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Brethren Encyclopedia Board Meets

Members of the Brethren Encyclopedia Board met at Ashland (OH) Seminary today for a spring meeting which included updates on publishing volume 4 of the encyclopedia, plans to publish additional Brethren-history monographs, and coordination of plans to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Brethren movement with tours and activities in Schwarzenau, Germany, in August of […]

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Second-Generation Church Planting: The Gift Goes On

More than 30 years ago, a special financial gift was made from Dayton, Ohio, First Grace Brethren Church to help a new church purchase property. That church is now Centerville Grace Brethren Church, pastored by Steve Makofka. At a recent Tri-Cities District conference, Makofka (right) presented a gift of $5,000 to Tim Nixon (left) to

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Church-Planting Students ‘Highly Motivated’

Dr. Terry Hofecker, senior pastor of Northwest Chapel Grace Brethren Fellowship in Dublin, Ohio, and a Grace Theological Seminary faculty member, gives a brief update on the MI 700 class held in Columbus a couple of weeks ago to stimulate and facilitate church-planting in the Fellowship. The course had participants from Alaska, Los Angeles, Miami,

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