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Peggy Owens (left) was honored at the CE National luncheon at noon Wednesday as the 2008 recipient of the organization’s highest award, the Wall of Honor Award. At right is CE National’s T.K. Kurtaneck, who presented the award. Peggy, an 18-year employee of CE National was cited for her cheerful and faithful service, and especially […]

Ed Lewis, executive director of CE National, was the keynote speaker in the 10 a.m. general session of the Grace Brethren national conference this Wednesday morning. Lewis spoke on “grace,” using the Old Testament character Manasseh as an example. “We must be people of Grace,” Lewis exclaimed, citing several examples of sinners who were treated

It was “local church pastor appreciation day” in the 10 a.m. general session of the FGBC national conference this Wednesday. All pastors of local churches were called to stand by the cross in the center of the room and sing, unaccompanied, “Amazing Grace.” As they finished, a prayer time followed, thanking God for the faithful

Pastor Ed Jackson of the Columbus, Ohio, area was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers in its annual meeting Wednesday morning in Tampa, Florida. Jackson was unable to attend so his pastor, Rick Nuzum of the Powell, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (left) received the award from Fellowship Coordinator Tom

ISOBEL C. FRASER, 87, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008, at Grace Village Retirement Community, Winona Lake, Indiana. She will be remembered for her work with Brethren Home Missions in Jewish evangelism, where she spent most of her career in Los Angles, Calif. working with the blind and disabled elderly. She was a member of

Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey (center) was awarded the Excellence in Ministry award Tuesday morning by the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers. Sandi Avey, Tom’s wife, is at left and Tim Boal made the presentation. Here is the citation read as the award was presented: It is my deep privilege to have been asked by the

Jeff Bogue, pastor of the north campus of the Grace Brethren church in greater Akron (Norton) Ohio was the keynote speaker for the Tuesday morning general session. Giving credit to Norton senior pastor Bob Combs for the growth of the two Akron campuses, Bogue spoke on the scriptural mandate to “give it all away” in

GO2Church Planting, the new church-planting agency which is expected to be voted into a relationship with the FGBC as a National Organization at Thursday’s business meeting, held an informative luncheon Tuesday for participants of the Grace Brethren national conference. GO2 staff members present included (back row, from left) Arnold Betony, Oscar Chavez, Jim Snavely, and

About 70 participants in the annual conference of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches were “on mission” Monday night as they visited a Hindu temple. “Once you enter the complex, you will be in their cultural setting,” said Jay Bell of Grace Brethren International Missions, who arranged the trip. “A most important skill for entering

Scott Distler, pastor of the Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pennsylvania, was the keynote speaker for the Monday morning 10 a.m. general session at the Grace Brethren national conference now in progress at Innisbrook Resort near Tampa, Florida. Distler gave a powerful, motivating message on the urgency of being involved in personal evangelism. Earlier, conference