Word has been received of the July 9 death of Wayne Flory, former Grace Brethren pastor and military chaplain. He retired from Biola University where he taught in the Bible department. He had been in and out of the hospital since April following a heart procedure. A public memorial service is planned. Information will be […]
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Operation Barnabas teams continue to minister in the East and the Midwest. Team Atlantic has been participating in Streetwise at Urban Hope in Philadelphia, Pa., while presenting programs in parks and helping in other ways. They finish this weekend at the Grace Brethren Church, Palmyra, Pa. (Paul Mutchler, interim pastor). Team Hoosier has been in Central Ohio
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“Evangelism must naturally emerge out of our relationship with Christ,” writes Ron Thompson, retired Grace Brethren pastor who also served as executive director of Brethren Evangelistic Ministries. His recently released book, Hurricanes for God, outlines Evangelism in Depth, a biblical understanding of evangelism that was widely used by Brethren Evangelistic Ministries. It is likely the first book
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Here are some recent ministry updates from around the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Jim Cabush has accepted the position of family pastor at Valley Grace Brethren Church, Hagerstown, Md. (Dan Pritchett, senior pastor). At Grace Church, Marion, Ohio, John Jones has concluded 25 years of ministry. He and his wife, Shari, have transitioned to a support role at the Chateau
Chaplain (1st Lieutenant) Cameron Michael, on of the newest Grace Brethren military chaplains, is writing as he transitions from serving as a Grace Brethren pastor to active duty chaplain. Cameron is a 2011 graduate of Grace College. Following his graduation from Grace Theological Seminary in 2014, he began leading the Pauling, Ohio, campus of Grace Community Church (Kevin
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In May, the Grace College School of Business inducted fifteen 2017 graduates to Sigma Beta Delta, the international honor society in business, management, and administration. The inductees were Caleb Adams, Thomas Carini, Megan Carpenter, Frani Gerst, Emily Guinter, Colin Hayes, Rachel Jones, Gabrielle Lawrence, Adam Miller, Ryan Mundy, Phillip Olson, Tiffany Schuman, Marina Tolczyk, Gabriel Vervynckt,
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Grace Village, Winona Lake, Ind., is the recipient of a gift from the estate of Lila Sheely, a former nurse and missionary who died March 5, 2017 in Winona Lake. The online news site, InkFreeNews, carried the story. Part of it appears below. Click here for the complete article. LILA MAE SHEELY LEAVES A LEGACY Grace
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The family of Grace College men’s basketball coach, Jim Kessler, and his wife, Susanne (she works at the Grace Brethren Investment Foundation) are featured this week on the online news site, InkFreeNews. Their float in the Fourth of July parade in Winona Lake, Ind., received first place in the Most Original category. A portion of
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A story in yesterday’s Goshen, Ind., News tells about a new venture of Mike and Naomi Silliman and their family. (He is on staff at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Goshen, Jim Brown, senior pastor.) A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Click here to
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When church planters Larry and Sylvia Totzke (pictured at right) first settled into to their new home in Portland, Oregon, they decided to reach out to their neighbors by inviting everyone in their 323-unit apartment building to a Bible study. Although technically retired, the couple has a rich history as church planters and facilitators. The
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