Access2018, the national conference of the Charis Fellowship (Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, Inc.) is headed back to Fremont, Ohio. Just as in 2017, Grace Community Church (Kevin Pinkerton, pastor) will host the conference. Dates for the 2018 event are July 24-26. “Attendance for Access2017 was 30 percent higher than Margins2016,” said Tom Avey, Charis […]
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Randall Zerwas, the 13-year-old son of Charis Fellowship pastor, Dustin and Natalie Zerwas, died on December 12 after a two-year battle with brain cancer. His obituary appears below. Dustin is the youth pastor at Gulfview Grace Church in Port Richey, Fla. (Paul Poyner, pastor). Randall David Zerwas, 13, of Hudson, Fla., died December 12, 2017.
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Chaplain (1st Lieutenant) Cameron Michael, one 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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The Grace Brethren High School Lancers are headed to the CIF Division 2-A state championship Saturday in Sacramento, Calif. For the seniors on the team, it has been a labor of love. A report in the Los Angeles Daily News tells the story, of which a portion appears below. Click here to read the complete article.
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“If anyone would have known me back then, I was that guy people would say there is no way possible that I would become a Christian. That was me.” Adam Wright, who has attended the Grace Brethren Church in Canton, Ohio (Joe Cosentino, lead pastor), for almost a decade, leads Made For This Ministries, an evangelistic outreach that ministers
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Ron Henry, who retired from Grace College in 2008 after 50 years as a faculty member and administrator, is being honored this week by Warsaw Community High School in Indiana for his service as a sports public address announcer at the Indiana high school and at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind. A story about the
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Here are some recent ministry moves in the last few months by pastors in the Charis Fellowship: Roy Halberg has announced his retirement effective the end of the year. He has been pastor at Grace Fellowship, Alta Loma, Calif. Jeff Martin has joined the staff of Grace Church, Delaware, Ohio, as Associate Pastor. At Grace
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Three members of the Grace College women’s soccer team have been honored as NCCAA All-Americans. Abby Schue concluded her remarkable career as a First Team All-American from the NCCAA and the United Soccer Coaches, and Hannah Tkacz and Allison Vroon both received NCCAA Second Team All-American status. Schue graduates as the best goalkeeper in school
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The Grace Brethren High School Lancers to a 24-8 victory over Aquinas High School on Saturday night, giving them the CIF Division 2-A Regional championship. They will face on St. Francis (Mountain View) at Noon, Dec. 16 at Sacramento State’s Hornet Stadium. A portion of a report from the Los Angles Daily News appears below. Click
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Michael “Mick” J Rockafellow, 72, of Charlotte, Mich., went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 8, 2017. Mick was born on August 29, 1945, in Battle Creek, Mich., the son of JC and Wilma E. (Henney) Rockafellow. Mick served his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as pastor in Grace Brethren churches
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