Micheal Faulkner, founding pastor of New Horizon Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in New York, N.Y., lost his bid on Tuesday to become the next comptroller of the City of New York. He lost the election to incumbent Scott Stringer, a Democrat, who took 77 percent of the vote, according to the New York Daily […]
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The recording of yesterday’s historic live stream announcement of the new name for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches is now live. Watch the announcement by clicking on the link below. Charis Fellowship is the new “doing business as” name for the network of evangelical congregations in North America. The name change is effective immediately.
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A story in yesterday’s Ventura County Star reports that students from Grace Brethren School in Simi Valley, Calif., took home awards in a robotics competition. A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Grace Brethren School is a ministry of Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley (Jordan Bakker, pastor). County
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The Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) unveiled a new name and logo today in a live stream video event from Akron, Ohio. Charis Fellowship is the new “doing business as” name for the network of evangelical congregations in North America. It comes after many months of brainstorming sessions, research, and professional input. Charis means
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A team from New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, Myerstown, Pa. (Keith Shearer, pastor), is in Texas this week helping with Hurricane Harvey clean-up. This is the 17th team that has gone from Grace Brethren churches this fall as part of the Hurricane Harvey Coalition, including several teams who helped in Florida following Hurricane Irma. John
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A task force has been working for nearly a year to develop a new brand and logo for the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. Bartley Sawatsky, the incoming executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches in 2013, recommended the development of a new, youthful branding of the FGBC. Ultimately, the Fellowship Council agreed
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Hannah Miller, a second-year Grace College student from Middlebury, Ind., was recently recognized as a “Realizing the Dream” award recipient in Indianapolis. Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI) celebrates outstanding academic achievement in first-generation college students like Miller through this annual recognition. Miller is one of 30 winners from Indiana’s private, non-profit colleges and universities. Now
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The football team at Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif., is headed to postseason play. It’s the first they’ve been eligible for in two years. Yesterday, the Venture County Star looked at their recent season and what it has meant for the team. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for
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The story of Leah Dickerson Andrews’ path to cancer care is told today in SWVAToday, an online newsite from Wytheville, Va. Leah is a member of the Grace Brethren Church in Riner, Va. A portion of the story appears below. Click here for the complete article. Her mother paved the path for her passion For Leah
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I was 23 years old when I first learned how to play Dominoes. I had just started a one-year internship at Grace Church in Powell, Ohio. My wife and I were playing dominos with Ed and Polly Jackson. Ed and Polly were in their 70s at the time. They were a sweet, wonderful, godly couple,
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