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Pastor Bob Smoker (pictured) from Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Grace Brethren Church was featured in the May/June, 2005 issue of FGBC World in an article entitled “A ‘Screaming Eagle’ Returns to ‘Nam.” (click on back-issue archives at www.fgbcworld.com). Smoker has continued to foster interest in ministry in Vietnam and is now hosting a time of fellowship for […]

The Grace College faculty this week unanimously approved a new pre-law program to begin in fall 2006. According to the college, this builds on the successes Grace has had with pre-law students in the past and focuses Grace for ministry in the legal profession in the 21st Century. Students may choose from a number of

Dan O’Deens (lower right in photo), pastor of Gateway Grace Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, recently returned from California where he and some of his staff continued their work with Saddleback Community Church as a P.E.A.C.E. pilot church. At left is Brian Rader from Grace Community Church, who will be doing the technical work of

God continues to use How to Start a Kingdom Conversation, a practical, helpful BMH book on sharing your Christian faith, written by Dr. Duke Heller of Columbus, Ohio. Rejoice with us in this e-mail from an individual who read his book and responded. How to Start a Kingdom Conversation and other helpful BMH-published books are

Wednesday, family and friends said goodbye to a fallen U.S. Marine from Westerville, in central Ohio. Private first class Jacob Spann died in a roadside bombing just outside Baghdad last Monday. The 21-year-old graduated in 2003 from Westerville North High School. Spann’s funeral was held at Grace Brethren Church in Westerville. He’ll be buried in

The website of Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) today carries the news that Stuart Hake (pictured), GBIM’s Chief Financial Officer, is in Manila, Philippines, where he will teach a Micro-Enterprise Development Conference starting Wednesday, Feb. 15. The goal of the nine-day conference is to train Filipino nationals in starting small businesses. Missionaries and nationals from

Thomas Martenson, a Swedish Baptist missionary who has been living and working with the Pygmies in southern Central African Republic for the last four years, shows a tigerfish he recently caught. Thomas also loves to hunt with the pygmies as they gather food for their families from the remaining forest in the Central African Republic.

Marjorie Mighells, 91, mother of Gladys Deloe of Winona Lake, Indiana, went to be with the Lord early yesterday morning, Friday, February 10, at her residence in Grace Retirement Village in Winona Lake. Mrs. Mighells, pictured here at a 90th birthday celebration for her at Grace Village the fall of 2004, had been in failing

As Ron Shank demonstrates, youth pastors often have to get “down and dirty” with the teens in their church in order to have an effective ministry! 

Pastor Ron Shank (pictured) celebrated 20 Years as Youth Pastor at Maranatha Brethren Church in Hagerstown, Maryland, on Sunday, January 29, 2006. Over 400 were in attendance at Maranatha Brethren Church for an Anniversary Celebration which included pictures of Pastor Ron through the years at the church, which is pastored by Jay Fretz. Shank spoke