A Wednesday full of fun opportunities awaited the more than 2,000 students attending this year’s Momentum Youth Conference. The morning opened with Power Trax sessions, breakout groups with topics ranging from purity to postmodernism. During the morning session at Edman chapel, Gred Stier, founder and president of Dare 2 Share Ministries International, shared his remarkable […]
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The 2014 edition of Momentum Youth Conference kicked off Tuesday evening with the opening session in the Edman Chapel at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, opened the first session, addressing more than 2,000 students, youth staff, and guests gathered for worship and teaching. “We’re committed to Jesus, committed
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Three new congregations officially linked with the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches on Monday, July 21, as the annual business meeting was held during FellowShift, the national conference of the Fellowship. Joining the conference was Woodside Church, Ashland, Ohio, Pastor Nathan Wells; Living the Word Church, Mansfield, Ohio, Pastor Andy Shank, Mansfield, Ohio; and Grupo
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Tim Sprankle, pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Leesburg, Ind., has a driving value: if a member of the congregation has an idea for a ministry or program, then, as often as possible, he wants find a way to make it happen. Under one condition: the person with the passion must take the lead on the
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“Fellowshifting is not a one-time event,” said Bartley Sawatsky, executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) as he opened the 2014 national conference Thursday evening at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Sawatksy is also the pastor of Grace Community Church, Mississauga, Ontario. He began his talk comparing the FGBC to
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Hosea 1:2–11; 3:1–5 Love’s Discipline (1:2–9) Some have called the book of Hosea “The Second Greatest Story Ever Told.” God makes the prophet Hosea a living allegory to show His people that God loves the unlovable. Even though they were prostituting themselves by worshiping Baal, God still loved them. Temple prostitution was a common practice
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Word has been received of the death of former Grace Brethren missionary, Doris Evelyn Juday. Her obituary appears below. Mrs. Doris Evelyn Juday, 87, of Soldotna, Alaska, died on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Riverside Assisted Living. Doris was born March 27, 1927 to Herman and Beatrice Schumacher in Huntington, Ind. She graduated from Jimtown
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Unreached people groups in previously closed nations like China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Muslim controlled areas of the Philippines are now receiving exposure to the Gospel from a Grace Brethren church and its family focus. An 11-member team from First Grace Church of Dayton, Ohio (Bruce Jackson, lead pastor), recently returned from helping with relief
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Dr. Glen and Lois Shirk, Ripon, Calif., were recently honored by the Ripon City Council for their years of service to the community. He recently retired after more than 30 years as the pastor of the Grace Brethren Church in Ripon, while she retired as the secretary. He has also been a well-loved pediatrician in
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The national conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) is just days away. The FellowShift Vision Conference will be held July 17 to 21 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C. FGBC staff, along with those from national and cooperating organizations within the Fellowship, are making final arrangements for displays, corporation meetings, and other programs at
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