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An auction of donated boats throughout the Labor Day week is being conducted by staff of Urban Encounter, the Chicago church-planting initative of Grace Brethren North American Missions. From September 4-11 bidders can vie for the watercraft via bidsheets in the tent on the grounds of the auction. For more information, or to make a

Clive Craigen (left), Amy Hunter (center) and Shawn Kantenwein (right) were present for the opening of the GBNAM/Urban Encounter Boat Auction at New Horizon Community Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake on Saturday morning, September 4. Craigen is the Chicago team leader for Urban Encounter, Amy Hunt is a staff associate, and Kantenwein is a

Here are two items from the latest newsletter of the Christian Management Association. The first warns local churches and pastors of the importance of keeping receipts for reimbursable expenses, and the second offers help to churches wishing to know more about safeguards in using volunteers, particularly in overseeing children’s ministries. IRS Asserts Sanctions Against Minister

The Navigators, a worldwide partnership focused on evangelizing and discipling the nations, has appointed a new international president, Englishman Michael W. Treneer, former Africa director. The selection came after a four-month process that concluded with a vote of the international council. The council, chaired by Dr. Jerry White, the current international president of 18 years,

Grace College basketball coach Jim Kessler (center, red shirt), recently returned from leading a group of eight coaches who led basketball clinics, taught about AIDS, and shared the Gospel in three cities in Kenya, Africa. Five of the eight coaches were from the Community Grace Brethren Church in Warsaw, Indiana. Kessler and the coaches conducted

Grace College class of 1964 planning team, under the direction of class president Dan Pacheco (standing, left), met recently to begin planning the class’s 40th year reunion at the Grace College Homecoming this November 5 and 6. Other officers and members of the planning team included (seated, left) Paulette Macon Sauders, Sharon Auxt White, and

Known as “A Preacher’s Preacher,” Dr. Stephen Olford, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Olford Ministries International, passed away late Sunday night, August 29, 2004, having suffered a massive stroke. According to a press release received by ASSIST News Service (ANS), Dr. Olford was born on in Zambia on March 29, 1918, as the

A very long (2,242 words) and mostly favorable article by staff writer John Silcox featuring Jerry Jenkins, co-author of the “Left Behind” fiction series, appears on page 1 of the C section of today’s Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Jenkins, who is giving $60,000 of his own money to Taylor University/Fort Wayne’s professional writing program for

The Heralds of Grace ride again! The quartet, originally formed 44 years ago in the fall of 1960, traveled and sang on behalf of Grace College and Seminary for about seven years in the 1960s. The group got together Friday night for a cookout and songfest in central Ohio–they’ll be singing during the Grace Homecoming

For the complete news release, click here. CHICAGO – (Aug. 26, 2004) On Aug. 26, Moody Bible Institute (MBI) President Dr. Joseph M. Stowell announced to students, faculty and staff his resignation effective February 2005. He told those gathered in Torrey-Gray Auditorium, on Moody’s campus, that his decision was guided by a growing sense of