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Dr. Francois Ngoumape (pictured), who directs the Grace Brethren Bible schools and seminary program in the Central African Republic, sends along the following update and prayer request: I am writing from Bata to thank you all for your prayers for us while we traveled back to Bata. I am thinking about the end times, where

Pastor James Burke of the Grace Brethren Church in Riner, Virginia (Roanoke area) is one of our Grace Brethren pastors closest to the site of the Virginia Tech tragedy.When asked whether there are specific ways the Fellowship can be praying for people in their area, James responded with this note: Thank you for your prayers

From Pastor Jim Franklin of the Flora, Indiana, Grace Brethren Church: On April 10, 1983, Steve Ogle and Ramona Couch were married at Herbst United Methodist Church, near Converse IN. There was a foot of snow on the ground. The happy couple eventually located near Flora IN and raised three children. They joined the Flora

The Board of Directors of the Brethren Encyclopedia and the board associates met yesterday in the archaeology room of Ashland Theological Seminary in Ashland, Ohio, to conduct the board’s spring business and to firm up joint plans for the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Brethren movement, to be celebrated in Schwarzenau, Germany, in

Every year the Wooster, Ohio, Grace Brethren Church (Robert Fetterhoff, pastor) seeks to make a difference in the lives of needy people in its community by giving away a box of food during the Easter season. It’s called “Feed the Need” and this is the program’s third year. More than 300 families were served during

Are you a World War II veteran? Retired Grace Brethren missionary to Africa Roy Snyder would like to network with you. Here is a message from him: Following World War II, there were 16 million veterans. Today we are less than 3 million. Would it be possible to find out how many WW II Veterans

Letters for the official signage appeared this week on the Orthopaedic Capital Center, now under construction on the campus of Grace College & Seminary. For those who may wonder–Grace president Dr. Ron Manahan explained to a group this week that spelling orthopaedic with the “a” is the preferred spelling in that industry. The $9.1 million

YIB (Your Intrepid Blogger) worshiped this snowy Lord’s Day morning with the good folk at the Woodville Grace Brethren Church on the south side of Mansfield, Ohio (Ron Smals, pastor). We represented BMH and participated musically in the service and had a great time of worship and fellowship with Pastor Ron, his wife Susan, and

Kristine Gilbert (center), a member of this morning’s worship team at the Mansfield Woodville church, will be participating this summer in a short-term mission term in Cambodia with Grace Brethren International Missions. Her ministry partner there will be Katy Devereaux, a graduating Grace College senior, who served this past fall semester as the editorial intern

Pastor Ron Smals of the Mansfield Woodville church began a new series of sermons this morning with a message on Jesus’ temptation based on Luke 4.