Josh Swafford, member of Grace Fellowship Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Frederick, Md. (Scott Avey, lead pastor), met Jesus on his knees. God brought him a hope like he never had before. “I prayed and I prayed on my knees, and it was very painful,” Swafford shares. “But when I stood up, it was like the weight was […]
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Kendall Lovejoy’s most vivid childhood memories took place on the farm owned and operated by his grandfather just outside his hometown of Archbold, a small farming community in northwestern Ohio. Now a freshman agribusiness student at Grace College, Lovejoy represents the best and brightest of agriculture’s future. Lovejoy and his peers in the Grace College
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Access2018, the national conference of the Charis Fellowship (Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches) ended Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2018, with a lively business meeting which saw the addition of three new churches to the fellowship and the adoption of three position statements to be added to the fourth cluster of the Commitment to Common Identity.
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Ten families from Living Hope Fellowship, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Chico, Calif., have lost homes in the recent wildfire that nearly destroyed nearby Paradise, Calif., according to Pastor Phil Sparling, pastor of Auburn Grace Community Church in Auburn, Calif., some 80 miles away. The Chico church is 20 miles from Paradise. Among the families
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With five minutes remaining in Saturday’s match, Grace’s men’s soccer team trailed Lancaster Bible 2-1 in the NCCAA regional championship. Five thrilling minutes and two clutch goals later, the Lancers pulled out a 3-2 victory at 1st Source Bank Field. The win gives the Lancers (13-3-4) an automatic bid to the NCCAA National Championships, starting
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For the second time in program history, Grace’s women’s soccer team secured its spot into the NAIA National Championships. The Lady Lancers earned the No. 15 seed in the 30-team field and will host an NAIA Opening Round match on Saturday against Eastern Oregon. The time for Saturday’s game at 1st Source Bank Field will
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November 7 marked the ninth-annual Supermarket Sweep at Owen’s Market in Warsaw. From 10 a.m. – 11 p.m. Grace students, faculty and staff, Mission Point Community Church families, staff, small groups, and youth group, and the community at large worked together to purchase food and baby products for local families in need. The annual service
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Bring together 900 pounds of meat and 620 men, and you’ll have an evening for the books. On October 8, Grace Community Church, a Charis Fellowship congregation in Fremont, Ohio (Kevin Pinkerton, lead pastor) hosted their fifth annual Beast Feast. The Beast Feast is an evening-long event that usually takes place each fall with the
Elkhart, Ind. is about one-hour northwest of Winona Lake, home of Grace College, and less than 10 miles south of the Michigan state line. According to the Greater Elkhart Chamber of Commerce, “Michiana,” as it’s called, is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, encompassing Elkhart, South Bend, and Goshen, Ind., along with several
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A new holiday was formed in 2017 to honor a special group of college students. The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and the Center for First-generation Student Success designated Nov. 8 as National First-Generation College Celebration Day. On November 8, Grace College got in on the action and planned an event to recognize and
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