Leith Anderson (pictured), pastor of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is the new president of the National Association of Evangelicals. Here is a short excerpt from an article in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. To read the entire article, click on http://www.startribune.com/614/story/1468981.html An Eden Prairie pastor steps into the national spotlight at a political turning point, […]
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Pastors and church leaders from throughout the Midwest are participating Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in the Central Focus Retreat at Mohican State Park in Ohio.(Tom Avey photos) Five such retreats are held each year, in various geographic locations. FGBC Moderator Jim Brown from Goshen, Indiana, is leading the retreats this year, which are organized and
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Pastor Scott Distler at the Grace Brethren church in Lititz, Pennsylvania, recently challenged his congregation with a unique and startling way to keep unsaved friends and neighbors visible to members of his congregation. Here is his explanation, taken from his blog, which may be read at www.folkslisten.blogspot.com. (photo courtesy Elaine Bendinsky) If you were here
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Jim Custer (left), longtime pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus (Worthington), Ohio, officially passed the leadership baton to Dr. David Plaster (center) at the installation service for Plaster on September 30 (Bill Palmateer photos). Plaster’s wife, Ginny, is at right. David Plaster previously served in teaching and administrative roles at Grace College &
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“A Tour of the Camp Mack Murals” is the title for a program to be presented by Dr. William “Bill” Eberly at 7 p.m. on Friday, October 19 at the Brookside Community Hall (next door to the Brethren Heritage Center) at the Brookside Shopping Center, 428 Wolf Creek Street in Brookville, Ohio. The twelve oil
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The quaint and restored Village at Winona (Winona Lake, Indiana) was teeming with guests and locals on this unseasonably hot October Saturday in celebration of the Village’s annual Fall Festival. Dr. Gary Meadors, former Grace Seminary professor (at right in photo, playing banjo) was one of the featured performers at the Artist’s Pavilion with his
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On display around the swan pond across from the Rodeheaver Auditorium were a series of model sailboats with hand-painted sails. The sails are painted by local and well-known artists and the boats are a fund raiser for the recently-founded Symphony of the Lakes, a 55-piece orchestra founded and directed by Dr. Patrick Kavanaugh, who is
