Randi Walle

During the 16th century the Anabaptists were rejected and persecuted by Catholic and Protestants alike. This Spring, almost 400 years later, Catholic, Lutheran and Reformed bodies have sought reconciliation and forgiveness for their treatment of the Anabaptists. (see archived items on this blog August 7 “Exploring Our Anabaptist Roots” and August 18 “Making Amends With […]

CORDOVA, Tenn. (BP)–Adrian Rogers, who helped lead the Southern Baptist Convention back to its biblical, historical roots, announced his retirement as pastor of the Memphis-area Bellevue Baptist Church Sept. 12. Rogers’ retirement is effective next spring, although a specific date has not yet been given. The goal is to have a new pastor in place

Grace Seminary grad and former Grace faculty member Larry Poland, who for a number of years has headed an outreach ministry to media and entertainment professionals in Hollywood, is the founder and organizer of an annual Media Prayer Breakfast. Excerpts from a release giving details on this year’s event follow: “Prayer” and “Hollywood” don’t often

Mike and Letitia Yoder, GBIM missionaries to Berlin, have been requesting prayer for “Jesus-tag” as they were to distribute copies of the Jesus film to university students during the event today. Here are excerpts from a release on the event. JESUS DAY: 40,000 MARCH THROUGH BERLIN SINGING AND PRAYING Remembering the Victims of 9/11 and

The Osceola (IN) Grace Brethren Church will host its “world-famous annual ‘Touchpoint Weekend’ community outreach events and hog roast” this year on Sept. 25-26. The hog roast will follow community service projects in and around Osceola on the 25th. Come join us for a great time of community fun and, even better, food during our

Today’s editorial is from Grace Seminary grad and former Grace faculty member John H. Stoll, Ph.D. The coming election of our president will have a far greater effect on our nation than previous elections. There are at least two underlying reasons for this: how the coming president will handle world affairs, especially increased hostility and

Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake, IN, is sponsoring its second annual “Senior Gathering” the mornings of Tuesday through Thursday, September 14-16. A committee headed by retired GBIM missionary Roy Snyder has planned a full program culminating with a free lunch after the closing session on Thursday in the FV dining center. During the

The National Training Center of Man in the Mirror is partnering with the Wooster, Ohio, Grace Brethren Chuch to bring pastor’s and men’s ministry leaders an eight-hour training course on “Discipling Men’s Heart.” The course will be held Friday evening, October 1 and Saturday morning, October 2 in the South Fellowship Hall of the Wooster

After days of searching for them, two pastors in the Russian southern town of Beslan have now discovered that six of their eight young children died in the local school hostage drama that shocked the nation. An official of the U.S.-backed Russian Ministries said Wednesday that brothers and pastors Taymuraz and Sergey Totiev from the

Grace Seminary alumnus and former administrator Dr. Robert Provost, now head of the Slavic Gospel Association, requests prayer for families affected by the recent hostage-taking and massacre in Beslan, in southwest Russia. Specifically, he requests prayer for the children of church-planting pastor Sergei Totiev, whose children were in the Beslan Middle School. In the photo