What happens when a church throws a party? For the last five years, Auburn Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Auburn, Calif. (Phil Sparling, senior pastor), has done just that. Directed by Lorin Miller, music pastor at the church, the congregation has reached out to the community by offering a festive Independence Day concert. The event, called Homeland, […]
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A recent blog post on the SEEDnet site announced a new initiative to reach the city of Cleveland with the gospel. SEEDnet works in spiritually, emotionally, economically, and developmentally oppressed areas in Ohio, primarily low income communities. Meet the SEEDnet Field Team A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord determines his steps. (Prov.16:9)” We
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She wasn’t the kind of girl one would single out to train for leadership. Quiet and shy, she was content to teach a Bible story to an imaginary Sunday School class, using her mother’s flannel-graph figures. She didn’t look like a leader who would direct a national organization into a new era. But as Janet
Since assuming the role of executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) in July 2013, I have spent time considering the essence of our movement. That fall, we began discussions around our identity at our Focus Retreats. This Identity Initiative, led by Dave Guiles, is instrumental in reviving the important and ongoing discussion
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Students at Iglesia Comunal la Esperanza (Hope Community Church), a Grace Brethren congregation in Valrico, Fla. (Javier Forero, pastor) are gearing up of a Saturday night concert to raise funds to attend Momentum Youth Conference, which will be held at Wheaton College from July 22 to 27. The concert begins at 7 p.m. at 401 S. Saint
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Three new congregations will be considered for membership in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) this summer. (Click here to learn more about them.) Each group is dedicated to the five functions of a church — worship, fellowship, teaching, preaching, and serving — and is committed to the FGBC, a highly cooperative, missional, Bible
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Each year, Auburn Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren congregation in Auburn, Calif. (Phil Sparling, pastor) hosts a patriotic concert in celebration of the Fourth of July. The Auburn Journal included an article last week in advance of the concerts. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Homeland
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Groups from four churches in Ohio and Maryland participated in the 2014 Great Canadian Adventure, which is sponsored by GBCanada. Held from June 29 – July 5, 2014, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the focus of the week was training in evangelism, providing exposure to the ministries in Canada so individuals know how to pray, and
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Three congregations will be considered for membership in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches during the business meeting at national conference in July. Grupo Amor Cristiano, a church based in Dublin, Ohio, serves the immediate Spanish-speaking community in both Dublin and Columbus, Ohio. Lead by Pastor Phil Guerena, Grupo Amor Cristiano provides English as a
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Five organizations will be considered as cooperating ministries during national conference. A cooperating ministry is an organization that recognizes a mutual obligation of encouragement and cooperation with Grace Brethren churches, districts, national ministries and/or other cooperating ministries. Prospective cooperating ministries include: Design Outreach (DO) combines humanitarian engineering with Christian non-profit work by creating and implementing
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