Grace Brethren pastors and leaders from around the midwest are gathered this week at the Maumee Bay State Park Lodge and Conference Center in Oregon, Ohio, for the Central Focus Retreat. Clancy Cruise, pastor of Grace Church, Marysville, Ohio, and executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, is leading the sessions, which are […]
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An interview with Dr. Tiberius Rata and Dr. Kevin Roberts, authors of the new BMH Books title, Fear God and Keep His Commandments: A Practical Exposition of Ecclesiastes, will be aired at 10:30 am Saturday, October 1, on AM 1090 in the Fort Wayne, Ind., area. Portions may air weekdays leading up to that at 3:45 pm. Rata and
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Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., and the Kosciusko County YMCA, Warsaw, Ind., partnered to plan and execute the Kosciusko County Promise’s “Walk Into My Future” event on Friday, Sept. 23. The day-long event, hosted by Grace College, educated approximately 2,700 kindergarten through second grade students from Kosciusko County on the benefits of saving for college,
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Grace Church of Greater Akron, Ohio (Jeff Bogue, senior pastor), has been named among the fastest-growing churches in the U.S. by Outreach magazine. With an attendance 5,090 people each weekend, the church has seen 13 percent growth, placing them at number 76 on the 2016 Fastest-Growing Churches list. (The church also just missed being on
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The Grace Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio (Dan Allan, pastor), was the site of the funeral for Elizabeth Griffith, a young woman who died violently in August and who attended EastGate Bible Church ((Jim Norris, pastor). Below is a portion of a story from the Mansfield, Ohio, News Journal. Click here to read the complete report.
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Each year CE National’s board of directors and Ed Lewis, the executive director, provides “CE National Honors” which recognize individuals who live their lives ON MISSION for Jesus Christ. During Right to Life of North Center Indiana‘s Legacy of Life banquet on September 19, Dave Koontz was presented with a 2016 CE National Honors Award
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Administrative leaders for Operation Barnabas, the summer discipleship ministry of CE National, have been named. Christian McAllister, associate pastor at Palmyra (Pa.) Grace Brethren Church, and Timothy Kurtaneck (TK), director of Operation Barnabas and youth leadership training, will serve as the team administrative leaders. Christian’s team will include ministry stops in New York City, Washington
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Mary Jo Gaskalla, a long-time member of Grace Polaris Church, Columbus, Ohio (Mike Yoder, lead pastor) who has been involved in the music ministry there, was featured Wednesday in the This Week newspaper for Grandview, a suburb of Columbus. She was recognized by alumni of Grandview High School who had been her students during her tenure
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A student at Grace Brethren High School, Simi Valley, Calif., is quoted in a recent story in the Simi Valley Acorn about teen suicide. Adrian Schemm admits to having had suicidal thoughts and as a result is looking to help other young people overcome similar feelings. Below is a portion of the story. Click here
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Today’s story is by Pastor Jason Brown of Suntree Grace Brethren Church in Melbourne, Fla. He, along with two other families, was led to start a simple ministry: sharing a table with the community around them. Read on to hear how God is using this powerful act of obedience. I can make the claim that I
