pete Stone recently deployed to Afghanistan with the 101st Airborne Division. Recently, he sent some prayer requests. Here are a few from his letter, which has been edited to protect the mission of the men and women he serves. After several weeks of transit through several locations in

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Penn Valley Church Helps With Cemetery Clean-Up

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As part of Sacred Space Day of Service, members of Penn Valley Church, a multi-site Grace Brethren congregation in Telford, Pa., helped clean up Union Cemetery, an historic cemetery in nearby Quakertown, on Saturday. A story about it was included on phillyburbs.com. “It’s an opportunity to bless the community,” said Daryl Swartley, pastor at Penn Valley

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O’Deens Asks for Prayer for Nutrition Project in Haiti

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Dan O’Deans, executive director of CPR-3, has issued a call to prayer. He wrote about it recently on his blog: My heart has been so burdened to PRAY.  I am so prone to structure and to plan and to put strategy into play…that is my normal default. CPR-3 has been given an opportunity in Haiti….an opportunity that

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O’Deens Asks for Prayer for Nutrition Project in Haiti

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Dan O’Deans, executive director of CPR-3, has issued a call to prayer. He wrote about it recently on his blog: My heart has been so burdened to PRAY.  I am so prone to structure and to plan and to put strategy into play…that is my normal default. CPR-3 has been given an opportunity in Haiti….an

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