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A delightful personal memoir of the late Archer Baum (pictured here with his wife, Eileen) is online by clicking here. Reproduced here is a brief section of that memoir: Archer Baum Memoirs“My Journey to Faith and Beyond” As I write it is Saturday morning, February 5, 2000. On February 23rd I will observe my 59th

Tom Hocking, moderator of the Southern California/Arizona District of the FGBC has sent word of the homegoing last Friday of Archer Baum, pastor emeritus of the San Diego Grace Brethren Church. Hocking’s message says Baum went home to the Lord after a three-year battle with cancer. Pastor Phil Teran and Mark Schrock (Archer’s sons-in-law) relayed

Dave Mitchell, pastor of the Waipio Grace Brethren Church in Mililani, Hawaii, has always had a penchant for streetrods and loud riding machines. He says, “This midlife crisis urge really hits hard, but what better way for a pastor to get around than this? Betty Lou doesn’t mind working three jobs while I learn to

Paul R. Humberd, 85, died at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 25, at Mason Health and Rehab Center in Warsaw, Indiana. Humberd was the son of well-known pastor/Bible/prophecy teacher R.I. Humberd and was the brother of Dr. Jesse Humberd, who for many years taught science and mathematics at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana Paul Humberd

Pastor Dan O’Deens of Gateway Community Church in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania, played a key role from the start in the Grace Brethren response to Hurricane Katrina. As our “point man on the ground,” he recruited, trained, and deployed managers recruited from all over the Fellowship. This is an edited version of a first-person report he recently

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Author M. Scott Peck, who wrote the best-seller “The Road Less Traveled” and other books, died Sunday. He was 69. Peck died at his home in Connecticut, longtime friend and Los Angeles publicist Michael Levine said. He had suffered from pancreatic and liver duct cancer. Born in New York City,

Here is a report from Mike Mason, of thequest church in Columbus, Ohio (Mike Jentes, pastor), about his recent ministry with fellow church member Larry Totzke in Shreveport, Louisiana. We went for about nine days and we worked quite a bit. Most of our team of Grace Brethren people were in some kind of leadership

An important new book on the need for prayer in counseling, entitled Transformed In His Presence, has just been released by BMH Books of Winona Lake, IN. Written by Roger Peugh and Tammy Schultz of the Grace College and Seminary faculty, the book fills a much-needed gap in the training and practice of Christian counselors.

This story, about last year’s standout football player from Grace Brethren High in Simi Valley, California, appeared this weekend in the Ventura (CA) County Star. Brethren High is affiliated with the Grace Brethren Church of Simi Valley, John McIntosh, pastor. Blessing in disguise Chad Kackert feels fortunate he will get a chance to play in

Just a quick reminder that official registration for the Evangelists’ Gathering in Columbus, to be held October 7-9, closes this Monday, September 26. For more information and registration instructions, click here>