Mitch Van Rassel is the president of the Grace Brethren Fellowship in Canada. He’s also a pastor at Renew Church, as well as wearing other hats within the multi-campus church. But the road to his current responsibilities in the church was a long one. “Back in 2002, I was going through a difficult time in […]
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Hannah Rose, a graduate of Grace Brethren High School in Simi Valley, Calif. who is pursuing a career in country music, is featured in the December 14 edition of VC Reporter. (Grace Brethren High School is a ministry of Grace Brethren Church, Simi Valley, Jordan Bakker, senior pastor.) A portion of the story appears below.
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A Grace Brethren congregation in Dayton, Ohio, has stepped up to help their grieving community. First Grace Church provided grief counselors at the local middle school after one of it’s students and her grandmother died in a car accident over the weekend. Pastor Bruce Jackson was interviewed on WDTN about their efforts. Click on the
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Norm Gunsolley, long-time administrator of Warsaw (Ind.) Christian School, died early this morning. Warsaw Christian School is a ministry of Community Grace Brethren Church, Warsaw, Ind. Services will be held Saturday, December 17, at the church. His obituary appears below. Norman Allen Gunsolley of Winona Lake, Ind., died at 6:39 a.m. on Monday, December 12,
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Kalahari, the annual winter retreat for students in Ohio and Indiana, will kick off for its 12th year on January 6-8, 2017. Zach Pinkerton, pastor of Student Ministries at Grace Community Church, a Grace Brethren church in Fremont, Ohio (Kevin Pinkerton, senior pastor), who leads the event, says that they anticipate this year to be
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Among the many wildfires in the Southeast region of the United States this year, none have been as destructive as the Gatlinburg, Tenn., fire. On November 29, 2016, thousands of people were evacuated from the city and surrounding areas. Sadly, some deaths and injuries were reported. Though authorities are unable to measure the full devastation of
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Everyone loves hospitality. But how much is too much? To Clancy Cruise, lead pastor of the Grace Brethren Church, Marysville, Ohio, hospitality is one of the most important values of his church. And he will do what it takes – even risk losing people – to stress its importance. For years, Cruise and his wife,
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Michael Saldivar, pastor of Grace Church, a Grace Brethren church in Pataskala, Ohio, was recognized on Tuesday by Pataskala mayor, Mike Compton, as a “Behind the Scenes Citizen of the Year.” According to Margaret Saldivar, Michael’s wife, “The mayor honored pastors of four churches in the community who regularly come alongside him in prayer and
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Susie Agnolutto had been going to the same laundromat for 20 years without experiencing anything more extraordinary than the clothes getting clean. Then, this past summer, Susie and her husband Dario, the lead pastor of the Grace Brethren Church of Calvert County, Owings, Md., went with four others to Birmingham, England, to support Encompass Global
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A story on the online news site, InkFreeNews, shares the story of Marna Pacheo and Susan Hickok in their quest to help people with disabilities. Marna is a member of the Winona Lake, Ind. Grace Brethren Church (Bruce Barlow, lead pastor). A portion of the story appears below. Click here to read the complete article. Local
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