Since assuming the role of executive director of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) in July 2013, I have spent time considering the essence of our movement. That fall, we began discussions around our identity at our Focus Retreats. This Identity Initiative, led by Dave Guiles, is instrumental in reviving the important and ongoing discussion
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“Conference” is a long tradition in Grace Brethren history — it predates the founding of the Grace Brethren movement in the late 1930s. In fact, you’ll find an annual national meeting on the calendars of most of the other branches of the Brethren family tree. For those of us in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren
BMH Books author, Dr. John C. Whitcomb, was part of a ceremony in early May that signified the launch of the Ark Encounter themed attraction at Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum near Cincinnati, Ohio. A full-sized Noah’s Ark is expected to open in the summer of 2016. Dr. Ken Hamm, CEO of Answers in
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Dr. Nate Bosch, director of the Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., was the guest speaker at the annual gathering of Lake Wawasee residents recently. (Lake Wawasee is the largest natural lake wholly contained within in Indiana. It is located southeast of Syracuse in Kosciusko County.) The online news site,
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The Center for Lakes and Streams at Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., received $15,000 from Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. to promote environmental education through water-related STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiatives in local schools and through the Northern Indiana Lakes Festival community education initiative. The center is using the money to increase environmental
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Former Grace College Dean of Enrollment and faculty member Ron Henry was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award by the North American Coalition for Christian Admissions Professionals (NACCAP). Henry served Grace College for over 50 years in various positions and played an integral part in creating the NACCAP organization over 40 years ago. Henry
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For the past several years, Dr. Christy Hill has traveled the U.S. to teach leadership classes for women. Her work is evidence of a successful partnership between Grace Theological Seminary, where Dr. Hill is a faculty member, and Women of Grace USA, the women’s ministry organization of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches. The classes
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Each year, Grace College and Seminary honors faculty and staff who have served the college for five years, and again every five years thereafter. This year, the school honored 23 members of the college and seminary at their annual luncheon. First-time honorees included Mike Alejado, assistant volleyball coach; Chad Briscoe, athletic director; Dr. Nate Bosch,
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The children of late Christian writer, editor, and filmmaker Ken Anderson (1917-2006) recently presented Grace College’s Winona History Center with hundreds of documents, letters, and artifacts related to the life and ministry of Anderson and his wife, Doris. “These materials are a perfect fit for the History Center,” commented director Jared Burkholder. “Anderson’s work was
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Operation Barnabas (OB), the annual summer discipleship program for teens sponsored by CE National, kicks off this week in Waldorf, Md. This week, the teens are in orientation at the Grace Brethren Church in Waldorf, Md. (Bill Walker, pastor), then they will split into two teams—one traveling to the northeast U.S. and one to Florida—for
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