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The Southern California-Arizona ministerium met today at the Bellflower Brethren Church (Tom Hocking, pastor). Don Shoemaker, pastor emeritus at Grace Community Church in Seal Beach, Calif., led a discussion on immigration and the responsibility of the Church to “aliens.” Thanks, Bob Hetzler, for the photos.

Continue to pray for the political situation in the Central African Republic (CAR), a point of missionary efforts by the Grace Brethren movement for nearly 100 years. Here are several stories that appeared this morning. C. African Republic leader faces rebel threat BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — After troops under Francois Bozize seized the

Below is a round-up of news from several sources regarding the situation in the Central African Republic. Opposition rebels have been working their way across the country. Continue to pray for this situation. American missionaries have been evacuated, but African Christians remain. BBC News Central African Republic crisis: Bozize offer rejected Rebels in Central African

As 2013 winds down, the staff of GraceConnect would like to wish you a Happy New Year. As we do, we give a nod to our predecessor publication, the Brethren Missionary Herald magazine. Written in a very different era, this editorial by Dr. Louis S. Bauman, from the January 6, 1945 issue, still rings true. “Thanks be

Reports this week from the Central African Republic (CAR) detail how rebels have been making their way across the country in opposition to the current government. According to posts on Facebook and the Encompass World Partners web page, Grace Brethren missionaries in Bangui have been evacuated to Cameroon. (See Details on CAR Evacuation.) Another posting

The Brethren Missionary Herald Company said farewell to Terry White this afternoon with a reception at Tree of Life Bookstore, located next to the BMH offices in Winona Lake, Ind. Due to a restructuring of the ministries of BMH, Terry  will no longer be a regular part of the BMH staff. He has been a

The Brethren Missionary Herald Company (BMH) announces an expanded mission of nurturing Great Commission teamwork under the umbrella of a new name – GraceConnect. With the new name comes a dynamic new web site, graceconnect.us, and a re-designed quarterly magazine, GraceConnect. The name GraceConnect reflects the continued mission of the Brethren Missionary Herald Company (BMH).

Here’s an update on Barb Manahan from Nancy Weimer, assistant to Dr. Ron Manahan (via Roger Peugh, who is the prayer coordinator at Grace College). Barb had vascular surgery on Tuesday in Toledo, Ohio. Thanks for your prayers for the Manahans. I talked with Ron last evening. The surgery yesterday went well and accomplished what they wanted

From Grace College, Winona Lake, Ind., comes this prayer request for Barbara Manahan, wife of college president, Ron Manahan. It is shared here with permission. Mrs. Manahan will undergo a 3-4 hour vascular surgery in Toledo, Ohio on Tuesday, December 18, starting at 1 pm. The surgeon is attempting to improve the blood flow to