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The Fresno Bee newspaper has a full accounting of the rescue story. Here are the first few paragraphs. To read the entire story, click here. Experienced searchers say it’s the third day when worry turns to dread.On Sunday, the second night that Bob Gnewuch was lost in Sequoia National Park, rescue teams planned an inch-by-inch […]

The current blog of Christianity Today carries this interesting item on efforts to make amends for the persecution our Anabaptist forebears endured: Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed churches are seeking to make amends for persecuting Anabaptists in the 16th and 17th centuries. A Vatican-appointed delegation last fall concluded five years of meetings with a group from

Good news! Pastor Steve Shipley, from the Fort Myers, Florida, Grace Brethren Church, sends this post-Charley report: Thanks for your concern. While everyone here had much debris from fallen limbs and were inconvenienced with power outages ranging from day one until the present (four days; my home was off two and 1/2; the church three

How did Hurricane Charley affect our churches in Florida? Very little news has been coming out, with phones inoperative and e-mail not working, but our inquiries did get this reponse from Bill Smith, pastor of Grace Christian Ministries in Maitland, in the Orlando area: “We fared well and are praising the Lord. We talked to

C. Dayton Cundiff, 86, went to be with the Lord at 9:20 p.m. Friday, August 13 from Grace Village Healthcare Facility in Winona Lake, Indiana. Services are at 10 a.m. today (Tuesday, 17 August) at Titus Funeral Home in Warsaw. A native of Union, Iowa, Cundiff was a graduate of Whitworth College in Spokane, WA,

Bob’s Back! This page was last updated: Monday, 8/16 at 6:21pm Bob Gnewuch was discovered around 5:40pm. He has been airliftedback to the Dorst Creek Campground where he has been re-united with family and friends! On behalf of the Gnewuch family,thank you all for your prayers and encouragement during this ordeal.To the National Park Service

Mon., 8/16, 2:30pm Ed Trenner called in from the field to report that the SAR team has found Bob’s name and a date along the creek they were following. It was dated 8/15 (yesterday), but this is the first solid evidence we have that this is really Bob’s trail. Good news! Mon., 8/16, 1:16pm Alex

AP: Cave Found Linked to John the Baptist KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel (AP) – Archaeologists said Monday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples – a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water. During an exclusive tour of the cave by The

Sun., 8/15, 10pm The team from GCO was able to get into the campground. The search was called off for the night, but will be re-grouping at 6:30am Monday. The Dorst Creek campground was evacuated due to contaminated water, but all the Gnewuch family and their friends were allowed to remain. Arrangements for another helicopter

This urgent prayer request message came in this morning from Don Byers, former pastor at Grace Church, Orange, CA. Current pastor Ed Trenner is on the scene–check website for updates. We just learned that a good friend from our church in CA is lost in the Sequoia National Forest. It’s almost been 48 hours and