Randi Walle

“Just because you have a small church,” says Roland Maust, “is no reason that you can’t have a big ministry.” For the fifth year in a row, the Grace Brethren Church of Millersburg, Ohio, which has a membership of under 100 and is pastored by Maust, hosted its annual October Christian dinner theater. The dinner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Attending religious services may enrich the soul, but it also fattens the wallet, according to research released on Tuesday. “Doubling the frequency of attendance leads to a 9.1 percent increase in household income, or a rise of 5.5 percent as a fraction of the poverty scale,” Jonathan Gruber of the economics department

The Grace Conference in Mission took place this week (Monday-Thursday), with the emphasis on “Crossing the Borders.” Jeff Lewis, a global activist, international speaker, and assistant professor of intercultural studies at California Baptist University, was the chapel speaker. In addition, 25 representatives from 13 mission organizations were on campus to lead seminars and interact with

A three-day FGBC leadership strategy meeting concludes tomorrow morning. All the heads of the national organizations, as well as present, past and future FGBC Moderators gathered with Fellowship Coordinator Tom Avey on the Concordia Seminary campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to hear reports from the national organizations, to further refine

Bryan Nelson (seated left, with guitar) from the Lititz, PA, Grace Brethren Church, led the worship/communion service Tuesday night of the East Focus Retreat held at Sandy Cove Retreat Center in Maryland. The retreat concluded on Wednesday morning with a wrapup session led by FGBC Moderator Keith Shearer on lessons and insights learned from Psalm

BY TERESA SMITH, Times-Union Staff Writer WINONA LAKE – A pair of Burrowing Owls confront visitors with startling intensity from a Jeffrey Klinefelter canvas. The work of the award-winning Etna Green artist is one of many works on display in the Mount Memorial Gallery on the Grace College campus. The college is sponsoring a selection

A Recap of The Evangelists Gathering by Mike Jentes Out of the dream and invitation of Kurt Miller, the first Evangelists Gathering-a gathering of evangelists from the Grace Brethren family for conversation, encouragement and movement-happened over the weekend of October 7-9, 2005. No one knows for sure, but quite possibly the last time evangelists from

Poring over Psalm 119 in small groups was the evening activity at the East Focus Retreat, which began today at 4 p.m. at Sandy Cove Retreat Center on the Chesapeake Bay in North East, Maryland. Members of this group included (reading clockwise) Carlos Peralta, Kork Moyer, Rick Clark, Bob Smoker, and Philip Bryant (Doug Courter