This past Saturday, July 1, David Schwan and Emilie Hobert were married at the Winona Lake (IN) Grace Brethren Church.(Jesse Deloe photo) David is the son of David and Becky Schwan, Grace Brethren missionaries in Birmingham, England. Emilie’s parents are Grace Brethren Missionaries in France, Dave and Susie Hobert. Officiating at the ceremony were the
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Here is a short excerpt from a longer article in today’s Washington Post, which is available by clicking here: LYNCHBURG, Va. — The Rev. Jerry Falwell’s conservative politics have earned him both friends and enemies in a long public career– but there’s no denying he’s been a successful pastor. Joined by thousands of supporters, Falwell
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Here is an excerpt from an article in this morning’s Waynesboro (PA) Record-Herald. The full article is available at https://www.therecordherald.com/articles/2006/07/01/local_news/news01.txt WAYNESBORO – Politicians, businessmen and Red Hat ladies. No one could escape the good-natured ribbing of host John Shindledecker at Friday morning’s “Breakfast in Hollywood,” the kick-off event for the 10-day WaynesboroFest celebration. Broadcast live
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Tom Avey By Tom Avey, Fellowship Coordinator These are exciting months in the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches national office. What do you see in the future of the FGBC? The GrowGoLead2010 passion is that the FGBC will be growing by making disciples of Jesus, each church going on mission, and leading by producing leaders.
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With the Lord Homer Miller, 76, passed away May 11, 2006, in Ashland, Ohio, after a struggle with cancer. A graduate of Morrison Cove (PA) High School, Grace College , and Grace Theological Seminary, he pastored Grace Brethren Churches at Lake Odessa, Michigan, and in Ankenytown and Fredericktown, Ohio. In 1962, he became sales manager
The proposed prototype new bylaws for the Association of Grace Brethren Ministers have been posted on the AGBM website at www.agbm.org under the “Document Archive” section in preparation for discussion and adoption at the AGBM meetings during the forthcoming Celebrate06 national conference. The document is the result of many hours of work by AGBM’s development
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A Heart Opened Wide – Studies in 2 Corinthians, the latest revised and updated commentary in The Kent Collection, was released in early June, 2006, by BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana. Second Corinthians is often regarded as the apostle Paul’s most personal letter and Dr. Homer A. Kent’s informal writing brings out that aspect.
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Just as this issue was going to press, word was received of the tragic death by drowning of 17-year-old Jered Pyle, a junior at Worthington Christian High School, affiliated with the Worthington (OH) Grace Brethren Church. This edited piece was written by his football coach, Mike Stanley (featured in the Sept/Oct 2005 FGBC World, see
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One of the classic works in premillennial eschatology, The End Times by Herman A. Hoyt, was recently re-issued by BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana. The 243-page paperback is an investigation of what is to come, and it guides the reader through 12 understandable, in-depth chapters. Hoyt examines the vocabulary of eschatologists along with the
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Pastor Charlie Barnhill of the Heartland Grace Brethren Church in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, shared with ministers of the North Central Ohio district recently that the Heartland congregation has purchased an 11,000-square-foot former bowling alley for use as a worship and fellowship facility. The church has been meeting in a school for a number of years.
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