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Ben Ogden, site coordinator for the Great Commission Bible Institute, a ministry of the Grace Brethren Church of Sebring, Florida (Randy Smith, pastor) sends along this update about a recent ministry in Haiti: A group of students and leaders from the Great Commission Bible Institute (www.gcbi.net) recently had the incredible opportunity of serving for eight

Two young women from the Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pennsylvania (Scott Distler, pastor) are students at Union University in Tennessee, which sustained significant tornado damage last evening. David Dockery, the school’s president, is a Grace Seminary alumnus, and was interviewed extensively by CNN and other news organizations. Here is an excerpt from an e-mail

Author/educator/psychologist Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D. (right, blue shirt) held an informal chat session and information exchange with pastors, counselors, and others from the Winona Lake, Indiana, community today in the conference room of the Brethren Missionary Herald Co. Kellemen is the author of two newly-published BMH Books, Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and

There’s an interesting nine-minute interview online with Bart Blair, worship pastor at the Grace Community Church, the Grace Brethren church in Mississauga, Ontario (Bartley Sawatsky, pastor). The interview is primarily Blair’s personal story of how the Lord led him from a business career into the full-time music and worship position he currently holds. To see

The Brethren Missionary Herald Co. will hold a brown bag lunch on Wednesday, February 6, with Robert W. Kellemen, Ph.D. author of BMH Books titles, Soul Physicians and Spiritual Friends. He will discuss the state of Christian counseling today. The lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. 1104A Kings Highway, Winona Lake, Ind. (next to Tree of

According to the website of Grace Brethren International Missions, the first group of GBIM personnel forced to evacuate Chad, Africa, because of civil unrest has arrived safely in the neighboring country of Cameroon. GBIM’s report says, “At 2:00 p.m. EST GBIM’s staff, Karina Corrales, Melissa McDairmant, and Beate Schlecht, confirmed their arrival at a mission

The International Missions Center (Winona Lake, Ind.) has received unconfirmed reports of rebel activity in Chad that may result in armed conflict in the capital city of N’Djamena and beyond. According to published reports from the BBC and sources on the ground, rebel forces are moving rapidly toward the city. While this type of activity

On January 29, pastors and their wives from the Southern District enjoyed a blessed time of fellowship together at the famous Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Ga. Present were: Pastors Jim and Wanda Laird Sr., Conrad and Monica Santamaria and daughter, Dean and Billie Fetterhoff, and William A. and Betty Byers, all from the

At the annual Warsaw, Ind., Chamber of Commerce dinner Thursday night, January 31, Kosciusko County Jail Chaplain John Boren (pictured at right) was awarded Warsaw Man of the Year. The Warsaw Times-Union and WRSW Radio have sponsored the Man of the Year Award since 1959. In order to be a recipient of the award, one

The newest building on the Grace College campus, the Orthopaedic Capital Center (OCC), has received the 2007 Excellence in Masonry Award from the Indiana Concrete Masonry Association. The award was presented at the Indiana Concrete Masonry Design Awards Program on January 10 in Indianapolis. Tom Dunn, Grace’s chief operations officer, Jeremy Ringger and Terry Emmons