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The following article, featuring the teen ministry of the Grace Brethren Church in Clinton, Maryland (Howard Mayes, pastor), appears in today’s Maryland Gazette newspaper (photo by Lawrence Jackson Jr./The Gazette) By Erin Henk Cindy Harrison didn’t grow up in a Christian household and there have been times when she’s been torn about her faith, she

Jim Kessler, head coach of the Grace College men’s basketball team, was honored this week by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). The group informed Coach K that he is a winner of one of four Guardian of the Game Awards, the highest recognition that can be presented to a NABC member. Kessler will

BMH Books of Winona Lake, Indiana, announces its latest release, entitled Breaking Tradition to Accomplish Vision: Training Leaders for a Church-Planting Movement by Paul R. Gupta and Sherwood Lingenfelter. Breaking Tradition is the story of Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI), a Bible institute founded in Chennai, India, to teach pastors and to foster church planting. Over

Kork Moyer, coordinator for the Northern Atlantic Fellowship, sends along the following note from Julie Smith, wife of Pastor Peter Smith of the Community Grace Brethren Church in Red Hill, PA. Peter has been hospitalized with complications and meningitis following back surgery. We just wanted to let you know that Peter came home from the

For the last several months, many have been praying for Betty Lou Mitchell, wife of Pastor Dave Mitchell of the Waipio Grace Brethren Church in Mililani, Hawaii, as she went through surgery and recovery for removal of a brain tumor. Here is the good news: Dear, dear friends and extended prayer warriors, My heart is

Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana, is sponsoring two upcoming Religious Studies Symposia. The first, to be held Tuesday, March 21, in the McClain Hall auditorium on the Grace campus, is entitled “Recent Versions of the Bible and the Whistleblowers” and will approach the question “Do some translations misrepresent what the Bible means?” Keynote speakers

Approximately 150 people from about 30 Ohio Grace Brethren churches are attending an “On-Mission Seminar” today at the Grace Brethren Church of Columbus. The day includes 12 seminars and is a half-day of equipping believers for local and cross-cultural ministry. Sponsored by Grace Brethren International Missions, it offers practical “how-to” workshops designed to sharpen ministry

Pastor Keith Shearer (pictured) of the New Beginnings Grace Brethren Church, Myerstown, Pennsylvania, is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this weekend ministering on the LSU campus and with a group from his church which is seeking to start a church in Baton Rouge. Shearer, who is the FGBC Moderator this year, went directly from the southeast

Several days ago we posted an update on back surgery for Peter Smith, pastor of Hope Valley Community Grace Brethren Church in Red Hill, Pennsylvania. Here are excerpts from Peter’s wife, Julie, giving updates Tuesday and Thursday of this week: Yesterday and today we have seen great improvement. Peter is still in a dark room

On a recent national news broadcast, Slidell, Lousiana, was featured in a national news story as a town that our nation has for the most part forgotten in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But the congregation of East Side Grace Brethren Church in Columbus, Ohio, (Chip Heim, pastor) has not forgotten Slidell. This weekend, 40