In August Dan Allan began serving a one-year term as the executive director for the Charis Fellowship. This is a role that is nominated by the Fellowship Council and approved by a vote of delegates and can last from one to three years. Dan will serve through Charis Fellowship Conference in July 2024. As executive
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In July, Arctic Barnabas was voted and approved as the newest cooperating ministry of the Charis Fellowship. Arctic Barnabas has a mission to strengthen and encourage pastors and missionary families serving in remote Alaska so they can more effectively advance the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Arctic Barnabas was founded in 2000 by Joel Caldwell, owner
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Momentum Ministry Partners knows youth ministry can’t happen without faithful volunteers. Each year at Youth Conference they honor those who are committed to ministering to the next generation by serving the youth in their church. They also present one person with a Volunteer of the Year Award. This person is selected by Momentum staff out
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Waynesboro Grace Church in southern Pennsylvania hosted a new kind of kids camp in lieu of a traditional Vacation Bible School (VBS) called Creative Kidz Camp. The camp was held over the course of three evenings in late June. “As we were thinking about VBS this year we really wanted to think through the why.
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Momentum Youth Conference hosted more than 2,000 students and leaders for their week-long conference, which was held at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., from July 18–23. During the week, dozens of groups went out into the community to serve in a variety of ways. “Momentum’s goal of sending students into the community is twofold,”
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Access Conference attendees had the privilege of welcoming a special guest during the week. On Wednesday, July 12, award-winning Christian musical artist Steve Curtis Chapman played a concert at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Fla., in conjunction with the conference. The concert was open to the general public but conference attendees could purchase their
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Several hundred spiritual descendants of Alexander Mack (1679–1735) recently celebrated the coming of the Brethren to America 300 years ago. The Seventh Brethren World Assembly, sponsored by the Brethren Encyclopedia board, met July26–28, 2023, on the campus of Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania to hear scholars, panels, and presentations about the coming of the Brethren to
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Year after year, we’re astounded by all the incredible things God is doing through our movement, which is why our churches around the world observe Charis Celebration Sunday each fall. During this year’s celebration on October 29, our churches will recognize all the work God is doing through the amazing women of our movement. Everyday,
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“I want to share the joy of the Lord through my art with as many people as I can.” Beth Heisey, long-time member and attender at Grace Polaris Church in Westerville, Ohio, uses her paintings to spark Gospel conversations about being forgiven. “My art is about how I feel when I confess my sins —
Each year at youth conference, Momentum Ministry Partners honors one youth pastor who is faithfully discipling the next generation and investing in the lives of students. This person is selected by a panel of Momentum staff, based on meeting certain criteria. This year’s Student Ministries Pastor of the Year Award recipient is Jordan Gillette, student
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